I'm baaaaaaack.........
Actually, I didn't want to come back. This talentless hack isn't worth half the time I've already given him. But I got a PM from someone telling me to check out the thread. I'm assuming it's because you said his stuff sounded good? I have no idea. But I'm here and saw this post.
So, I listened to some of his samples. What's he "mixing"? A bunch of pre-recorded, pre-packaged samples? You going to to tell me you can't mix that crap, let alone your 3 year old niece?
Seriously, this is a joke. I wouldn't even care, but since he's the one that took the thread in the direction of "Your music sounds like crap", all I can say is, if this shitty EDM, cookie-cutter, paint-by-numbers dog shit is what "2015" is all about, then thank god I'm just playing the music I like for fun. You can call me old and tell me I'm living in the past all you want. I'll be proud of it if this pre-packaged, brainless, disco-beat fluff that ANYONE can mix is any indication of what this bozo thinks is good. I know I have some talent. This guy doesn't even know what an instrument is and is only able to mix "music" (HAHA!) that's pretty much already mixed for him.Talk about having ZERO talent.
And he's writing tutorials? This loser is the poster boy for everything that's wrong with the internet. Anyone with no talent thinks they're a mixing engineer, when in reality he's just a glorified, talentless DJ.
What a joke.
OK, now everyone, please stop sending me PM's or anything else. I'm out of this waste of bandwidth and I regret wasting my time trying to educate this bozo, now that I've listened to his......um......"music". LOL!
Hey Rami,
I'll try one more time to have a gentle conversation with you, but I am not sure if this would be good for someone that responds "I am not reading all that shit", all the time.
Well at least, some other members would read it so I guess my time typing is worth it. Hope we can have a nice communication at last.
The reason I became kind again with you is because we may shed some light to all this argument. I am sick and tired of this. I prefer to be well even with people that I don't agree with.
I also understood by your quote above, that you don't really have problem with me, but you've got a problem with samples and DJs.
You call me talentless because I play no instruments, as you mentioned, and because I am a talentless dj.
I have said countless times that I am not even a DJ. I mostly enjoy rock and metal music, but since I need to pay my bills I can't say "ew I can't mix and master that sh*t"!. I mix everything, I love mixing.
I am a mixing & mastering engineer, neither a great producer neither a DJ. In fact, I suck at producing, and I am trying to change it. I would like to get better at epic/cinematic music.
I just
mix and master WAV files to make them sound commercial using only plugins. That's what I do. I do not produce songs from scratch, cause I suck.
That's why I am telling you that I can't be offended when you're telling me that I suck.
Cause I haven't uploaded something mine yet.
You cannot make me go mad that I suck at producing, when nothing is mine. I just MIX and MASTER OTHERS songs. Can you please understand this?
Now...
About the "hello we're in 2015" stuff, I never said that playing an instrument is worse than composing using MIDI keyboard. I used to play the electric guitar that I pretty much sucked at it,
and I have no problem saying that I suck at something. I found a new passion: to mix and master music.
I did not mean dj mixing. I meant the regular and famous mixing & mastering.
The "hello we're in 2015" stuff was meant for the analog and digital processors.
Not for real instruments.
But I guess since my english suck and my mind has a hard time translating, then I guess i have to say sorry for not being clear.
Since I am a mixing engineer it's pretty logical for me to get ready-made stems/wav files, either it's a kick drum or a guitar that was recorded through a microphone.
And since we both know that recording > mixing, then I ask from the clients to send me DIrect tracks with sources (guitar plugged to sound card for example), so I can re-amp the signal through my own amps (which is basically re-recording again).
I do the same stuff with drums. I connect to my drum kit some triggers, so I can get the sound of my drums. I know the sound of my drumkit very well, so I know the best out of it,
so when I know the best out of it, I create samples to save myself some time. It's the same thing like you're using templates. You are sure that you're going to use at least 1 delay or reverb, so you're creating that
shorcut. At least, that's how I am using samples.
We both know that if the source sound sucks, then no matter the post-process, no matter how much you improve the sound with EQs, compressors and stuff, we mixing engineers are limited.
We may improve it, but still no good source = no commercial. Unless you re-amp the signal of an amp for example (which is re-recording, same thing). The player's performance is the same, but the sound is changing, and that's what I care for as a mixing engineer, to produce a better record.
Unless the guitarist sends me a message and tells me "I know that you told me that if you don't re-amp the sound it will suck, but I don't care keep my sound", then for sure I won't re-amp
and instead will try to fiddle with EQ to get the best of of it. Since the band is hiring a recording/mixing engineer and instead of listening to him, they prefer to keep their sound, then I can't do nothing more than listen to them. Just don't mention my name in the record...
Even though I prefer rock and metal and I am not expert in electronic music... You do know that you can also create your own sounds with synths and waveforms, right?
There's a person in the world (hope I can find the video/link) that he can create any sound he can hear using a synth. The purpose of this is to try to show you that this is called
sound design.
I know that most people prefer to use ready-made presets, but in electronic music, djs know much more than we think, because not all DJs are using ready made stuff. They like sound design too, creating
their own sounds with synths.
And I really I would hope for everyone to send me professional "mix-ready" samples as you say but they don't. Some people create their own sound using synths and while I am telling them
that this needs to be re-designed (it's the same as if I would use the word "re-recorded" for a guitar) they simply don't care and tell me "do what you can with post process we trust you".
It's exactly the same as someone records an electric guitar with no mids at all, harsh high end and way too much bass, and say to you "now mix it". Can you explain to that guy that no matter how much
we'll fix it, the sound is not ready to be put in a mix?
Trust me, EDM music is not as you think it is, I really hoped it is, but not all people are finding ready made samples and presets.
Some people actually do create their own sounds, and I actually support this.
But when their own sounds can't be put in a mix and they think that an EQ can transform their sound to a commercial one, then there's a problem it must to be solved. And this is the communication between you (the engineer) and the band/sound designer. I hope I won't get a response from you like "I am not reading all that shit" again. But If I do well... Some people that are watching the thread, they may find the response useful... Even if one person finds it useful, that's enough