How to prepare your song for mixing

There are a few steps you can take before sending your stems (individual audio files) to a mixing engineer. To help me do my job as quickly and effectively as possible there are some things you can do to prepare tracks before sending them to me.

Please make sure you send only wave or aiff files. (MP3 files are lower quality)
When bouncing your audio, please make sure they ALL start from the very beginning, even if there is only one word or sound a couple of minutes in - That way, when I import the audio, all parts come in at the right time!!
Please set all faders to 0db and make sure they is no clipping before bouncing.
Make sure any effects and processing you may have is bypassed or removed so I only get the raw audio that's been recorded, unless it is deliberately there for effect...
Similarly, please make sure your master buss is clear of all processing.
Please try to make sure all files are labelled appropriately (e.g. Kick drum, Snare Top, Snare Bottom...)
Please send all stems at the sample rate/bit rate it's been recorded at (e.g. 24 bit, 48kHz).
Although it is not necessary, feel free to send a rough mix and/or reference tracks to give an idea of how you want your song to sound.
Please compress/zip a single folder (per song) with all stems to be mixed.

Following these steps can potentially help save me a LOT of time and increase the overall quality of work I am able to produce.

If you are unsure of anything, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Thanks in advance