(23-07-2014, 10:04 PM)pauli Wrote: Quick question before I give you my thoughts... from my perspective most mix engineers fall under two categories: those who prefer EQ as the first potential solution to balance problems and those who generally try compression first. Where is your leaning on that continuum?
I'm not sure really. What I do tend to do almost by default though is group the mix into drums (may include bass), guitars, and vocals etc. Generally a group for every set of similar instruments. Those will get a compressor, typically an LA2A (not a real one
) on vox, 3A on guitars etc. I'm using the "Antress Modern Plugins" for that mostly.Input compressors are often "MajorTom" which I believe is supposed to be like a DBX 160. The plugin doesn't have any gain reduction metering which I actually like.
I did have ReaXcomp on the bass, multiband compressor. It was part of my attempt at getting it to sound like an actual bass
When I first put up the mix I normally try to make things fit by turning down channels that are masking other stuff, rather than EQing them. Later I may come back to them and see what I have to cut to allow me to turn it up without causing a fight.
My main focus is on live sound and I've been aware of this concept for a few years:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMMmR1u0CFk
I don't necessarily do exactly that, but I like the idea and it wouldn't be out of the ordinary for me to take that sort of approach.
Chris