Girls With Glasses - HB Mix

[HbGuitar]

m8, reverb/ambiance is a big subject. i'm not even going to be able to scratch the surface here. i think there are some points that will need a change of reference and a fresh perspective regarding your strategy. my recommendation to you would be to research your butt off.

Having spent last 3 days going through my reference books and online tutorials, I've come to the conclusion that my mistake has been that I've built my reverb pictures in 2D rather than 3D....not knowingly of course.....but through gaps in my understanding, I've ended up developing width and height but very little depth.

On occasion, when tracks have been recorded nicely, especially in situations where close mics aren't too closely mic'ed because of good isolation in a large studio - my reverb picture has worked OK because of the natural depth of the recorded tracks. But most of the stuff we mix isn't like that.....there's often lots of real close mic'ing of instruments and vocals to minimize spill and background noise....or because of the limited dimensions/resources of project studios.

Therefore, it is essential to place each element in 3D.... to push close mics away from the listener if required but also fix them naturally in relation to the other instruments.....and not have it sounding wet and washed out

i think you will find, that when you get this nailed, your placement will be much easier, limiting your need to consider Haas. i think that's good news, because Haas doesn't do mono at all well, and it also brings with it some oddities in the sound because of the comb filtering that's inevitable. yeah, we get comb filtering in reverb too....but it's different to Haas.

so far so good.....I've run a few tests in old mixes and done A/B comparisons and things are sounding good....or at least better . Probably far from nailing it....but from little acorns...... I've certainly been able to reduce the need to use Haas to fix problems.

let's go!

Thanks again Dave for taking the time and effort to communicate what you hear......now back to work!