Calling all mix engineers, advice please.........

roach808 · Post by **roach808** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:06 am

sweetjesus wrote:
leonard cohen disagreed on this point with his latest album. he said they bounced to tape but it lost the warmth they had.

wtf, was he bouncing down to cassette tape or something.

knotkranky · Post by **knotkranky** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:38 am

I use these two methods.

Low pass filters with gentle slopes. De-essers; they're almost always needed for vocals, but you can put them on anything offensive.
You may have a little build -up so use those techniques on just a few offending tracks and not the whole mix.

popslut · Post by **popslut** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:44 am

I've never read so much utter crap in my life.

Aural Exciters and Leonard Cohen my arse.

Try giving your hats a narrow cut @ about 6khz and a shelving boost @ 12khz.

As an aside;

Bear in mind that P Diddy's studio cost about $1,000,000 more than yours. He probably employs some very skilled and experienced engineers too.

A $1,000,000 signal path and time-served recording, mix and mastering engineers go a long way to making your hi-hats sound smooth.

Also bear in mind that a smooth hi-hat never won a Grammy or made a record sell.

Good luck.

popslut · Post by **popslut** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:45 am

knotkranky wrote:I use these two methods.

Low pass filters with gentle slopes. De-essers; they're almost always needed for vocals, but you can put them on anything offensive.
You may have a little build -up so use those techniques on just a few offending tracks and not the whole mix.

And what he said.

Again.

franknputer · Post by **franknputer** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:31 am

popslut wrote:I've never read so much utter crap in my life.

Aural Exciters and Leonard Cohen my arse.

Try giving your hats a narrow cut @ about 6khz and a shelving boost @ 12khz.

As an aside;

Bear in mind that P Diddy's studio cost about $1,000,000 more than yours. He probably employs some very skilled and experienced engineers too.

A $1,000,000 signal path and time-served recording, mix and mastering engineers go a long way to making your hi-hats sound smooth.

Also bear in mind that a smooth hi-hat never won a Grammy or made a record sell.

Good luck.

Ditto.

leisuremuffin · Post by **leisuremuffin** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 4:24 am

only thing better than tape sound is frogs in blender.

TRUE.

(or not)

.lm.