[ddots-l] Re: MIXING

Hi Again everyone.  thanks very much for all your advice.  It worked out well 
yesterday, we just did another mix on all of the tracks and it sounds much 
better now.  I think what didn't help was that i had quite alot of tracks to 
mix and master in one day, and after a while it was getting hard to hear them 
properly, so the result was that when i took them home they just didn't sound 
the same when i listened again, next time i think i'll just do one or two 
tracks at a time.

Thanks again for your help.

Hayley        
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Shawn Brock 
  To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 1:19 AM
  Subject: [ddots-l] Re: MIXING


  hi hayley, with out going in to some long story.....  the first thing that 
comes to mind that you might want to look at, is to add some compression and a 
limetor on your master.  it sounds like the mix was close but not quite 
compleet.  some times its hard to mix a hole record in one day,, or you can hav 
your speekers tirned up to loud.  these things can make a lot of difference in 
the over product.  if you hav any questions or would like other tips, just 
email me.  hope it works out for you!
  Shawn Brock
  Cincinnati Sound Lab
  130 East Sixth Street
  Cincinnati Oh.
  45202
  Phone: 513-349-8541
  Web Site:
  www.cincysoundlab.com
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Hayley 
    To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 4:09 PM
    Subject: [ddots-l] MIXING


    Hi everyone,

    I have a small problem with mixing and wonded if anyone has any tips, this 
may be a hard one to help with, but thought it was worth asking.

    As i'm new to using Sonar, i have gotten some help with the editing and 
mixing of my work.  The technicion i have helping me has done a good job and we 
have spent alot of time on my CD, but when i brought it home from his studio i 
wasn't entirely happy with the mix of music and  vocals.  in places on certain 
songs the music seems to be pearcingly loud in comparison with the vocal and is 
drowning it out.  Of course my initial reaction was to just have him turn the 
vocal up, but as i say, in places it's fine, and i don't want for it to be too 
loud iether! perhaps i'm just being picky! but it just sounds like the music 
has a certain sharpness and clarity wich the vocal doesn't have.  i did think 
it may be just the volume, but having listened through a few times, the vocal 
can be heard, just not as sharp.  Could it be some kind of mastering thing that 
we need to do rather than just turning up the vocal? Probably a bit difficult 
to answer without having heard it i know, and i'm going back to his studio 
tomorrow, so i'm sure we'll get it sorted out, but any advice would be useful 
that i can keep in mind for tomorrow.

    I hope i havent been too vague, it's frustrating when you can just hear 
something and doen't know what it is! i can hear it isn't right, but my lack of 
experience makes it hard to figure it out!

    Hope someone may be able to advise.

    Many thanks

    Hayley

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