24-06-2021, 11:25 AM
I have fundamental issues with this mix and am concerned about the workshop credentials in the circumstances especially as far as learners can easily be misinformed by unintentional errors of judgement.
The stereo balance is skewed. There's excessive treble on the acoustic gtr from harmonics which shouldn't be here. What is the highest frequency/fundamental note on an acoustic? Nobody wants to listen to brittle harmonics which are included here. How is your hearing? Treble is also a signal in the brain's assessment of proximity via unimpaired hearing. The gtr sounds closer to me subjectively than the vocal, making the voice less important....subjectively.
There is a fatality about the ambiance clash with elements in the depth field (note I also include width in it's definition), that are spatially contradictory, eg voice/gtr. This makes the illusion of space confusing, ambiguous and just plain wrong. We need to understand how the brain localises sound and replicate this technically in the mix in an effective manner. Get either/both of these things wrong and listeners will struggle to engage, consciously as in my case, or unconsciously, and the song falls over.
Bob Katz puts it rather aptly: “Depth sorts the men from the boys”.
The stereo balance is skewed. There's excessive treble on the acoustic gtr from harmonics which shouldn't be here. What is the highest frequency/fundamental note on an acoustic? Nobody wants to listen to brittle harmonics which are included here. How is your hearing? Treble is also a signal in the brain's assessment of proximity via unimpaired hearing. The gtr sounds closer to me subjectively than the vocal, making the voice less important....subjectively.
There is a fatality about the ambiance clash with elements in the depth field (note I also include width in it's definition), that are spatially contradictory, eg voice/gtr. This makes the illusion of space confusing, ambiguous and just plain wrong. We need to understand how the brain localises sound and replicate this technically in the mix in an effective manner. Get either/both of these things wrong and listeners will struggle to engage, consciously as in my case, or unconsciously, and the song falls over.
Bob Katz puts it rather aptly: “Depth sorts the men from the boys”.
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