All the Gin is Gone mixed by Dcp

[dcp10200]

The risk you took by eliminating some of the tracks paid off for you. The mix has a lot of space around it and sound really like that Miles\Coltrane 60s vibe. I imagine also was easier to balance and avoid frequency combing by doing that. I noticed some compression going on on the trumpet, the sax and the trombone. Which model and setting you used if you did. Thank you.

Thanks Javier! On the Sax and Trombone I used a Waves CLA 2a driven pretty hard (10 dBs of gain reduction at the loudest point) and on the trumpet I used Waves CLA 3a (basically a cross between the LA 2a and 1176) pulling 5 dBs of gain reduction. The horns all have some minor eq smoothing ti get rid of the honkiness and a de esser to smooth out the top end.

I wasn't really thinking about frequency combing and getting a balance persay when I eliminated the close mics on the drums and piano, really I just loaded the tracks into Reaper last night and was just blown away by how the overheads sounded. It really sounds like you're in the room with the drummer and to add insult to injury those overheads only have a soft clipper on them to prevent the last 2 hits from overloading the output and some fader automation. This was just one of those multis that just fell together, everything just seemed to fit. I suspect most of the reason is that with Jazz there really isn't that much in the way of conflicting sounds like there is in Rock or Pop, having high quality sources also helps !

Cheers,
Dcp