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What Is Thing Called Love mix + master - kjell159 - 16-02-2013 Hey, I both mixed and mastered this song. Actually I found that the recording itself was already pretty fine. Firstly, I didn't pan anything, I tried by ways of E.Q. to give every instrument in the song its place. I like the dynamics (especialy in Jazz, which was quite new for me tough) although I spend a pretty decent amount of time putting automations (fades) to get away of the clipping in the more heavy drum parts. E.Q. I used on all the tracks, I like to use a high shelf to preserve a lot of the bass frequencies for the actual (double) bass. I almost used no compression (except for example for the bass to make it a little tougher, fatter and more prominent in the mix) because I wanted to keep the dynamics. And I used a little reverb on some tracks like the overheads and the piano (I think) to get a more roomy feeling. During mastering I again used a high shelf to get away of the really sub-bass (which in Jazz I think aren't important, this is not heavy dubstep or something). I tried to get a little bit more 'shimmering' by boosting (about 1dB) in the more high end around 9kHz. And a low shelf around 16kHz to get away of the unneeded almost not hearable high frequencies. Also I boosted the low midrange around 130 Hz a bit to make the double bass more prominent on less bassy or 'woofy' speakers. A thing (That maybe wasn't needed, please tell me if so I love to hear about others because I am still pretty new to recording/mixing/mastering.) I also did was using a tape saturator to make it a little fatter (about around 1,5 dB). I didn't use a compressor or multi-band compressor during mastering because I wanted to preserve the dynamics in this song. To make the song even more stereo or 'surround' I used a stereo widener. (not to heavely but still pretty hearable and helpfull) Finally I used a limiter to prevent the song from clipping. (Which definitely happened after I used the saturator, that is why I am asking some advice about this stuff!) Please, I know there are a lot of people out there who are way more experienced than me! RE: What Is Thing Called Love mix + master - Mike Senior - 20-02-2013 Your tonality is rather bass-heavy for my taste, and probably in general for the style too. But it's not just a question of rolling some bass out of the mix buss, because I think you've probably overcooked your kick drum too. It feels a bit too 'funk', rather than the lighter touch of jazz -- I think this music is more about an equal interplay of the kit instruments than about the primacy of the kick/snare, as in rock say. The string bass also feels rather bloated, such that his lines being to get a bit muddled even on my main monitors, and will do so more on the more resonant listening systems typical in the real world -- especially in the light of the long resonance in the kick-drum tail. I'd maybe try to bring out a bit more of that instrument's midrange to get a better small-system translation I also wonder whether your kit processing is emphasising the ride stick noise a bit too much. I find it distracting me from the piano and bass lines a lot of the time. Thanks for posting, and I hope some of that was helpful! [I listened to your mastered version.] RE: What Is Thing Called Love mix + master - kjell159 - 20-02-2013 Thanks for listening. It was helpfull by the way. It's true that I made the kick drum and bass to bassy and maybe also to muddy. I was more in my head like: 'Hey, I've got to use a lot of E.Q. to make this pumping and hard without losing the dynamics which would occur with compression.' I think I maybe made the overheads to 'reverby' because I actually found the cymbals, hats, ect. all over the place distracting myself. But I have a problem: in my D.A.W. (I use Audacity (free), with free plug-ins, pretty cheap active monitors and a Line6 interface as a sound card (I also record, that is how I got into mixing) ) I cannot undo previous 'effects' or 'processions' except if I didn't close my project after the 'effect' I want to change and if you undo an 'effect' you lose all the 'effects' you added after the undone effect. If anybody can follow, that means: I always have to think twice because I find it harder (and I think it is) to make a track good that is 'unprocessed' where you have a good overall view of your sound than a heavely processed track that is already 'overwhelmed'. RE: What Is Thing Called Love mix + master - Mike Senior - 20-02-2013 (20-02-2013, 05:51 PM)kjell159 Wrote: But I have a problem: in my D.A.W. (I use Audacity (free), with free plug-ins, pretty cheap active monitors and a Line6 interface as a sound card (I also record, that is how I got into mixing) ) I cannot undo previous 'effects' or 'processions' except if I didn't close my project after the 'effect' I want to change and if you undo an 'effect' you lose all the 'effects' you added after the undone effect. I think you need to switch to Reaper. You can try it out for free, and the non-commercial licence is only $60. I use it now for almost all my mixes. RE: What Is Thing Called Love mix + master - kjell159 - 21-02-2013 Yes, I was somehow already planning to buy a better D.A.W. (not that it makes the music better or something, but I mean easier to work with). |