29-01-2014, 03:37 AM
Thanks for the comments, Sano. It's been a while since I mixed this. The main things I initially remembered were the very high track count and my wife's alternate lyrics. She didn't like the song and would sing "we failed third grade" instead of "we've got hand grenades". I assured her the folks that generated this many tracks weren't dummies but that didn't stop her.
Anyway, after listening again it does seem like the long reverb muddies things. It's Waves Renaissance reverb with a slight high-end roll-off using the little built-in EQ. EQ and multi-band compression seem to be the main recommendations in Mike Senior's book for this kind of thing. Maybe a real EQ after the reverb would help clear the mud while maintaining the larger sound. What approach would you take?
Anyway, after listening again it does seem like the long reverb muddies things. It's Waves Renaissance reverb with a slight high-end roll-off using the little built-in EQ. EQ and multi-band compression seem to be the main recommendations in Mike Senior's book for this kind of thing. Maybe a real EQ after the reverb would help clear the mud while maintaining the larger sound. What approach would you take?