pure.fusion
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Hi all,
Amateur here wanting some feedback on this cheat method for mixing.
I've mixed a few dozen of my own songs now but there's no doubt I'm still way in amateur mode.
Some mixes come out better than others. I'm sometimes feeling like I just can't get to "the end" of the mix or I'm not fully in control of it.
I'm ok with this btw, it's all fun.
I recently took a recording that I'm storing on Soundcloud and tried out the new Mastering function.
I was impressed at how good it made my song sound, even though I could recognize that it was just a computer algorithm doing it's thing (and a bit like a blunt tool too, i'm sure humans would do better).
It was easy to be impressed too; it was slightly louder, more treble in the entire mix and clearer separation of the all instruments. Especially vocals.
Question is: If I had done a better job mixing this song, or perhaps had a better idea of what end sound I was heading for, would this mastering process have had such a dramatic effect?
Another way of asking would be, would a well mixed song sound much different after being mastered?
So (and don't laugh) I was thinking I could just load my songs into Soundcloud, get a taste of what the "Soundcloud Mastering" does to it, then head my mixing towards this sound.
I'm interested to hear your thoughts on this.
FYI the recording in question is "Tribute" in my signature. It ended up being a fairly flat and dark mix compared to others.
Cheers.
Amateur here wanting some feedback on this cheat method for mixing.
I've mixed a few dozen of my own songs now but there's no doubt I'm still way in amateur mode.
Some mixes come out better than others. I'm sometimes feeling like I just can't get to "the end" of the mix or I'm not fully in control of it.
I'm ok with this btw, it's all fun.
I recently took a recording that I'm storing on Soundcloud and tried out the new Mastering function.
I was impressed at how good it made my song sound, even though I could recognize that it was just a computer algorithm doing it's thing (and a bit like a blunt tool too, i'm sure humans would do better).
It was easy to be impressed too; it was slightly louder, more treble in the entire mix and clearer separation of the all instruments. Especially vocals.
Question is: If I had done a better job mixing this song, or perhaps had a better idea of what end sound I was heading for, would this mastering process have had such a dramatic effect?
Another way of asking would be, would a well mixed song sound much different after being mastered?
So (and don't laugh) I was thinking I could just load my songs into Soundcloud, get a taste of what the "Soundcloud Mastering" does to it, then head my mixing towards this sound.
I'm interested to hear your thoughts on this.
FYI the recording in question is "Tribute" in my signature. It ended up being a fairly flat and dark mix compared to others.
Cheers.