gamblor wrote:That's interesting Andrew that your "loudest" mix didn't involve any 2 bus compression whatsoever. I think next time I track I'll try to put more emphasis on capturing mids and see where that gets me.
macrae11 wrote:gamblor wrote:That's interesting Andrew that your "loudest" mix didn't involve any 2 bus compression whatsoever. I think next time I track I'll try to put more emphasis on capturing mids and see where that gets me.
To be clear I didn't actually mix the album, I recorded, produced and mastered it. Bit of an odd scenario. It was actually mixed in Nashville and it was very ear opening to hear what a mixer of that caliber can pull out of mix and make it in your face, without any 2 bus work at all.
gamblor wrote:You know, the deeper I get into the pro-audio world the more I realize I’ve got an incredibly long way to go. It’s slightly overwhelming when you start REALLY getting into it.
gamblor wrote:You know, the deeper I get into the pro-audio world the more I realize I’ve got an incredibly long way to go. It’s slightly overwhelming when you start REALLY getting into it.
macrae11 wrote:Can we now make every thread nautical themed?
Malcolm Boyce wrote:As always, the secret to great mixes is great recordings.
Malcolm Boyce wrote:Something that I think Matt has touched is not all recordings are going to give you the end result you may be looking for. Everything about those Nickelband tracks is done with the intent of them sounding that way in the end. I'm sure that if most of us had the multitracks of those tunes, it would be far easier to get something resembling "loud" than taking something less suitable for the tone and trying to shape it to be that.
As always, the secret to great mixes is great recordings.
gamblor wrote: Only other big change I made was drying up the vocals. In the original mix they were compressed like crazy, but they were so echoey that the compression wasn’t being allowed to do its job.
gamblor wrote:I’ve posted a new mix of this song at the link below. Everything is final except for some of the quieter vocals at the start. We’re going to overdub those because there is too much room bleed in relation to the volume of his voice. I’ll post one later in the week with zero mix compression just for fun.
gamblor wrote:One question I have is how did everybody know that multiband compression was the answer to the bass problem I was having? My gut instinct upon deciding that the bass was too heavy would be to eq it. Instead I decided to go with multiband compression per everybody’s recommendation. The end result is certainly what I was looking for, but for future reference how should I go about deciding which tool to use for correcting problem frequencies?
OK, then now I have a question. How did you add the verb on the vocals?
I know Danny isn't a quiet singer so I'm curious as to how far away he was from the mic during the performance? Also you may want to dampen your vocal room if you are finding that the sound of the room isn't helping you acheive the desired result.
gamblor wrote:I’ve posted a new mix of this song..
gamblor wrote:One question I have is how did everybody know that multiband compression was the answer to the bass problem I was having? My gut instinct upon deciding that the bass was too heavy would be to eq it. Instead I decided to go with multiband compression per everybody’s recommendation. The end result is certainly what I was looking for, but for future reference how should I go about deciding which tool to use for correcting problem frequencies?
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