26-05-2015, 01:51 PM
(26-05-2015, 12:33 PM)HbGuitar Wrote: Having read Mike's notes about the recording process, I think that its incredible how good the raw multi-tracks sound and quite frankly a little bit intimidating having to try and match the elegant simplicity of the provided reference mix.
Thanks! <blush> To be honest, I didn't want it to be intimidating -- my big thing with making this project available was just to try to demonstrate that it's perfectly possible to get a reasonable recording that doesn't need much mixing, even when you're not working in a 'proper' studio and you've only got project-studio gear. I also wanted to show that it's no disaster if there's a fair bit of spill going -- on the contrary, it can actually make things sound better.
Incidentally, I'm actually going to be talking about my own mixes of this project in next month's SOS, and as a part of that I'll be uploading a three-part video series showing the fundamentals of how I mixed this song, so that might help give some additional pointers. Not that you've done a bad job already, though! The only thing I'd say is that maybe the sax could be dried up a touch in the solo (try rebalancing the bass mic and DI signals to do this) and the ride stick noise is a bit forward (a transient processor will reduce this).