05-06-2023, 10:40 PM
Thanks, mikej. I did just that to save the snare, but when I brought in the guitars it seemed to interfere with the snare and I found that I had to shave off the top end of the guitars, and others, which I thought I could shave some hi off, to share with the snare. The action I took did more harm than good. I can't sacrifice everything for the snare, right? I love it but not that much. I still think I can cut some off from the guitars it's just I haven't found a good place yet. But I'll find it.
I thought about a sample, but I don't have a good one, not anything I thought would fit the song anyway.
I'll work on it a bit more and see.
Ahh..the shakers. I, too, thought it was a bit loud but the purpose was to give the mix a bit of top end, mostly trying to hide the not so good snare.
I have a problem I haven't had a chance to ask but anyone can jump in and help too if they want.
Every time when I put the snare and kick and bass loud enough to my liking you always made comment about it saying it's too loud, even w/o my asking. And bc I trust you, I hold them back every time since, on this one too. (Still sneaked in a couple times but you caught me every time. So I trust you even more). That gave me an idea about your system. Perhaps (1) my room has a cancellation somewhere in the low end, the reason I overcompensate. Or (2) could it be your room has an addition somewhere down there where you are at. Or (3) it could just be simply bc of our diff in preferences. I can only think of 3. I listened to your mix to check and to see if you under compensate, the bass translates in my system. That almost rules out the problem is at your end, relatively. So which one in your opinion. I just want to know which so that I can follow. (On this one, I thought I could use a bit more bass, tried it, liked it better but not upload yet). As you can see, it affects my mix bc the low end is the most important. I posted the mix I thought would translate to your system better. They said once one identifies the problem the work is 50% done. I would like to have that first half done first.
You see I am just trying to gauge my volume balance. When I "mix" it's just actually trying to see where they fit, the sweet spot uniquely to my listening environment (this is very important to me). Mixing is fun and I love mixing, but the goal for me now is to learn my room's response first so that I can build a mix that translates, the most important in mixing. Mixing can come after, imo. I get more by reading comments about my volume balance than how I control the instruments using processors. Once I get everything in their place it's easier to work, imo.
I trust science therefore I trust the Fletcher-Munson curve. I know that a couple dBs diff in the same of anything will affect our frequency response and therefore our decisions. Btw, isn't it the reason why we, meaning mostly me, don't have a consistent mix all the time, bc we haven't found that sweet spot uniquely to our environment? If that is agreed, then I'd ask, can we do something about it?
I know I ask a lot but I have no one else to. Most of my friends thought mixing is DJing. I never bother to explain. And bc of my inquisitiveness it bothers me to no end. Just like phase, I still don't know how to recognize it, and how to go around it. I wish there is a sample of those somewhere out there so I can learn. But I do know more than before about it, still a plus. Thanks, man.
I thought about a sample, but I don't have a good one, not anything I thought would fit the song anyway.
I'll work on it a bit more and see.
Ahh..the shakers. I, too, thought it was a bit loud but the purpose was to give the mix a bit of top end, mostly trying to hide the not so good snare.
I have a problem I haven't had a chance to ask but anyone can jump in and help too if they want.
Every time when I put the snare and kick and bass loud enough to my liking you always made comment about it saying it's too loud, even w/o my asking. And bc I trust you, I hold them back every time since, on this one too. (Still sneaked in a couple times but you caught me every time. So I trust you even more). That gave me an idea about your system. Perhaps (1) my room has a cancellation somewhere in the low end, the reason I overcompensate. Or (2) could it be your room has an addition somewhere down there where you are at. Or (3) it could just be simply bc of our diff in preferences. I can only think of 3. I listened to your mix to check and to see if you under compensate, the bass translates in my system. That almost rules out the problem is at your end, relatively. So which one in your opinion. I just want to know which so that I can follow. (On this one, I thought I could use a bit more bass, tried it, liked it better but not upload yet). As you can see, it affects my mix bc the low end is the most important. I posted the mix I thought would translate to your system better. They said once one identifies the problem the work is 50% done. I would like to have that first half done first.
You see I am just trying to gauge my volume balance. When I "mix" it's just actually trying to see where they fit, the sweet spot uniquely to my listening environment (this is very important to me). Mixing is fun and I love mixing, but the goal for me now is to learn my room's response first so that I can build a mix that translates, the most important in mixing. Mixing can come after, imo. I get more by reading comments about my volume balance than how I control the instruments using processors. Once I get everything in their place it's easier to work, imo.
I trust science therefore I trust the Fletcher-Munson curve. I know that a couple dBs diff in the same of anything will affect our frequency response and therefore our decisions. Btw, isn't it the reason why we, meaning mostly me, don't have a consistent mix all the time, bc we haven't found that sweet spot uniquely to our environment? If that is agreed, then I'd ask, can we do something about it?
I know I ask a lot but I have no one else to. Most of my friends thought mixing is DJing. I never bother to explain. And bc of my inquisitiveness it bothers me to no end. Just like phase, I still don't know how to recognize it, and how to go around it. I wish there is a sample of those somewhere out there so I can learn. But I do know more than before about it, still a plus. Thanks, man.