Recent content by dobro

Kev, your description of Stu is bang on. 👍 The song: I'd be trying to record a new drum track - there's no groove with the present parts. Maybe new bass part, too. This one needs a light touch which is also tight as a tight thing.

And no guarantee that if you do wake up, you'll actually reach the end of the day. 🥸

Ten reflections of you in the shiny little knobs. (y)

Been away. Listened again. Lovely. My attention got taken by the groove, which is always a good sign. You understand groove. 8-)

Listened to the remix. When it started, I thought: 'It's too bright or lacks some low end,' but then I realized it was just the opening guitar that gave that impression. I have a question: Has anybody ever mixed a given track in a mix (eg an electric guitar track) with different EQ at different...

BTW, I asked about whether you compressed on the way in because I read your post in the Mixing Forum talking about that. (I never compress on the way in - for one thing, there's no need to. Why? Because with 24-bit recording, you can just lower the recording level to something that doesn't clip...

I like the second mix much better.

I use parallel compression on a track with uneven levels (eg vocals) when I want to bring up the level of the quiet stuff without affecting the peaks. I can be gentler with the ordinary compression then. No, I meant that the lyrics are ultra clear and easy to hear. You were concerned that...

Did you compress any of this stuff as you were recording it? In answer to your question: It's not only easy to understand what you're singing, it's too easy, if you know what I mean.

Nope, but I'm wondering why people don't reference this or that post from each forum to illustrate what they're talking about. I don't think I've ever seen that. Maybe people just aren't that into talking about approaches to mixing on this site. Or maybe people from this forum tends not to...

I wonder why there's not more connection between the two forums.

The mp3 Forum is the forum most closely allied to this mixing Forum, right?

Yeah, that was what I was talking about, and probably how I would deal with it. But I'm still not sure, because: * I'm currently looking at a mix as a hierarchy of three levels: what you want noticed, the second tier behind that, and everything else. * You can make a mix element more...

Good idea you got here. Another good idea would be to consider all the comments about the high end on the guitar. The idea about vocals was good too, I thought.

It's a good 'un. I've listened to it three times, because although it sounds good (which means it *is* good), the space on the vocal pushes it back in the mix further than the first picking guitar. The cellos seem right. But I'd love to hear it with the vocal just a taste drier and more forward...