Hi sardhouse, thanks for your feedback and comments
its funny, i mixed both these tracks on headphones with crappy PC speakers as my only reference so I wasn't sure about the bottom end stomp that i was trying to create. I now have some new near field monitors and I think I prefer the overall balance of mix_01 too, but maybe with a couple of tweaks that i made to Vox on mix_02
The heavy bottom end in mix-02 is all EQ, no compression. I dialed it in using my Pultec emu on both kick and bass
Obviously a rhetorical question.....but master buss compression can be an amazing tool if treated with respect....its like having an army of people working all the faders at once to maintain a perfect balance...it really helps to bring out of some of the micro details of a mix....but it cant fix a bad mix and shouldn't be used to excess...1-2, maybe 3 db gain reduction at most with just enough make-up gain to maintain an equivalent volume with the uncompressed material...then when you A/B you can tell if it sounds better or not.
Cheers
(04-10-2014, 05:41 PM)sardhouse Wrote: very nice mix!!! for my personal taste i prefer your first version 'cause in the second i can hear too much compression, the track is jumping up and down like in the luna park
its funny, i mixed both these tracks on headphones with crappy PC speakers as my only reference so I wasn't sure about the bottom end stomp that i was trying to create. I now have some new near field monitors and I think I prefer the overall balance of mix_01 too, but maybe with a couple of tweaks that i made to Vox on mix_02
The heavy bottom end in mix-02 is all EQ, no compression. I dialed it in using my Pultec emu on both kick and bass
(04-10-2014, 05:41 PM)sardhouse Wrote: i can't understand this bus compression... i use the compressor/limiter in the channel that need it... just this.
have a nice day!!
Sardhouse
Obviously a rhetorical question.....but master buss compression can be an amazing tool if treated with respect....its like having an army of people working all the faders at once to maintain a perfect balance...it really helps to bring out of some of the micro details of a mix....but it cant fix a bad mix and shouldn't be used to excess...1-2, maybe 3 db gain reduction at most with just enough make-up gain to maintain an equivalent volume with the uncompressed material...then when you A/B you can tell if it sounds better or not.
Cheers