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FWIW, and re the drums, I realized I had posted the following at my blog on 1-5-16, what I had forgotten, mebbe due to martoonies in the meantime, or the nice time:
FWIW, the drums started as Guitar Hero stems for Radiohead?s ?My Iron Lung?. I heavily edited same, first using gates to reduce the bleed as well as the cymbals. Then I moved the bits around; it?s surprising how the tempo sped up at the end, hence the disconcerting initial chorus, what I had some trouble fitting in (see above, where I noted that I hadda extra beat where I was tying to smooth the transition).
FWIW, the drums started as Guitar Hero stems for Radiohead?s ?My Iron Lung?. I heavily edited same, first using gates to reduce the bleed as well as the cymbals. Then I moved the bits around; it?s surprising how the tempo sped up at the end, hence the disconcerting initial chorus, what I had some trouble fitting in (see above, where I noted that I hadda extra beat where I was tying to smooth the transition).
So here's my really rough mix. As an experiment I set a timer for one hour, and this is what I could do in that time frame (not including rendering, just an hour of mix time).
There's no automation or anything. If I were to spend more time on this mix I'd probably make things a bit less tubby, and spend more time with effects, tweaking spaces & the background vocals. And I usually use a lot of automation, so I'd probably reduce some of the compression once I knew there'd be more volume automation.
Also didn't do any editing, just mixing.
http://www.craftedrecordings.com/wp-con ... WL-mix.mp3
There's no automation or anything. If I were to spend more time on this mix I'd probably make things a bit less tubby, and spend more time with effects, tweaking spaces & the background vocals. And I usually use a lot of automation, so I'd probably reduce some of the compression once I knew there'd be more volume automation.
Also didn't do any editing, just mixing.
http://www.craftedrecordings.com/wp-con ... WL-mix.mp3
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Yeah. Used two plug ins on the master buss, to make it LOUD.vvv wrote:I notice looking at JWL's and Nick's mixes that they look a lot more compressed.
Top down is:
Sevilla
JWL
WRC
mine
UAD ATR102 tape, and Waves L2.
Mind you, the L2 only had a function of not allowing clips through to the printed mix, but not for making things louder. It was set to -1.0 dB threshold, and -0.2 output.
It got hit maybe to 3-4 dB, but only ever now and then.
Most of the heavy lifting was done by the ATR tape emulation. I used to mix to a real one, so this plug in is almost like coming home.
This song needed that, IMO.
Especially since, there was not going to be any mastering. LOL.
Howling at the neighbors. Hoping they have more mic cables.
FWIW, my master-buss processing rarely includes compression.
Lately, I typically use a reverb, a high-pass filter and a limiter, in that order.
The reverb is global and mixed into but not usually too heavy; the two-buss gets the pass filter what is gradual at 40hz; the limiter boosts from my working -3dB peak level to -.3, taking off mebbe 3-4dB of spikes (typically some snare hits).
I call the last two steps, "psuedo-masturding".
Lately, I typically use a reverb, a high-pass filter and a limiter, in that order.
The reverb is global and mixed into but not usually too heavy; the two-buss gets the pass filter what is gradual at 40hz; the limiter boosts from my working -3dB peak level to -.3, taking off mebbe 3-4dB of spikes (typically some snare hits).
I call the last two steps, "psuedo-masturding".
I definitely load stuff up on my master bus. Often I use a Focusrite red compressor, some saturation, possibly a touch of gentle EQ, and a limiter (most often the stock Studio One limiter which I love). A big part of my mixing strategy is how I hit the master bus chain at various times & frequencies. I'll get a static mix together (like this one) and then add additional dynamics with automation.
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