10-03-2014, 04:16 PM
Doesn't surprise me at all that your mix if this is so good; electronics is your forté, after all. 
That's my general approach as well, though I do tend to listen to a few seconds of the preview mix to give me an idea of the kind of vocal sound (especially reverb) that the artist was gong for since vocals are usually the focal point of a song.
I disagree that it "must be done." IMHO any time you get a mix you like you should never do anything to it that you don't like just because "that's how everyone else is doing it." That is, at it's most basic level, simple peer pressure, and we all know how much trouble peer pressure gets people into sometimes...
Personally? I hope you'll consider reposting this mix exactly as it is except without that limiting; just normalize it to get the loudest peak to 0 dBFS and see how it sounds.
(09-03-2014, 03:23 AM)APZX Wrote: I actually did not listen to any mixes before I started mixing this. I tend to see what direction the actual composition pushes me to mix towards.
That's my general approach as well, though I do tend to listen to a few seconds of the preview mix to give me an idea of the kind of vocal sound (especially reverb) that the artist was gong for since vocals are usually the focal point of a song.
(09-03-2014, 03:23 AM)APZX Wrote: I totally agree about the loudness war and I really felt bad actually coming up with a pretty good sounding initial mix and then slapping a limiter across the master. It just pained to push the volume of the track up and up. I just do not like doing it and it really is a sad state of affairs when that is what must be done.
I disagree that it "must be done." IMHO any time you get a mix you like you should never do anything to it that you don't like just because "that's how everyone else is doing it." That is, at it's most basic level, simple peer pressure, and we all know how much trouble peer pressure gets people into sometimes...
Personally? I hope you'll consider reposting this mix exactly as it is except without that limiting; just normalize it to get the loudest peak to 0 dBFS and see how it sounds.