ThePhonk's mix

[Mike Senior]

I'm curious of what will then happen to the vocal. It has only minimal reverb (or so I thought). More prominent is a 23/27ms (L/R) delay send, which, in my perception, pushes the vocal a bit forward. I did a similar thing on the flute and will check how similar they actually are, and where they differ.

Maybe it's that delay I'm hearing, then. It might be neither too... Wouldn't be the first time I've guessed the wrong reason for something I'm hearing, Basically it just feels that the vocal is further away from me that seems right instinctively, so whatever draws it more forward is going to make me happy. (Incidentally, my gut feeling is that short delays actually tend to blend a vocal, rather than pushing it forward, but that kind of judgements is inevitably subjective.)

There is only one thing that I do not understand: what is an "'enveloping' bass sound"? I mean, I understand you think that I created one, but... I still don't have the slightest idea :-)

It's partly all that low end, which rolls around the room when you're listening and wraps you up in a warm blanket. But it's also a sense I'm getting of stereo width to the bass -- is there a chorus effect or something on it? Not sure again, but that's a bit what it sounds like.