06-02-2014, 07:30 PM
What an awesome, emotional song.
Played oboe, xylophone, and percussion starting around 11 years of age, so I guess my first musical experience was in symphonic style orchestras. Maybe watched the sort of film this tune was meant for a little too much, too
It was a brave choice to attempt this because orchestral mixing is something I've never tried. But Jeffrey Hayat is apparently a rather accomplished midi programmer because I barely had to do anything at all. Clean-up, rough balance, transient/sustain processing, EQ to reduce the brightness in some of the horn samples and get a few instruments out of the way, followed by a final rebalance, and I was done in maybe an hour. Simple 2 band expander on the master bus to maximize emotional impact, and here you have it!
Either I've missed something huge, my ears have gone fallow on me, or I've found a genre that mixes naturally for me. Throw me a bone here and tell me what you think.
Played oboe, xylophone, and percussion starting around 11 years of age, so I guess my first musical experience was in symphonic style orchestras. Maybe watched the sort of film this tune was meant for a little too much, too
It was a brave choice to attempt this because orchestral mixing is something I've never tried. But Jeffrey Hayat is apparently a rather accomplished midi programmer because I barely had to do anything at all. Clean-up, rough balance, transient/sustain processing, EQ to reduce the brightness in some of the horn samples and get a few instruments out of the way, followed by a final rebalance, and I was done in maybe an hour. Simple 2 band expander on the master bus to maximize emotional impact, and here you have it!
Either I've missed something huge, my ears have gone fallow on me, or I've found a genre that mixes naturally for me. Throw me a bone here and tell me what you think.
I'm grateful for comments and suggestions. Thank you for listening!