15-07-2014, 03:50 PM
Thanks all for your comments and discussion.
A lot of good points made, for me I think the first mistakes I made was dealing with the piano and the acoustic guitars eq. I built my mix around these two instruments and eq ing around them was a losing battle.
I guess referencing at all points, especially the start and end of the mix would help avoid these problems.
In hindsight I think the tracks need quite a bit of work to tame the high end and bring it under control but yes lost of perspective had me working in the opposite direction.
I have to agree with pauli that the first and foremost cause of the harsh/overly bright mixes here on the forum are due to the source material and lost of perspective.
Note to self ....reference, reference, reference!
A lot of good points made, for me I think the first mistakes I made was dealing with the piano and the acoustic guitars eq. I built my mix around these two instruments and eq ing around them was a losing battle.
I guess referencing at all points, especially the start and end of the mix would help avoid these problems.
In hindsight I think the tracks need quite a bit of work to tame the high end and bring it under control but yes lost of perspective had me working in the opposite direction.
I have to agree with pauli that the first and foremost cause of the harsh/overly bright mixes here on the forum are due to the source material and lost of perspective.
Note to self ....reference, reference, reference!