04-11-2014, 06:09 AM
Yeah, that midrange buildup can be a huge mixing hurdle because it often tricks us into pushing the highs too hard. Eq boosts for the most part are trouble waiting to happen 
My main line of thinking here is that rather than savagely cut mids out of the guitars and vibes, it might be better to do some selective muting and automation... Keep your vision for the mids intact without drowning out the highs. For instance, both the Rhodes and vibraphone sound really good with the stereo width narrowed a bit (they pan better that way) so forcing them to compete with one another isn't helping, and combined they rub up on the guitars mid content pretty forcibly... So easing each in and out across the stereo image can leave some space for the guitars and some room sound, maybe.
Not really sure what to do about the vocals, though, with the tonal changes... There are a few lyrics that can be cut and pasted to dodge some of it, but automation, dynamic eq, multiband compression... None of that is responding the way I'd like. Any tips you have on that score would be welcomed.
This is the kind of discussion I like to see on the board sharing ideas. Good stuff... Even if I can't get what I want out of this I've already benefitted a ton just from running my mouth LOL
My main line of thinking here is that rather than savagely cut mids out of the guitars and vibes, it might be better to do some selective muting and automation... Keep your vision for the mids intact without drowning out the highs. For instance, both the Rhodes and vibraphone sound really good with the stereo width narrowed a bit (they pan better that way) so forcing them to compete with one another isn't helping, and combined they rub up on the guitars mid content pretty forcibly... So easing each in and out across the stereo image can leave some space for the guitars and some room sound, maybe.
Not really sure what to do about the vocals, though, with the tonal changes... There are a few lyrics that can be cut and pasted to dodge some of it, but automation, dynamic eq, multiband compression... None of that is responding the way I'd like. Any tips you have on that score would be welcomed.
This is the kind of discussion I like to see on the board
sharing ideas. Good stuff... Even if I can't get what I want out of this I've already benefitted a ton just from running my mouth LOL
I'm grateful for comments and suggestions. Thank you for listening!