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Old 04-10-2018, 08:58 AM
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Forum member Midwinter sat down with me one day while I was mixing his first CD, and he and I discussed this exact thing in length. The high pass is the most important in keeping the low end in the reverb from running away into useless mud
And I would say especially in more complex mixes that High pass goes a long way to cleaning up low end mud on many things besides just verb and delay.
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And I would say especially in more complex mixes that High pass goes a long way to cleaning up low end mud on many things besides just verb and delay.
yeah there's usually a lot of rumble that builds up that a high pass can help. One of my favorite preamps, the very simple Neve Portico 5012 features a variable high pass, and that's all I really need to get recording. I think it really helps when it comes to final mixes when you address alot of the problems right at the source. It sure helps me anyway.
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And I would say especially in more complex mixes that High pass goes a long way to cleaning up low end mud on many things besides just verb and delay.
Yes - low end management is so important. Well, frequency management in general is usually an important aspect of a great mix.
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If you record a singing guitar player using the dueling figure 8 microphone method the proximity effects double. Lots of mud if you're not careful. It helps a lot to have a mic pre with sweepable hi pass filtering.
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I like reverb to, in the words of Lebowski, 'tie the room together.' Rather than use it as an effect, I use it as an illusion (yes, everyone was playing together in a room or space). For the most part, I use FAR less reverb than 20-30 years ago. I'm finding that as I play parts better, I can get away with less reverb. I realize I used to use reverb to smooth over choppy or inconsistent performance.

I find I like delays on a single line track such as a solo. It can help create a special space without using more reverb.

Similar with vocals. I find that a little delay goes a long way and need to watch so I don't overdo it.

Longer delays seem to work better for me. I'm not a fan of slap-back as that tends to remind me of poor acoustical environments more than a desirable vibe. I like multi-tap delay as it doesn't sound as mechanical.

Whenever there are two similar parts (lead and harmony vocal, or two acoustic guitars), I like to apply EQ and effects to differentiate them. e.g. I might have a little delay and low mids-rolloff on a lead and then mid bump and tiny bit of chorus on the backing guitar.

In fact, my mixing approach is to find something unique and specific about each instrument and enhance that. My motto is 'if it's not contributing, it is taking something away' so each part had better 'do it's job.'
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I'm very much on the same page as you. I think reverb is frequently used to hide rather than to help.

I'll counter with this. The Church's "Under The Milky Way" is a good example of lots of reverb that does work, but every time I hear it I wonder if they could have used a little less.

There's this line, "When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." I think the tendency to add one more guitar track (usually to hide the defects of the first one) is the death knell for many recorded pieces. It frequently takes away from the piece. Only you can decide whether you can do that one part better. I usually force myself to and and am happier with the results.
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There's this line, "When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." I think the tendency to add one more guitar track (usually to hide the defects of the first one) is the death knell for many recorded pieces. It frequently takes away from the piece. Only you can decide whether you can do that one part better. I usually force myself to and and am happier with the results.
In my observation this goes hand in hand with the "fix it in the mix" mentality that is prevalent with digital recording. Now, don't get me wrong...I love digital, but I still can't get out of the tape mentality. I commit to things early on and push to get better takes rather than comping a bunch of near misses together to fake a bullseye.

And a close cousin of the "fix it in the mix" is the rampant use of many tracks "just because", which leads to lazy arranging & pre-production. "ah just lay it down, we can decide if t works later".

I dunno...maybe it's just me
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And a close cousin of the "fix it in the mix" is the rampant use of many tracks "just because", which leads to lazy arranging & pre-production. "ah just lay it down, we can decide if t works later".
There's a growing trend, and as a bass player I'll admit I participate, toward "mail-order" record-making. A producer tells his client "I can get players X, Y, and Z on your record for way cheap if we send them stems, they lay down tracks at home, and we give them some time to get it done." Operating in a vacuum, they get a click and a guide track of some sort and a scratch vocal, they lay down a Simple, a Medium, and a Fancy, and they send it back.

You can imagine the crazy-quilt that results.
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There's a growing trend, and as a bass player I'll admit I participate, toward "mail-order" record-making. A producer tells his client "I can get players X, Y, and Z on your record for way cheap if we send them stems, they lay down tracks at home, and we give them some time to get it done." Operating in a vacuum, they get a click and a guide track of some sort and a scratch vocal, they lay down a Simple, a Medium, and a Fancy, and they send it back.

You can imagine the crazy-quilt that results.
Don't have to imagine - I'm the poor sucker who gets all those files at the end to make a mix happen

In fact I just bounced a mix minutes ago that was done this way. I was talking with one of the guys on the track and we both agreed this would be a much better track if they had just booked some studio time and got everyone in the studio together. And this is no small time artist, either. So, go figure...
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Don't have to imagine - I'm the poor sucker who gets all those files at the end to make a mix happen
Just last week I went next door to sing some BGV's on an end-stage mail-order record, and there were something like 65 tracks on the screen. And this was an Americana roots-rock kinda thing. It seemed like it took forever for the poor guy to mute enough stuff that I could tell what was going on.
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Just last week I went next door to sing some BGV's on an end-stage mail-order record, and there were something like 65 tracks on the screen. And this was an Americana roots-rock kinda thing. It seemed like it took forever for the poor guy to mute enough stuff that I could tell what was going on.
LOL - and that's what I'm seeing all the time. The project I finished yesterday had 4 overhead tracks for the drums. 4! And that went with the 3 kick & 3 snare tracks. Yet, somehow they managed to not get a hi-hat mic. Someone explain that to me. I guess they figured I had 2 extra OHs...why bother
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The high pass is the most important in keeping the low end in the reverb from running away into useless mud
I spent about 3 hours today dialing in reverbs and then de-mudding them for a project.
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Yet, somehow they managed to not get a hi-hat mic. Someone explain that to me.
I want someone to invent the lo-hat mic. You turn it up and the hi-hat gets softer.
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I want someone to invent the lo-hat mic. You turn it up and the hi-hat gets softer.
LOL. I love it!
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I want someone to invent the lo-hat mic. You turn it up and the hi-hat gets softer.
So, not a big fan of disco music?

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So, not a big fan of disco music?

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Boy I was a huge fan, well not the music so much as the women and being single and unattached in the pre AIDS era. . And then clad in Levi 501's, cowboy boots, and cotton shirt, apparently it was unusual enough in that scene, all I had to do go in sit at the bar order a beer, and just sit watch and wait. Almost without fail within 1/2 hour some gal would ask me to dance and things usually just got better an better from there
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