Hey Dave, Thanks for stopping by.
Its funny, i was trying to finalize the vocal for a possible ver 1.2 and I was thinking to myself " if i had to start this mix again, i would do it differently......cos I'm playing with fader levels when i should be probably be moving pan pots"
Then i had another thought along the lines of " but i've come this far....I'm so close to finishing...do i really want to chuck it all in the bin?"
Then i read your post....and i'm thinking " yup...i probably do"
regarding LCR ....there was no intention to build LCR and there is plenty panned left middle and right middle. I tend to follow a basic sound stage design of brighter panned wider and as Dave Pensado once said "keep the mud in the middle". That said...if it aint working.....it aint working
Re Fx, I think i was luxuriating in a warm bath of reverb......and probably why i wanted to fiddle with pan pots so much. Once alerted to the problem, just muting the FX bus brought all the instrumentation back into focus and gave separation (although a bit dry).
So i'm thinking time for v2.0
Its funny, i was trying to finalize the vocal for a possible ver 1.2 and I was thinking to myself " if i had to start this mix again, i would do it differently......cos I'm playing with fader levels when i should be probably be moving pan pots"
Then i had another thought along the lines of " but i've come this far....I'm so close to finishing...do i really want to chuck it all in the bin?"
Then i read your post....and i'm thinking " yup...i probably do"
regarding LCR ....there was no intention to build LCR and there is plenty panned left middle and right middle. I tend to follow a basic sound stage design of brighter panned wider and as Dave Pensado once said "keep the mud in the middle". That said...if it aint working.....it aint working
Re Fx, I think i was luxuriating in a warm bath of reverb......and probably why i wanted to fiddle with pan pots so much. Once alerted to the problem, just muting the FX bus brought all the instrumentation back into focus and gave separation (although a bit dry).
So i'm thinking time for v2.0
Be fierce in your encouragement, kind in your criticism and try and remember that the art of a good critique is not to make someone else's mix sound like yours...but to help the mixer realize their own vision.
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