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psom
New member
Using my mistakes. Nobody makes as many messed up mistakes as I do. So I put them to good use.
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Al618
New member
I guess I owe my unique sound to -- air. Air acts differently from electrons in a grid, or binary numbers sieved through truth tables. I try to get as much sound happening in the air before it dives into devices or mics. Even bouncing tracks can be done in air with mics and speakers, sounding better than going direct input. It is like the sound surfaces from the device to get some -- air. Some natural EQ combing takes place, the 'mud' is gone, and the bounced tracks are cleaner.
rayc
retroreprobate
Imagine using Nickleback as a yard stick! Insults at 10 paces are the go after a comment like that. I know some people like Nickleback or see them as a "standard" but I'm not one of them I'm afraid.
On topic...
I've been told I have a signature sound and I think that was based on my main guitar (Bruno Royal artist semi acoustic single coil MIJ early 70's type thing), my tendency to push the bright to brittle end of its sound along with a certain strum sensibility and my overindulgence in multi tracking that, combined with my inability to play along with myself, results in a dense (in both senses) sound.
I tried to break away from the sound a little on my most recent recording using a different guitar (Guyatone Mosrite copy with a humbuck at the bridge) and playing only down strokes but it sounds the same so it must be everything other than the guitar & strumming. In other words: I don't really & I don't know really.
On topic...
I've been told I have a signature sound and I think that was based on my main guitar (Bruno Royal artist semi acoustic single coil MIJ early 70's type thing), my tendency to push the bright to brittle end of its sound along with a certain strum sensibility and my overindulgence in multi tracking that, combined with my inability to play along with myself, results in a dense (in both senses) sound.
I tried to break away from the sound a little on my most recent recording using a different guitar (Guyatone Mosrite copy with a humbuck at the bridge) and playing only down strokes but it sounds the same so it must be everything other than the guitar & strumming. In other words: I don't really & I don't know really.
Justsomeguy
Quiet is the new Loud
It's strange that i don't think i personally have a distinctive "sound" as it were, yet when i hear mixes from my friends or a couple of local studios i can tell very quickly who mixed the tracks even if i wasn't told. I think a large part of it is down to simply hearing songs from these people ALOT so i've gotten used to the techniques these individuals use on the majority of their mixes.
I think when i first started mixing my mixes were all very "Dry" and "narrow" (it got pointed out a lot at least) whereas now my mixes get called "balanced" and "comfortable". Whether that's a good thing or not, i wouldn't say it's any kind of unique sound, but i suppose to people who know me really well and have worked with me, a they could probably pick mine out in a bunch of mixes.
I think when i first started mixing my mixes were all very "Dry" and "narrow" (it got pointed out a lot at least) whereas now my mixes get called "balanced" and "comfortable". Whether that's a good thing or not, i wouldn't say it's any kind of unique sound, but i suppose to people who know me really well and have worked with me, a they could probably pick mine out in a bunch of mixes.