Good way to look at it Chris, and when you have a happy client then that is the thumbs up or down. I liked the percussive sharpness of the piano, because it seemed to just make it all a little more edgy and raw and not too tamed. Thanks for sharing
-----Original Message----- From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Smart Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 8:12 AM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Opinions Wanted On a Recent Mix Hi Chris. The client is happy with the track and actually asked that the snare be fattened up. (grin) It's interesting how opinions differ on this stuff and I'm just out to learn more as I go. At 12:08 PM 12/9/2014, you wrote: >Personally, I didn't find it all that bad. OK, yeah, the drums >might have been just a tad bit too loud in the mix, but I said a >slight! bit. I'm not kidding when I say, it really wasn't! that bad >at all. I think if you was to turn down the drums by maybe 1 to 1 >and a half DB, I'd say 2 at most, pushing it to the extreme, you'd >be ok. Yeah, you probably could have rolled off some of the lows of >the drums, especially the snare, but you'd want to be really careful >doing so. You almost have it sitting where it needs to be, so if >you go too far with it, it's going to sound terrible, as there would >be no low ends at all. I agree with Papa. It's very good. There >is! an issue with the drums, I'll admit, but like him, I can't quite >put my finger on it. Try turning them down about maybe a DB and a >half, then send it back to us to hear again. That should! do the >trick. Pre-Processing, before you route the drums through any >effects, or compressers, etc. just the raw dry mix of the over all >drums, what is it peeking at with your meters at its highest point? > >Chris. >--- Christopher Gilland > >Phone: 704-594-2225 > >E-mail: clgillan...@gmail.com > >Web site: >http://www.clgproductions.com > >Twitter: @gilland_chris > >Facebook: >http://www.facebook.com/chris28210 > >Skype: chris28210 > >IMessage/Facetime: >cgwaxhawlo...@clgproductions.com > >Zello: clgproductions >and: christablet123 >Please kindly, add both, if you don't mind. >----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Smart" <csma...@cogeco.ca> >To: <ptaccess@googlegroups.com> >Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 11:39 AM >Subject: RE: Opinions Wanted On a Recent Mix > > >>interesting. thanks, i'll look into that. >>hmm yep a little pumping in there. >> >>At 11:07 AM 12/9/2014, you wrote: >>>Hello Chris, nice overall mix. The only thing that stands out to >>>me is the bass and the drum. I am not sure if the drum has to many >>>low frequencies that need to be cut and then boost some of the >>>higher frequencies around maybe 150HZ. Or, it could be a >>>compression thing I think I am hearing, either way, it sounds like >>>there is a little pumping between the kick and the bass. Keep in >>>mind, I could be wrong in my diagnosis, but I like the mix with >>>the exception of that little aspect that seems to stand out to me. >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] >>>On Behalf Of Chris Smart >>>Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 6:42 AM >>>To: midi...@midimag.org >>>Cc: ddot...@freelists.org; ptaccess@googlegroups.com >>>Subject: Opinions Wanted On a Recent Mix >>> >>>Hi folks. >>> >>>I mixed and mastered an easy listening track for Brian Howerton >>>recently, and since I haven't mixed something lighter like this >>>before, I thought I would ask for opinions on it. Here's a 48-second sample: >>>https://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/7bhny7 >>> >>>So, what do you like and more importantly, what do you not like? >>>What would you have done differently? >>> >>>For instance, I was too attached to the drum sound, but after >>>Brian asked for them to be turned down, I now appreciate the >>>improvement. After all, without a vocalist, the piano really is >>>the main event here. >>> >>>By the way, if this is your thing, contact Brian at >>>bshowert...@gmail.com Thanks Brian, for the work, and for patience >>>as I got my ears together, after not mixing for ages. >>> >>>Chris >>> >>> >>>-- >>>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>>-- >>>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >>-- >>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >send an email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. 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