10-01-2023, 07:03 AM
I have done that lately, just pulling up faders and panning. It helps a great deal by just doing that. And my mixes got a bit better. I learned that a couple months ago and planning on using it all the time from here on out. It usually takes me 1+ hours to do it but never more than 3. It depends on how many tracks and how many thousands guitars they recorded. The most I faced was 16 diff guitars. It was quite a wrestling match. I have learned a way to deal with that.
90% of the time the EQ first. Mostly HP/LP and a hair down on 500Hz, doesn't matter what instrument it is. The LP/HP is applied thru out to all instruments. After that I try to shape the envelope of the sound using compression. So compression is almost always behind EQ for me. Except for the kick/snare, my use of compression is to shave off either the attack or the sustain of the sound. And the purpose is to leave room for something else. Then another EQ for unmasking purposes. I think this is where I mess up big time. Sometimes I carve it a little too deep or not enough. Same with the compressor, sometimes I couldn't hear that I crushed it until the next day. But I am beginning to recognize what a crushed whatever sounds like and how a compressor can make an awesome instrument with flawless performance goes limped. All I need is to find that sweet spot to rest everything on. Easier said than done, but such is life.
90% of the time the EQ first. Mostly HP/LP and a hair down on 500Hz, doesn't matter what instrument it is. The LP/HP is applied thru out to all instruments. After that I try to shape the envelope of the sound using compression. So compression is almost always behind EQ for me. Except for the kick/snare, my use of compression is to shave off either the attack or the sustain of the sound. And the purpose is to leave room for something else. Then another EQ for unmasking purposes. I think this is where I mess up big time. Sometimes I carve it a little too deep or not enough. Same with the compressor, sometimes I couldn't hear that I crushed it until the next day. But I am beginning to recognize what a crushed whatever sounds like and how a compressor can make an awesome instrument with flawless performance goes limped. All I need is to find that sweet spot to rest everything on. Easier said than done, but such is life.