This Might be a short song... but it was really challenging.
Even though I like classical music, is not my favorite to listen to.
Even worse, I don't know much about the variety of instruments and #s you need to put up an orchestra. I can only imagine what is like to record(hard part) and mix down a full orchestra.
Anyways here is my mix. There were a couple of spots that had some mistakes from the musicians. I got rid of that however the noise in the back is very hard to remove. Non the less this was a good recording.
I did read Mike Senior's post (its his recording by the way). Phase problems are a challenge as it takes away some of the original solidness of the instruments. But he did use two stereo recording techniques. I panned the high strings and low strings R & L and to my ears they fit good. He said he put some delays on the strings to match his ORTF miking. To be honest I didn't hear no phase issues(at least not apparent to the ear as whole, maybe my ear is not trained to spot that yet)
Bottom line I wanted my mix to have some warmth without losing the brightness. Used compression on the voice to smooth the singing at his/her peaks. Multiband comp on the resonance of the cello to keep it from overwhelming the mix. Reverb makes wonders when you work with it a bit.
I hope you feel a lil piece of Heavenly sound with a pinch of relaxation in it
P.S. feel free to leave your feedback, maybe is too bright, maybe is too harsh. let me know what you think.
Update: I noticed there is a part where the vocals clip. Gotta fix that next time around after i'm done with a different mix. I was also told it's too bright. I gotta listen more to classical music before mixing another one like this.
Even though I like classical music, is not my favorite to listen to.
Even worse, I don't know much about the variety of instruments and #s you need to put up an orchestra. I can only imagine what is like to record(hard part) and mix down a full orchestra.
Anyways here is my mix. There were a couple of spots that had some mistakes from the musicians. I got rid of that however the noise in the back is very hard to remove. Non the less this was a good recording.
I did read Mike Senior's post (its his recording by the way). Phase problems are a challenge as it takes away some of the original solidness of the instruments. But he did use two stereo recording techniques. I panned the high strings and low strings R & L and to my ears they fit good. He said he put some delays on the strings to match his ORTF miking. To be honest I didn't hear no phase issues(at least not apparent to the ear as whole, maybe my ear is not trained to spot that yet)
Bottom line I wanted my mix to have some warmth without losing the brightness. Used compression on the voice to smooth the singing at his/her peaks. Multiband comp on the resonance of the cello to keep it from overwhelming the mix. Reverb makes wonders when you work with it a bit.
I hope you feel a lil piece of Heavenly sound with a pinch of relaxation in it
P.S. feel free to leave your feedback, maybe is too bright, maybe is too harsh. let me know what you think.
Update: I noticed there is a part where the vocals clip. Gotta fix that next time around after i'm done with a different mix. I was also told it's too bright. I gotta listen more to classical music before mixing another one like this.