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Enda-Cur An Long - Monk - 04-01-2019

For me, there’s some wonderful craftsmanship in this song. I thought every instrument, without exception, was beautifully rich in emotion and musicality. However, this was also partly it’s undoing as I found it accumulatively expressive to the point where it overwhelmed my brain while actively listening.

To be clear, that’s not a criticism of the artist(s), but merely an expression of my own personal response to the stimuli. Understanding these things to be somewhat subjective i.e. humans are crap at multitasking, I wanted to try and deliver the song in a way that it felt more settled yet still able to communicate the richness of emotion. In other words, by reducing the complex interactions and their density, I hoped to actually increase the emotional delivery.

This desire introduced some interesting bespoke challenges in the mix process I’ve never encountered before, and will likely never encounter again.

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RE: Enda-Cur An Long - Deliza - 04-01-2019

This probably doesn't mean anything else than you're likely a lot better at multitasking than I am, but I'm feeling there's so much detail, presence and clarity about the side parts (added to some more bright) that, though they are beautiful to listen to, still they distract me from the vocal. It's not a big thing, just that I have to consciously put some attention on the vocal to help my mind drifting. Vocal feels a little undercooked compared to the rest of the tracks, like it's not commanding enough. Maybe some drive and ducking over the side parts would do the trick? I'm listening on headphones, for what it's worth.

Apart from that, it's a pristine mix with a very cozy feeling, melikes.




RE: Enda-Cur An Long - Monk - 04-01-2019

(04-01-2019, 01:53 PM)Deliza Wrote: I'm listening on headphones, for what it's worth.

Thanks for the time and comments, glad you dropped by especially with only 3 threads up in 2018 and 7 of the last posts with zero feedback.

It is important knowing what you're listening over. I mixed this only over boxes and didn't even put the cans on. I know it's wide in the mix from the panning and treatment I did (I'm a glutton for separation!), so it's likely the can's are exaggerating the 180 degree spread of your space compared to my own 60 degrees and phantom centre.

That's not an excuse, I should have made allowances and at least checked it quickly, especially after all the work I did. I probably need to make a compromise and pull the soundstage in a little on the sides which would help headphone peeps without negatively impacting the box crews. This would also automatically address the center channel vox probably without even having to touch it.

I'm out of the "office" 'cos it's POETS day, but will check it on the weekend.

Great post, thanks. Reciprocating shortly.




RE: Enda-Cur An Long - ALX - 05-03-2022

I like it too.