15-06-2016, 01:43 PM
(15-06-2016, 02:23 AM)loweche6 Wrote: Hey Dave, in version 2 nothing sounds bad. . . . (leaving this as it is, however I moved my rig to a different, temporary space and I had wired my speakers backwards, so my comment about it not sounding bad vs me saying it sounding good was founded on stupid psychoachoustic flim-flammery. It's amazing how switching the stereo image can make a mix feel wrong, even if technically you can't find anything wrong) The verses feels really left channel heavy. The static guitar that you have panned, left, I automated so that it panned across the entire spectrum. Having it in on position made the mix feel too off kilter. If you don't feel like automating it, maybe pan it center, or create a fake double just like you would a vocal, and hard pan the two. Other than that, I like it!
Nice work Dave!
Draper
Hi Draper.
Thanks for the comments. I have since listened to the mix on headphones and I'm hearing what you're talking about. I like having the guitar panned off the centre, but it might be too left of stage. I thought it would work by giving the right side some "ear candy" when the other guitar parts come in. I need to bring the panning back in towards the centre.
It's interesting reading about your reversed stereo listening experience. I've made up a simple passive monitor controller which allows me to switch between stereo, mono, reverse and difference with the turn of a knob. Very useful for checking a mix and at waking up the ears to any psycho-acoustic flim-flammery as you have discovered.
Dave