On 02/12/2013 02:57 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> I owe an enormous debt to all you guys for this program. It's a very >> very special tool. > Three cheers for MusE and the MusEk producted by it! > > Geoff said he's still working on the mix.. > The instruments are full and the image is wide and open. I would like to > know more about how he mixes. I've heard a lot about the flatness of DAW > recording but this piece shows that skill can make anything happen. This is > real music. > > To me hats were right on, snare nice full tone but accent a touch too high, > high vox a touch high, could be my $2 headphones tho! Maybe fade string vol > in and out a bit more for movement? Perfect color on sounds, eq nice, big > full sound. I am jealous. >
**blush** well thanks parisnight ;) apologies for the late response. the mix is quite crappy atm, but as a first stage it will do. about how I mix as you asked .... it's all about space. mixing is never about layers. if you put sounds on top of each other it becomes like an artists' pallette - as i always tell my kids; "what happens when you mix all the primary colours together?? - you get poo !" ( the colour of at least) i always try ( in my mind anyway) to seperate out the "colours" of the timbres so as not to mix THEM together too much. EQ is a powerful way to sculpt sounds to make space for other sounds in a simialr freq range. the standard rule is to do a totally dry or level mix first. get your dynamics and soundstage (pan) right forget the dsp's completely other than dynamics and frequency control. that way you end up (should) using fewer fx's and less of each. well that's the theory - in practise it can be hard to stick to these rules when the joint is jumping :) try to write out your plan before you start - what style/types of dsp do you think would 'enhance' a part - then go try them. it's also important to trust your judgement! once you've done the dry mix do your best to honour those decisions later. and watch for fader creep - that's a real trap for a newbie! if something is now too low, pull other parts back in preference to pushing the target higher! And always always always add just a tiny bit of a new dsp into a mix first and see the result on other near instruments and the overall mix - subtlety is power. I use groups extensively - rhythm (drums/bass/guitar etc.) orchestra etc so i can mute/solo whole sections instantly to check for section balance oh, and take your time. mixing is an art AND a craft! there are few rules really, it's much more a process. You're on the money with your comments - exactly why it's a crappy mix right now. I've noted your comments and will apply them to mix1.1 - we'll see how that ends up. i appreciate your comments greatly parisnight. cheers g ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel - in partnership with Geeknet, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials, tech docs, whitepapers, evaluation guides, and opinion stories. Check out the most recent posts - join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Lmuse-developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmuse-developer
