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kassonica wrote:#41 Being caught posting to this forum while the singer is tracking
Priceless.
I've never been caught (knock on wood).
Phil
DP 11.34. 2020 M1 Mac Mini [9,1] (16 Gig RAM), Mac Pro 3GHz 8 core [6,1] (16 Gig RAM), OS 15.3/11.6.2, Lynx Aurora (n) 8tb, MOTU 8pre-es, MOTU M6, MOTU 828, Apogee Rosetta 800, UAD-2 Satellite, a truckload of outboard gear and plug-ins, and a partridge in a pear tree.
*42: the guitar is NEVER loud enough (unless the band are at home)
*43: once you've added "just a bit more treble", you will decide it needs "just a bit more bass", and then of course, to even it out, it needs a bit more mids. repeat until all knobs on 11.
*44: if a good looking young lady is in your studio all day, and you're awfully nice to her, autotune her and tell her "its a special FX unit you can only use with the best vocalists", give her an hour of overtime and say its complimentry, etc etc... she will always be picked up and taken home by her absolute worm of a boyfriend.
therealbigd wrote: *44: if a good looking young lady is in your studio all day, and you're awfully nice to her, autotune her and tell her "its a special FX unit you can only use with the best vocalists", give her an hour of overtime and say its complimentry, etc etc... she will always be picked up and taken home by her absolute worm of a boyfriend.
44b: If a good looking young lady works at the studio, plan on booking another session.
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denne wrote:- mixing with a drummer, kick is never present enough, even when soloed.
- during mix, the relationships temperature between engineer and drummer drops to unexplored depth.
Mistake no.1- mixing with drummer. Unless the drummer sings and writes the songs, he's gonna be last on the "people I'm trying to please" list. And the answer to "the kick isn't present enough" is "yes it is".
Seriously though, why do drummers think that people are listening to the kick drum? When's the last time you heard someone say "I love the kick on that song"? Most of my friends couldn't pick the kick out of a song for a million bucks.
denne wrote:- mixing with a drummer, kick is never present enough, even when soloed.
- during mix, the relationships temperature between engineer and drummer drops to unexplored depth.
Mistake no.1- mixing with drummer. Unless the drummer sings and writes the songs, he's gonna be last on the "people I'm trying to please" list. And the answer to "the kick isn't present enough" is "yes it is".
Seriously though, why do drummers think that people are listening to the kick drum? When's the last time you heard someone say "I love the kick on that song"? Most of my friends couldn't pick the kick out of a song for a million bucks.
bb
I bought DP and a studio just so I could mix my own kick. That was the main reason. I trust no one. I have in the past nudged my kick track up when no one was looking. Now I am in control. I sometimes play my drum parts with no kick, but only so I can bring it in again. This pleases me immensely, especially if I am playing through a big PA.
denne wrote:- mixing with a drummer, kick is never present enough, even when soloed.
- during mix, the relationships temperature between engineer and drummer drops to unexplored depth.
Mistake no.1- mixing with drummer. Unless the drummer sings and writes the songs, he's gonna be last on the "people I'm trying to please" list. And the answer to "the kick isn't present enough" is "yes it is".
Seriously though, why do drummers think that people are listening to the kick drum? When's the last time you heard someone say "I love the kick on that song"? Most of my friends couldn't pick the kick out of a song for a million bucks.
bb
I bought DP and a studio just so I could mix my own kick. That was the main reason. I trust no one. I have in the past nudged my kick track up when no one was looking. Now I am in control. I sometimes play my drum parts with no kick, but only so I can bring it in again. This pleases me immensely, especially if I am playing through a big PA.
At live shows, do the sound check barely hitting the kick with a felt beater so you can switch it to a hard beater and stomp on it once you start playing. Yeah. That'll learn 'em. They just don't know who they're messing with.
kassonica wrote:The Beatles would of had 100 # ones if only they'd mixed the kick louder.
If only they had been smarter back then. But people were dumb back in those days, and everything was black and white anyways, so who cares.
People want, no, NEED to hear every super special nuance of every performance by every musician. All that melody and rhythm and stuff is just there to frame the awesome chops of the musicians, ESPECIALLY the kick drum. Who wants to hear some dude singing about whatever if you can't hear the drummers mad kick skillz?
