but that comes with experience so what is going in the head of a novice?
No really a ''novice ''. I play drums for the last 20 years, i may ask some ''novice '' question about plugins, but for the rest i can manage myself.....P.S. i will post for the last time in here, i don't need that kind of condescendence behavior, no matter how many Grammy someone can win.............
Hey man, I think you entirely mis-read what Mr. Brauer was saying and over-reacted. He was not calling you a novice, he was only asking what experienced people thought what was going through the average Novice's head. No worries!!Cheers, Bryan
a novice does not have little voices always, some are anything but little
Oupsssss you might be right, i should had listen to my little voices....Sorry, sorry sorry. JN
I was mixing a couple of days ago and slaving away having no fun and hating on my gigand one big voice was sayingthis mix sucks, you are never going to make it sound like musicget away from it .. go !!go .. go ... go ... and grab the skateboard and take your son to the skateparkI jumped out of my seatgrabbed Bradygrabbed our boardsand bailedcame back a few hours laterandthat voice said check it out, it might not be as bad as you thinkandI sat down and made a record ... sometimes the white flag in the corner wins and sometime we have to be smarter than our own persistence to persistbecauseanything you resistwill persist
Michael,Great to hear you say those things. It is always for the artist's vision that we do this stuff. Sometimes I mix what's there, sometimes I mix what I think should be there and follow those little voices that you mentioned. I actually don't know how I would work without them. When I start a mix, I always start with the things that I know have to be done. I organize the tracks in a way that makes sense to me. Set up the board. I listen to the rough. I listen in groups to make sure the tracks are clean and to study what's there. What happens from there is mostly a matter of following my nose and not censoring myself.Steve
Michael,I'm wondering how much replacing and augmenting of sounds you do? Do you have certain drum sounds layered into all of the sessions by your assistants, then pick and choose for yourself when you're mixing? Or do you have a production meeting with your staff and decide what needs to be done before things are done. Vocal tuning, drum sound augmentation, adding parts...I'm a one man show, so I do it all for myself. If I need drums sounds, I add it. For the past several years, I've also been adding musical parts when I feel that the production/song needs it. I did a mix last week for a guy who sends things over and says "Steve, do your thing". It's an open invitation to take the song somewhere. He even sends me his midi files in case I want to change his sounds out. On this one, I ran out of DSP because of so many RTAS instruments. I've been mixing for a long time, too, but this is really fun. How much production work to you do in projects?Ross, these questions go out to you as well.Steve
<3-Listening to your little voices no matter how experienced(i speak for myself) can mislead you.>For me, it's become very clear that inner voices can indeed be more misleading if not connected to my heart (or seem like it).... which perhaps is a kooky of saying that if they're intellectually based voices, moreso than emotionally/feeling based, then it's best for me not to give too much attention to them necessarily when mixing. Voices feel different from one to another... in my zone anyhow. This is a great thread & btw- hello!