21-01-2023, 11:35 PM
I have been using the ref to mix this one for a couple days. What I got from it: I noticed the guitars didn't have a lot of top end, I LP mine to 3K (never reached this low for distorted guitar before) and still have more top end than it. I love the snare in the ref although I suspect it was a sample. Sounds too familiar to me. But no matter, I still love it. Can anybody confirm or dispute? The kick didn't have a lot of low end. It makes sense for this genre, so I HP mine to try to copy the sound. I am not sure if I did it, but I am happy with what I got for now. The main synth sounded dry in the ref, so I took my reverb/delay off of it but I think it's just a matter of personal taste. I actually like it dry like that bc it sounds like it has a groove leading the guitars in on the next part. The rest of the mix was trying to follow the instructions given. I am not sure if I got it or not, but it sounds ok to me. I tried to separate them enough where the listeners can hear anything they want, unmasking.
I noticed that the guitar solo could be louder in the ref but the mixer chose not to. I wonder why. The guitars also sounded lower midrange-rich, dangerous neighborhood, yet sounds so good and powerful, and most importantly, not muddy up the whole mix. The ref is so clean it's scary. I also thought the kick in the ref could be louder, more powerful, more be fitting to this song, but "who am I to disagree", right? So I turned mine up where I thought it should be and strayed away from the ref.
I noticed that the guitar solo could be louder in the ref but the mixer chose not to. I wonder why. The guitars also sounded lower midrange-rich, dangerous neighborhood, yet sounds so good and powerful, and most importantly, not muddy up the whole mix. The ref is so clean it's scary. I also thought the kick in the ref could be louder, more powerful, more be fitting to this song, but "who am I to disagree", right? So I turned mine up where I thought it should be and strayed away from the ref.