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They always tell you never to mix radio mic systems because of the RF differences and different companding settings. I discovered Sennheiser transmitters sounded very nice on Trantec receivers. Due to the mismatch, instead of overall neutral, I got a bit of expansion (I think). I liked the...

You said you panned one left and the other right, is there any chance the routing has not done the panning? What you describe is what happens when the two side channels are panned centre. I wonder if despite the pan position, those two channels are both working in mone?

This is exactly why compression has to be the most mangled subject we have in recording. Logic, science and experience all competing with each other. A guitarist with a stomp box compressor might experience an increase in volume when they hit the button, and a DAW user might get a volume...

I hate it when we start to talk of compression (or expansion) making things quieter or louder. All they do is reduce or increase dynamic range. Loudness is perceived as a result of dynamic range changes. I totally get it that very often compression is used alongside level changes to make a mix...

Dave - I think plenty of people understand the theory, but I suspect they may not actually hear it. I knew the theory for a very long time and routinely talked about it - then one day, I heard it!

This is exactly why compressors are so difficult to explain. The listener does not have the knowledge to be able to hear what it does, without explanation and explanations of compression mean nothing without hearing it. So many things in real life are compressed naturally, we often don't notice...

Right! I think i need to add the original track, without the voice and then refer to that pretty much continually start to finish. I think i fell into the trap of hearing a bit and assuming the EQ was static. That example, is very obvious so I should have noticed. Probably means i need to...

That's the snag - it's meant to be a big boom, and the original is covered in big reverb?

One of your best Jimmy - always been a firm favourite and this is a great version.

I liked that - what did my head in though was the waveform - being reversed from 'normal' and out of time with the beat. I found I had to go back and re-listen because it took my attention and pulled focus.

Ha! Exactly the problem. It could be on a pair of 12 or 15” plastic boxes on sticks, or a flown PA with lots of subs! Brings back memories of that recent topic where people were talking about reverb on a track. When i get a chance to fiddle, I will pop up the un-voxed version.

I think maybe the piano comment is right - I'll try a different one. I'm getting stuck in a big circle.

Raymond - no, the comments are exactly what I'm wanting. I just heard it so many times I was adjusting and then re-adjusting and yet, some people spotted things I had totally missed. Like an odd noise that turned out to be a 'lost' chunk of a guitar, unmuted. The singing will be a problem -...

Oh, I can do the process, I am just worried about the result. It’s a show track as opposed to a normal release, so one suggests doing one thing, but live? I’m not quite sure. I think fixing the exposed end is probably more important maybe.

No disco bass alternating octaves he he!

When I remove the gaga voice - everything is very sort of exposed. With the voice present, Rich's idea worked, but with the voice muted, it seems a bit weak. I will keep going as soon as I have more time. Thanks folks!

I bought some ‘ampex’ reels from china, and they turned out to be rather good. The real thing with these is the stiffness of the flanges OFF the machine. If you bend the things when you drop them, or abuse them accidentally, it takes a lot of effort to get the bends out. One of my machines does...

Rich, thanks. The 3.53 thing i just didnt notice! No idea what that might be. I must have heard it, but no. The end was an edit as it was way too long, but again, yesterday i missed the change. There are three pianos. One real, one processed and another doing twiddle, because im not that good a...

In the topic about your ears getting tired - yesterday I was going to say it never happens to me, but I have been working on a track today and I've gone mix-blind. It's a show track - so think female singer. I've been struggling a bit because the original is quite a powerful ballad, with quite...

Nice enough as a recording, but not at all 80's disco - ten years out I'd estimate. 80's disco had verses and choruses and virtually all had a melody. There are little bits of Donna Summer in places, but they appear then vanish. More 90's maybe?