Most mixes in a day record.
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Most mixes in a day record.
I'm bored and was thinking about this topic so I thought I'd inflict said boredom upon my fellow TapeOppers. Ya know for fun.
So I had two thoughts. What's the most mixes you've done in a day? I've never kept track but I'd reckon for me it's something like 11 or 12 songs in a day. Now that's based on say a simple rock record with the same track layouts and mixed from tape through a console so the sounds are already laid out and nothing really changes. I'm kinda jealous of the guys who get a day or more to mix but I think I'd keep second guessing myself if I had all that time to think about a mix.
Then I wondered what the world record is for mixes in a day. I know no one keeps track. Maybe there should be some sponsored event. They wouldn't have to be great mixes but plausible. I wonder how many songs I could do in 24 hours assuming all the songs were in shape and mix ready and weren't epics. Upper 30s? I'd wanna do it through a console.
So I had two thoughts. What's the most mixes you've done in a day? I've never kept track but I'd reckon for me it's something like 11 or 12 songs in a day. Now that's based on say a simple rock record with the same track layouts and mixed from tape through a console so the sounds are already laid out and nothing really changes. I'm kinda jealous of the guys who get a day or more to mix but I think I'd keep second guessing myself if I had all that time to think about a mix.
Then I wondered what the world record is for mixes in a day. I know no one keeps track. Maybe there should be some sponsored event. They wouldn't have to be great mixes but plausible. I wonder how many songs I could do in 24 hours assuming all the songs were in shape and mix ready and weren't epics. Upper 30s? I'd wanna do it through a console.
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I don't know about songs, but doing postproduction on spots the top number is probably between 50 and 100 mixes in a day. That's versioning though...individual spots, maybe 30?
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Twenty-three.
Friday: the band, old friends of mine (honky-tonk trio: vocals/acoustic guitar, pedal steel, electric bass) drove into town (Boston) on tour. we set up, got sounds, and then got really drunk.
Saturday: started early. the band recorded twenty-three songs live to 1/2" 8-track, no overdubs. then around 7PM we packed up, drove to a nearby club, and they played a show (to very few people) that I'd set up for them. then we got really drunk, again.
Sunday: I drank a boatload of coffee, mixed twenty-three songs from the 1/2" 8-track to 1/4" 2-track, handed a reference CD to the band, and they got back in the car to drive to the next gig.
which was in Indiana.
(then I slept for a long time.)
it was fortunate that all the songs had a relatively similar sonic profile, same track layout, etc. ... but man, was I starting to feel a little insane after ten or fifteen songs, much less all twenty-three! incidentally, not a single mix needed to be re-done....
Friday: the band, old friends of mine (honky-tonk trio: vocals/acoustic guitar, pedal steel, electric bass) drove into town (Boston) on tour. we set up, got sounds, and then got really drunk.
Saturday: started early. the band recorded twenty-three songs live to 1/2" 8-track, no overdubs. then around 7PM we packed up, drove to a nearby club, and they played a show (to very few people) that I'd set up for them. then we got really drunk, again.
Sunday: I drank a boatload of coffee, mixed twenty-three songs from the 1/2" 8-track to 1/4" 2-track, handed a reference CD to the band, and they got back in the car to drive to the next gig.
which was in Indiana.
(then I slept for a long time.)
it was fortunate that all the songs had a relatively similar sonic profile, same track layout, etc. ... but man, was I starting to feel a little insane after ten or fifteen songs, much less all twenty-three! incidentally, not a single mix needed to be re-done....
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working a festival recently, all going live to air.
6 sets, figure 10-12 songs per hour long set, so that's about 60 or 70 songs.
I'm not saying they were GOOD mixes...
6 sets, figure 10-12 songs per hour long set, so that's about 60 or 70 songs.
I'm not saying they were GOOD mixes...
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i mix really, really, really slowly. i don't think i've ever mixed ANYTHING in one day. except for once, because i had to.
so my record is two. tracks 5 and 7 on this thing.
mixed in one very long day. there was a lot of coffee involved, and not much food. i mastered the whole thing the next day.
i should mention that the rest of the record was mixed by tchad blake, so not only did i have to mix the two songs in a day, they had to reasonably stand up next to the work of the guy who's, you know, MY HERO. intimidating!
so my record is two. tracks 5 and 7 on this thing.
mixed in one very long day. there was a lot of coffee involved, and not much food. i mastered the whole thing the next day.
i should mention that the rest of the record was mixed by tchad blake, so not only did i have to mix the two songs in a day, they had to reasonably stand up next to the work of the guy who's, you know, MY HERO. intimidating!
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Yeah, I can totally understand that.MoreSpaceEcho wrote:i mix really, really, really slowly. i don't think i've ever mixed ANYTHING in one day. except for once, because i had to.
so my record is two. tracks 5 and 7 on this thing.
mixed in one very long day. there was a lot of coffee involved, and not much food. i mastered the whole thing the next day.
i should mention that the rest of the record was mixed by tchad blake, so not only did i have to mix the two songs in a day, they had to reasonably stand up next to the work of the guy who's, you know, MY HERO. intimidating!
Mixing is an interesting thing to quantify. Not really helpful but interesting. For me it tends to be logarithmic. 80% of the mix happens fairly quickly and then the other 20% takes forever. That's a bit of the thinking behind my initial question.
Working so quickly that you don't have a chance to second guess and doubt yourself. If I mix slow I over analyze everything and often not get very far. The kick, the snare, the hh, the sidestick in those 4 bars in the bridge. If I do a fast faders up mix then the problem tracks really stand out and I figure out what I need to work on.
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So odd that she lists no credits ...MoreSpaceEcho wrote:i mix really, really, really slowly. i don't think i've ever mixed ANYTHING in one day. except for once, because i had to.
so my record is two. tracks 5 and 7 on this thing.
mixed in one very long day. there was a lot of coffee involved, and not much food. i mastered the whole thing the next day.
i should mention that the rest of the record was mixed by tchad blake, so not only did i have to mix the two songs in a day, they had to reasonably stand up next to the work of the guy who's, you know, MY HERO. intimidating!
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I wan't disbelieving you!MoreSpaceEcho wrote:she's an odd bird. you'll just have to believe me.
I was just commenting on her not so listing.
Lemme add, somewhat OT, I just (1 month ago) got asked to join a rock band what is folk-based, instead of the usual blues-based, or even funk-based.
It's a bit of a different musical head for me, lots of 7ths and 9ths and the writer talking about Db and Bb in the key of E ...
So of course, I've been using my fretless bass.
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