maxim wrote on Thu, 31 March 2005 22:18 |
terry wroye:
there are so many intuitive processes that go into creating a piece, that i feel, unless i'm sure that the other person is on my wavelength, they would miss the point
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There are two interesting point in this one. Firstly it reminds me that my best mixes are almost always the ones when I mix during arranging. These "intuitive" mixes, where you not really put the whole concentration on a particualar mixing issue like "now let?s mult the drums off and do the parallel compression thing etc.." are for some reasons my best ones.
They almost always got that certain something in comparison to the strictly "brain-driven" mixes.
The mistake I almost always do in mixing is to overdo things. I would try two compressor just because I think it might be a cool thing to do. During an "intuitive" mix I only would grab for the second compressor when I would get the "feeling" it?s really necessary. I would then rather avoid things, which I would have done just for "gear-"sake" or "I am the best technical mixer in the world-thing". An intutitive mix keeps the vibe of the songs, usually includes a couple of technical mixing mistakes but never sound that blown up or artifical as a "brain-driven" one in my case.
JJ, is this the reason why you don?t like the mixes of JJP? And maybe that?s the reason why the mixes of CLA, and Bob Clearmountain are that great? I read that they mix very fast and it usually take them only a couple of hours. By doing so you cannot be too picky about any detail despite of their great knowledge and experience.
Sorry when this sounds a little vague but I will think about some better examples and arguments about that....
And for "one-vision-mixers-goal" I think that in my case I am glad that nobody else got my visions.
It would be scary to have someone else around doing the same thing and the greatest danger to my business as well, I guess. So I think it is simply not possible to be 1000% satisified when someone else mixes your stuff. But is this really necessary?
Artists, A&Rs and cosumers are so used to a certain, modern sound that a specialist usually should help to bring the arrangements, sound design etc.the producer and arranger have created to the next level. He should bring in fresh ideas, listen to my "visions-mix" and should be aware of how to achieve a certain style in a technical way. Besides that he shouldn?t cost too much ....
.... asking too much?
cheers
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