12-09-2016, 09:54 PM
some nice energy in the arrangement, but i changed some of it because of congestion and a need for some creative sonic interest - yeah, i know it's a taste thing. one of those areas has a resonance on the end of a guitar passage which i kept forgetting to dose down having cranked it up @4:00
the original song was banging too hard for too long, an issue in the arrangement as i saw it. music is about contrasts....this song needed it too so part of my main vision was to find some and work it.
there's no room for compression in their multi; - 4dBLU is unhelpful and detrimental to audio quality and ultimately the listener's enjoyment - music is about dynamics, not loudness,...an all too common problem in the Library, in my opinion FWIW, and throughout the forum's posts generally. i thought their EQ was weird too and we also had to contend with printed automation. it's frustrating, indeed irritating because i know it's no effort to pull the processors down, set faders to udent and simply print the virgin. the trouble is, once someone puts the wrong compression on something, it sucks for ever...all the way through the production processes. at least if the ME puts the wrong compression on something at least he/she can go back later and change it.
one of the problems this compression thing brings with it, is that it makes it difficult placing instruments in the depth field, and it also prevents us from adding glue without risking yet more dynamic loss and audio quality degradation. instruments want to shout, all of them, and when they aren't allowed to shout, a simple attenuation of 0.5dB and the thing disappears off a cliff into a lifeless, limp sack of emotion.
despite the issues, enjoyed mixing this one. found it refreshing not touching a compressor!! but let's be clear, this isn't mixing!!!
thanks for the upload...but go easy on the compressors next time, eh? when i was about half way through hacking, i got the feeling it would make a worthy Eurovision Song Contest entry with some fettling
now crank it up and see what drops out!
thanks for listening.
the original song was banging too hard for too long, an issue in the arrangement as i saw it. music is about contrasts....this song needed it too so part of my main vision was to find some and work it.
there's no room for compression in their multi; - 4dBLU is unhelpful and detrimental to audio quality and ultimately the listener's enjoyment - music is about dynamics, not loudness,...an all too common problem in the Library, in my opinion FWIW, and throughout the forum's posts generally. i thought their EQ was weird too and we also had to contend with printed automation. it's frustrating, indeed irritating because i know it's no effort to pull the processors down, set faders to udent and simply print the virgin. the trouble is, once someone puts the wrong compression on something, it sucks for ever...all the way through the production processes. at least if the ME puts the wrong compression on something at least he/she can go back later and change it.
one of the problems this compression thing brings with it, is that it makes it difficult placing instruments in the depth field, and it also prevents us from adding glue without risking yet more dynamic loss and audio quality degradation. instruments want to shout, all of them, and when they aren't allowed to shout, a simple attenuation of 0.5dB and the thing disappears off a cliff into a lifeless, limp sack of emotion.
despite the issues, enjoyed mixing this one. found it refreshing not touching a compressor!! but let's be clear, this isn't mixing!!!
thanks for the upload...but go easy on the compressors next time, eh? when i was about half way through hacking, i got the feeling it would make a worthy Eurovision Song Contest entry with some fettling
now crank it up and see what drops out!
thanks for listening.
Beware...........Cognitive Dissonance!