04-06-2013, 03:51 PM
Hm, APZX,
my first reaction when I read this was to think "come on, that's a purely rhetorical question... no, of course not!"
On second thought, I am not so sure. To be honest, I did not think much about my direction, I just had it. To some extent. Now that you made me think about it, I would say: I indeed see the correlation that you talk about, but it rather works the other way round: forgoing stuff ("layers of information and definition" may fall in that category) that conveys smoothness fosters, or at least emphasizes, roughness.
What I can tell you for sure is that some of the missing underbelly (frequency-wise) is intended, but not as much as I had in the initial mix. The narrow panning of the guitars was also intended. But beyond that, I need to think about it more. I won't have time to mix for the next 8 days or so, that will give me an opportunity to think instead :-)
Anyway, thanks for your elaboration!
What really scares me about your post is that the drums are the only voice that I did not even think about deliberately placing anywhere... ;-)
Marc
(04-06-2013, 09:58 AM)APZX Wrote: [...] So, with that all being said I pose a question. Is forgoing layers of information and definition the ultimate goal coming up with an edge?
my first reaction when I read this was to think "come on, that's a purely rhetorical question... no, of course not!"
On second thought, I am not so sure. To be honest, I did not think much about my direction, I just had it. To some extent. Now that you made me think about it, I would say: I indeed see the correlation that you talk about, but it rather works the other way round: forgoing stuff ("layers of information and definition" may fall in that category) that conveys smoothness fosters, or at least emphasizes, roughness.
What I can tell you for sure is that some of the missing underbelly (frequency-wise) is intended, but not as much as I had in the initial mix. The narrow panning of the guitars was also intended. But beyond that, I need to think about it more. I won't have time to mix for the next 8 days or so, that will give me an opportunity to think instead :-)
Anyway, thanks for your elaboration!
What really scares me about your post is that the drums are the only voice that I did not even think about deliberately placing anywhere... ;-)
Marc