Fytakyte: 'Outa Control'_mix Tommy M.

[tjmtruth]

I didn't mean to start a ruckus earlier. I'm all for leaving parts out and all that jazz. Whatever makes the song better. That said I personally approach most of these songs as a challenge to mix what's provided. If I leave something out it's usually a really redundant part or really poorly played. I too have issues getting the acoustic to fit but I just feel like they're a part of the puzzle that helps fill out the entire picture.

I was pontificating more about mixing in general than the particular mix.


As an aside it's interesting how things change. Back when I started I would have loved the band to not be around for mixing. There's nothing like four guys crowding up to a relatively small console and each wanting something different and dealt with right now! I've learned to tell people to come in later or go get a sandwich or something. I sometimes think mixing is like sausage, you don't want to see how it's made.

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Roy, see my conversations with Andrew. I wanted to give him what he wanted and I chickened out with the acoustics on my first mix. See the above UPDATE and my newest mix, version 10M, in which I put those beautiful sounding acoustic guitars back in where they belong. It was a simple matter of fading in/out other parts to create space for them. I wasn't working when trying to other methods or creating space such as eq, compression and/or other methods. The fix was simple, and now I'm so much happier not having to cut those out. I loved your comment "I've learned to tell people to come in later or go get a sandwich or something. I sometimes think mixing is like sausage, you don't want to see how it's made." ......Had me on the floor with laughter!!! You rock!

Later,
Tom