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RE: nzca lines - pure luxury - mixed by saint thomas ledoux - mikej - 01-11-2020 (30-10-2020, 09:22 PM)JohnMerchant Wrote: Really?If I have the right John Merchant, a very impressive discography/career, and also engineered the lead track of one of my favourite albums/dvds. All My Friends Are Here. Wow. Cheers! RE: nzca lines - pure luxury - mixed by saint thomas ledoux - sledoux - 01-11-2020 (01-11-2020, 05:55 PM)mikej Wrote:Hehe, ya. That's the one alright!(30-10-2020, 09:22 PM)JohnMerchant Wrote: Really?If I have the right John Merchant, a very impressive discography/career, and also engineered the lead track of one of my favourite albums/dvds. All My Friends Are Here. Wow. Good suggestion on the pultec EQ. Would have LOVED a transient designer on those drum loops, but we don't have any in the studios at school! Had I mixed this from home, would have definitely been one of the first things I reached for. I was able to creat more snap out of the kick by simply gating it to a mere click, and then distorting that click until it became white noise, then mixing that back in with the original kick in parallel. I should go back and see how that same trick might have worked on an entire drum loop. Probably catastrophically, but maybe a good kind of catastrophic, who knows. RE: nzca lines - pure luxury - mixed by saint thomas ledoux - mikej - 01-11-2020 Gosh. I love those 80's productions - Chaka Khan - Through The Fire, I Feel for You (of course), etc. Reading liner notes took me to Arif Mardin (wow!) and then of course on to All My Friends are Here. Not sure if you've seen the film, but the track 'Wistful' really does get me every time. The whole production is very moving and affectionate. Everything about the album and the film is really beautiful. Bit of a digression there from discussing the mix but hey. Nice idea with distorting the kick and blending it in. I find I don't quite think along those lines. I guess you could maybe duplicate the loop and split it in 3 frequency bands or something to try and process kick and snare on seperate channels. I think it's good to experiment with things and try different ideas out, etc. They might not all work, all the time, but you never know when you might hit upon something that seems to work more often than not, and that also raises the game a little. Cheers! RE: nzca lines - pure luxury - mixed by saint thomas ledoux - sledoux - 02-11-2020 (01-11-2020, 10:13 PM)mikej Wrote: Bit of a digression there from discussing the mix but hey."I feel for you" definitely slaps, down to digress on that one anytime. RE: nzca lines - pure luxury - mixed by saint thomas ledoux - mikej - 02-11-2020 Yeah. The stutter edit using the AMS delay (I think it was) as a sampler was quite a big thing and kind of a new sound at the time. Amazing that doing things like that back then was cutting edge stuff and considered taking a bit of a chance. Cheers! Edit: Watched the film again last night. Seems the stutter edit was discovered by a mistake, but was put in deliberately as they packed the track with hooks to try and guarantee a hit. Not so much taking a chance, but more carefully crafted. RE: nzca lines - pure luxury - mixed by saint thomas ledoux - JohnMerchant - 26-11-2020 (31-10-2020, 12:21 AM)Nothing fishy here, Mike, and absolutely no offense intended. I have been using the Cambridge site as a resource for years in the mixing course at MTSU, though I rarely post myself. A few years ago, I met Mike Senior at AES and was able to thank him in person for putting this amazing resource together.For the record, there was no slight intended, just trying to be sarcastic based on St Thomass original post. Clearly that didn't translate as expected! (And yes, I had the great pleasure to work with Arif Mardin a few times.)FWIW, here were the comments posted as part of his mix review: Wrote: overall mix is a little quiet, though that’s way better than too hot. that’s odd given how much buss processing you have in place on the stereo submix. when I switch to input in your Pro Tools session, the level jumps way up, so this looks/sounds like a printing issue RE: nzca lines - pure luxury - mixed by saint thomas ledoux - mikej - 27-11-2020 Quote:Nothing fishy here, Mike, and absolutely no offense intended. I have been using the Cambridge site as a resource for years in the mixing course at MTSU, though I rarely post myself. A few years ago, I met Mike Senior at AES and was able to thank him in person for putting this amazing resource together.For the record, there was no slight intended, just trying to be sarcastic based on St Thomass original post. Clearly that didn't translate as expected! (And yes, I had the great pleasure to work with Arif Mardin a few times.)FWIW, here were the comments posted as part of his mix reviewOh, no offence taken. Thanks for taking the time to reply, much appreciated! It all made sense once Saint Thomas explained, although I must admit it did leave me feeling a little confused back there for a while! I do try my best to be honest and helpful. My mixing experience, such as it is, only extends as far as me trying to learn to mix on this site though. I figured a 'critique of my mix critique' from a pro fair game, although the reply did strike me as being a bit lacking in detail haha. Sometimes to me it seems that there is a lot of potential learning space available here that goes unused, so I try my best to get some discussion going on occasion, as I figure you get out what you put in. - It also goes to show you never know who might be about on here. Many thanks for posting your comments on the mix too. Plenty to think about there. People reading this should go check out John's impressive list of credits. Also go check out the Arif Mardin story too!
Cheers!
(Apologies for hijacking the thread a bit)
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