Hello everyone,
Just joined this awesome forum in the hope of inspiration and some help.
I just finished producing a new album (electronica/IDM) and am now entering the much dreaded postproduction phase.
I have a great mastering engineer, but the mixing I want to do myself.
I am quite hell bent on OTB processing.
But....
I am kinda lost in the way I need to set up my studio without having to shelf out the big bucks.
As far as I can see I have these options:
1. Route my DAW groups and tracks out through a channel strip one by one (since I won't buy 6 channel strips obviously)
2. Route my DAW tracks out onto a mixer with per channel eq/ dynamics and sum or group it in the mixer and bounce it back into the DAW
The first option gives me sweeter tuning options for that one track I am treating, but I can imagine that it will become a pain in the ass to do so track by track.
The second option gives me more flexibility and saves time, but such a mixing desk will never have the same circuitry as a sweet channel strip.
Again, I am not working with vocals and very little live instruments. It's mostly electronic instruments that need boost, clarity and seperation.
Any help and input is highly appreciated.
Thanks
Just joined this awesome forum in the hope of inspiration and some help.
I just finished producing a new album (electronica/IDM) and am now entering the much dreaded postproduction phase.
I have a great mastering engineer, but the mixing I want to do myself.
I am quite hell bent on OTB processing.
But....
I am kinda lost in the way I need to set up my studio without having to shelf out the big bucks.
As far as I can see I have these options:
1. Route my DAW groups and tracks out through a channel strip one by one (since I won't buy 6 channel strips obviously)
2. Route my DAW tracks out onto a mixer with per channel eq/ dynamics and sum or group it in the mixer and bounce it back into the DAW
The first option gives me sweeter tuning options for that one track I am treating, but I can imagine that it will become a pain in the ass to do so track by track.
The second option gives me more flexibility and saves time, but such a mixing desk will never have the same circuitry as a sweet channel strip.
Again, I am not working with vocals and very little live instruments. It's mostly electronic instruments that need boost, clarity and seperation.
Any help and input is highly appreciated.
Thanks