17-09-2016, 08:02 AM
(16-09-2016, 06:28 PM)jeffd42 Wrote:(16-09-2016, 06:16 AM)kapu Wrote: Now the rough mix is somewhat ready and and she compares it (level matched) to the reference track for the first time, which happens to be an international commercial contemporary pop song. It's an 'return to earth' call....She returns to her mix, and starts to apply all those dirty tricks from those YouTube tutorials. Smiley eq, transient enhancing compression, serial, parallel, levelling compression, limiting, saturation, side chaining, emphasis processing, delays, reverbs, stereo imaging, creative effects, subgrouping, automation etc etc, she does all the hard work that requires actions and subjective decisions. Now she thinks she has the best mix ever, and still working at the -23 LUFS level. And she compares it to the pop hit, and it endures the test.
Kapu, that was an excellent article ... it captures the real world workflow perfectly.
I agree with jeffd42, thanks Kapu for excellent post, I learned quite a lot.
If I had had the needed technical knowledge, skill, talent, experience, ability to hold pen, time etc, I would have written this for you. But as I don’t have none of them, I’m just happy to preorder your forthcoming book. Where can I place my order?