what order should I apply fx ?

[gecko zzed]

The cooking analogy is awesome!

And there are some significant implications of it.

1 If you have the wrong ingredients, or you've overcooked it, no amount of icing and dressing is going to make it taste any better.

2 This means that the only way to fix it is to chuck it out and start again,

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

This means that the only way to fix it is to chuck it out and start again,

Or give it to the dog

But yeah, the analogy is huge and robust starting, as you say, with the importance of using the best ingredients as being analogous to the importance of getting the performance and tracking right from the beginning, to the balance of food groups and flavors being like finding the right spectral balance and mix arrangement, to the simplest recipes usually being the best. There's a million more equivalents too.

The downside is that every time I start talking like this I get really hungry . Time to go slave over some hot burners (and I don't mean Plextor this time )

G.

 

[Aled_King]

Haha. Like the analogy


Thanks for the info. I aspire to avoid being an ill informed newb, and set off using good practises.

 

[Massive Master]

The cooking analogy is awesome!

And there are some significant implications of it.

1 If you have the wrong ingredients, or you've overcooked it, no amount of icing and dressing is going to make it taste any better.

2 This means that the only way to fix it is to chuck it out and start again,

Or try to turn it into a similar dish that might not be as good as what the cook set out to make, but at least edible.

Add some rice - It'll make it less salty.

Unfortunately, it's done a lot...

 

[Dogbreath]

Or give it to the dog

G.

what'd I do?

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

what'd I do?

Not you. I'm talking about that useless yappy little chihuahua-oodle that isn't even dog enough to be a cat.



G.

 

[Dogbreath]

Not you. I'm talking about that useless yappy little chihuahua-oodle that isn't even dog enough to be a cat.



G.

I'm better now.

 

[Dogbreath]

at least I was til I sharted.

 

[iownrocknroll]

I'm not trying to argue, but seriously - Come work here for a few weeks and see how many projects come in for *MIXING* because the potential client didn't know what mastering was. Session setup, worksheets, etc., etc., -

I'll glady come work with you!!!

 

[nate_dennis]

I'm going to bring it back to the O.P. (though all this talk of food has been nice) Aside from the difference between mixing and mastering it seems that one big problem has not been addressed.

I'm a noob playing with recording my guitar. I am playing finger-picking and chord/melody on an acoustic-nylon with an under-saddle piezo pickup. I am recording straight into a little portable digital recorder (24-bit).

Now, I know that I'm not an expert at all, but doesn't it seem that recording with a decent mic with decent placement would work wonders to provide the desired effect? I'm not super familiar with piezo p/ups but they're still p/ups. I think you would get better results and need to spend less time on effects if you recorded with a decent mic. it would go a long way to get you the desired "less of each individual string/more of the whole guitar" result. Just my two cents.