Peter Beckmann wrote on Fri, 14 September 2007 01:40 |
once I'm tuned it to the project and the client likes where we're going I don't feel the need to keep showing them what I'm doing.
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Same idea here Peter, with regard to A/B/C-ing...
To A/B the "before and after" is important, especially in the early part of the session, at both matched and unmatched levels, to make sure you're improving the mixes... and for the attending clients' enjoyment. Sometimes I'll spend the first hour just listening to the original mixes, making notes.
But also to B/C each new track with the ones you've already mastered, for project consistency... which becomes increasingly important as the session progresses.
That said, I still like to look thru the windshield... at where the session is going, more than looking in the rearview mirror.
In other words, 90 percent monitoring thru the mastering chain , making adjustments, 10 percent comparing to the original mixes.
But that's just how I roll...
JT