(02-04-2022, 12:59 PM)herold52 Wrote: Hi all out there!
Just laying down a mix with lots of SSL plugins to see if I can really get that SSL sound we all love. Mix is at -14LUFS.
Enjoy!
Hey there herold52!
Welcome to the forum. Not a bad mix at all for a first post!
I had to post as I'd hate you to think that being called 'deluded' as I see someone has posted as a response to your first post is how we go about welcoming people here. Most odd. Anyway, that sort of thing is not at all in the spirit of this forum, and I hope you'll find most people here to be more helpful and objective than that!
Interestingly (or maybe not
) I used SSL plugins pretty much exclusively for my first mixes on this forum too. I found it a great way to try and get a handle on eq without getting distracted by visual feedback from eq graphs, etc. Also it saved me from having to worry so much about plugin choice too. I mainly use a parametric eq these days, but I felt I learned quite a lot mixing wise from sticking with the SSL for a while. Good fun.
I've not mixed this track (yet...). In part because we've been very lucky to have quite a large number of tracks added to the library the past few months, thanks to the many generous folks that have been kind enough to donate their multi-tracks to the library. I find I can't get around to mix them all.
I'm listening on some IEMS (that are a little on the bright and analytical side of things) at the moment, as opposed to my usual monitors, and as I already mentioned I haven't attempted this track yet, so my thoughts might be a bit off.
By way of critique, in comparison to the library mix - I'm thinking you might be able to focus the mix a bit more on the low end as such, rather than so much on the top end perhaps, if that makes some sort of sense? Kind of bring out the tone of the kick, etc a bit more? I'm getting more of a sense of the kick drum skin from the library mix, and perhaps a cleaner more rolled off top end? It took me a while to figure it out, but I feel you can kind of control the high end in a similar way as you do with high passing the low end, if that makes sense?
From memory I think the high and low filters on the SSL plugin are pretty handy to kind of focus things a bit on some instruments.
Anyway, I look forward to hearing more mixes.
Cheers!