03-07-2015, 11:22 PM
Sorry, been incredibly busy the last few months. Work with some work coupled with even more work.
I actually agree with you on the sonic congestion, and is really part of the reason I still don't "love" my mix. I mean don't get me wrong I like a lot of the things I did with it especially considering some of my earlier attempts. The things that I'm noticing more and more with this mix as I've listened to it various times is that the track is really about subtleties in the mixing process because while the track gets a great groove going on it just doesn't have a lot of movement, if that makes any sense? I don't think I'm going to revisit this track for probably another 6 months or something, but one thing I think I'll focus more on is really playing on the idea of toying with layers of the mix as it were.
Those acoustic guitars for the record are pure evil. I've got all sorts of weird processing on them to make them not sound so straight up. Flangers, Phasers, Chorus, tons of EQ and a few other odd things in there for good measure. And the whole reason for that was to create a sound that was deeper and almost intriguing.
It felt wrong to really dull of the track. When you listen to just to the raw tracks you have to wonder to yourself how in the world is this all going to be pieced together sonically? I mean forget even extra stuff like muting certain instruments at certain times to make a more engaging listen. Really how the heck are you supposed to piece this together? There are like these 6 guitar tracks that are playing a loop that are quite bright compared to the 16 some odd other guitar tracks in the mix. Then you've got these vocals that are almost overly bright and these drums that are quite bright as well. In fact almost everything is "bright" as it were. But the one thing everything has in common is the detail it has. Everything has a certain detail to it and almost all of it lives with in those upper harmonics. So, I though that perhaps respecting that HF and really just seeing how much could be placed without going overboard. That really is what sparked most of the decision making in the mix itself. Sure it is bright, but I tried to keep subtly in it. This isn't a track you can squash unless you're willing to work very hard to give things their space. It just won't happen.
Thanks for the comments and listen. Sorry about the late response.
I actually agree with you on the sonic congestion, and is really part of the reason I still don't "love" my mix. I mean don't get me wrong I like a lot of the things I did with it especially considering some of my earlier attempts. The things that I'm noticing more and more with this mix as I've listened to it various times is that the track is really about subtleties in the mixing process because while the track gets a great groove going on it just doesn't have a lot of movement, if that makes any sense? I don't think I'm going to revisit this track for probably another 6 months or something, but one thing I think I'll focus more on is really playing on the idea of toying with layers of the mix as it were.
Those acoustic guitars for the record are pure evil. I've got all sorts of weird processing on them to make them not sound so straight up. Flangers, Phasers, Chorus, tons of EQ and a few other odd things in there for good measure. And the whole reason for that was to create a sound that was deeper and almost intriguing.
It felt wrong to really dull of the track. When you listen to just to the raw tracks you have to wonder to yourself how in the world is this all going to be pieced together sonically? I mean forget even extra stuff like muting certain instruments at certain times to make a more engaging listen. Really how the heck are you supposed to piece this together? There are like these 6 guitar tracks that are playing a loop that are quite bright compared to the 16 some odd other guitar tracks in the mix. Then you've got these vocals that are almost overly bright and these drums that are quite bright as well. In fact almost everything is "bright" as it were. But the one thing everything has in common is the detail it has. Everything has a certain detail to it and almost all of it lives with in those upper harmonics. So, I though that perhaps respecting that HF and really just seeing how much could be placed without going overboard. That really is what sparked most of the decision making in the mix itself. Sure it is bright, but I tried to keep subtly in it. This isn't a track you can squash unless you're willing to work very hard to give things their space. It just won't happen.
Thanks for the comments and listen. Sorry about the late response.