29-05-2018, 09:47 PM
Hi Monk,
Nope, I don't think so, and I'm flattered that you've taken so much effort to analyze this!
Not measured it myself in that way, but your findings don't surprise me, and in principle I agree with you. As with a lot of my mixes, though, I was chasing a specific set of references on behalf of the artist, and that was the sound that seemed to fit the bill -- or as close as I could get it by ear. Had I mixed it to my own taste I might have targeted it differently, but that wasn't the brief! There was actually a massive variation between the different references too (even though they were all Jamoriquai) so I'm not sure there's such a thing as a standard 'professional mastering curve' in this instance. Fundamentally, though, one man's meat is another's poison, which is no bad thing in a general sense I think, and one of the things I like about this forum is that we get to hear so many different perspectives on the same raw material. (Liked the creativity in your mixes, by the way, and the cool pumping effects!)
Cheers,
Mike S.
(29-05-2018, 03:38 PM)Monk Wrote: Am I missing something?
Nope, I don't think so, and I'm flattered that you've taken so much effort to analyze this!
Not measured it myself in that way, but your findings don't surprise me, and in principle I agree with you. As with a lot of my mixes, though, I was chasing a specific set of references on behalf of the artist, and that was the sound that seemed to fit the bill -- or as close as I could get it by ear. Had I mixed it to my own taste I might have targeted it differently, but that wasn't the brief! There was actually a massive variation between the different references too (even though they were all Jamoriquai) so I'm not sure there's such a thing as a standard 'professional mastering curve' in this instance. Fundamentally, though, one man's meat is another's poison, which is no bad thing in a general sense I think, and one of the things I like about this forum is that we get to hear so many different perspectives on the same raw material. (Liked the creativity in your mixes, by the way, and the cool pumping effects!)Cheers,
Mike S.