14-11-2014, 02:07 PM
Yeah, I was breaking in some new speakers while mixing this so my perception was definitely off... but the main reason for the spectral skew is that adding the room mics in even a little bit has really serious phase consequences in the guitar and vocal tracks. All-pass filters, phase rotators, timing alignment... nothing fixed the low mid cancellation without breaking something else. All the time I hear about "mixing into" the room tracks, and I always throw my hands up and flip over my desk whenever I try it. Room tracks sound like hell 90% of the time anyway and this is no exception. Another oddity I found in the room mics was that it tended to cause the lead vocal to wander from side to side across the stereo image.
The really odd thing about the tracking here is that when you read the session notes, you'll learn they'd newly installed a permanent decca tree fixture in the tracking room. Using that strategy on such a small ensemble makes absolutely no sense to me whatsoever, and would be much more appropriate for a large ensemble like an orchestra.
The really odd thing about the tracking here is that when you read the session notes, you'll learn they'd newly installed a permanent decca tree fixture in the tracking room. Using that strategy on such a small ensemble makes absolutely no sense to me whatsoever, and would be much more appropriate for a large ensemble like an orchestra.
I'm grateful for comments and suggestions. Thank you for listening!