[ddots-l] Re: MIXING
- From: "Hayley" <hayley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:09:56 -0000
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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