Thank you Mike for responding. I respect your opinion and know exactly what you are talking about. I have to try though. Shoot for the moon and even if you miss you will be amongst the stars. That's not a bad place to be.
HDTrack - One of the last places you can get a true wave file since there are not many local retailers to buy CD's from in the Washington DC area. Wav. file definitely sound better than mp3's. I have some 44.1 recordings in my reference library that sound better than 192 files. I prefer to use a wav. over a mp3 as my mix reference. HDTrack's is not better. They are assessable.
Dry Vcls and Gtr. Listen to the vcl at around 2:52 to 2:56. Dryer Vcl, not dry. My mix preference. I do not like to hear reverb ring out all over my mixes. But when I mute the reverb channels I should be able to hear a clear difference.
We are all guest here to learn. Mike has done a wonderful thing in creating this site and I am sure in the near future some big time engineer will come from this site.
It seems the compressor topic has shaken the tree pretty hard. Wow! I was not attacking anyone for using a compressor. That is one tools that I am extremely good at using. At one point it was the only tool I knew how to use. I have other weaknesses that I am working on and the songs on this site give me a wide range of situations to apply them. Each mix can be used to learn something different. Some engineers turn all the nobs and some turn just a few. Both with very good results.
Quick note. I said in one of my reply's that I was being LAZY towards the end of the mix. Once I was satisfied with learning a new way of choosing EQ and Reverb settings, the mix was over for me. This was not for a paying client. It was an exercise with specific goals. This mix was not a representation of a track that a mastering engineer would transfer untouched.
HDTrack - One of the last places you can get a true wave file since there are not many local retailers to buy CD's from in the Washington DC area. Wav. file definitely sound better than mp3's. I have some 44.1 recordings in my reference library that sound better than 192 files. I prefer to use a wav. over a mp3 as my mix reference. HDTrack's is not better. They are assessable.
Dry Vcls and Gtr. Listen to the vcl at around 2:52 to 2:56. Dryer Vcl, not dry. My mix preference. I do not like to hear reverb ring out all over my mixes. But when I mute the reverb channels I should be able to hear a clear difference.
We are all guest here to learn. Mike has done a wonderful thing in creating this site and I am sure in the near future some big time engineer will come from this site.
It seems the compressor topic has shaken the tree pretty hard. Wow! I was not attacking anyone for using a compressor. That is one tools that I am extremely good at using. At one point it was the only tool I knew how to use. I have other weaknesses that I am working on and the songs on this site give me a wide range of situations to apply them. Each mix can be used to learn something different. Some engineers turn all the nobs and some turn just a few. Both with very good results.
Quick note. I said in one of my reply's that I was being LAZY towards the end of the mix. Once I was satisfied with learning a new way of choosing EQ and Reverb settings, the mix was over for me. This was not for a paying client. It was an exercise with specific goals. This mix was not a representation of a track that a mastering engineer would transfer untouched.