Comments on: The Rule Of Mixing http://www.hometracked.com/2007/11/13/the-rule-of-mixing/ Home recording and project studio blog Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:14:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: troll? http://www.hometracked.com/2007/11/13/the-rule-of-mixing/comment-page-1/#comment-72478 troll? Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:07:43 +0000 http://www.hometracked.com/2007/11/13/the-rule-of-mixing/#comment-72478 I think you meant to say "Make only those changes which OTHER PEOPLE THINK improve the song.". music is art and art is about expression ... whether you choose to "overdo" effects or have "flat, lifeless" mix... that is up to you. Maybe you let your friends choose what you wear but I like knowing I'm not another lifeless robot that just follows those around him/her. :/ I think you meant to say “Make only those changes which OTHER PEOPLE THINK improve the song.”.

music is art and art is about expression … whether you choose to “overdo” effects or have “flat, lifeless” mix… that is up to you. Maybe you let your friends choose what you wear but I like knowing I’m not another lifeless robot that just follows those around him/her. :/

]]> By: beats http://www.hometracked.com/2007/11/13/the-rule-of-mixing/comment-page-1/#comment-60212 beats Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:43:56 +0000 http://www.hometracked.com/2007/11/13/the-rule-of-mixing/#comment-60212 and by simplicity do you mean one-note songs like we heard from Soulja Boy? I could've come up with "YOUUUUUUUUUU!" and a few synth beeps...all i need is those cheap toy keyboard and I'm on my way to Billboard :P and by simplicity do you mean one-note songs like we heard from Soulja Boy? I could’ve come up with “YOUUUUUUUUUU!” and a few synth beeps…all i need is those cheap toy keyboard and I’m on my way to Billboard :P

]]> By: Auto-Tune Abuse in Pop Music - 10 Examples - Hometracked http://www.hometracked.com/2007/11/13/the-rule-of-mixing/comment-page-1/#comment-41802 Auto-Tune Abuse in Pop Music - 10 Examples - Hometracked Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:14:39 +0000 http://www.hometracked.com/2007/11/13/the-rule-of-mixing/#comment-41802 [...] And there's a lesson in that for home recordists, (even those of us who don't write pop music,) which echoes the rule of mixing: If an effect significantly changes the sound of a track, especially one so important as the lead vocal, be sure that change improves the song before committing it to the mix. … [...] [...] And there’s a lesson in that for home recordists, (even those of us who don’t write pop music,) which echoes the rule of mixing: If an effect significantly changes the sound of a track, especially one so important as the lead vocal, be sure that change improves the song before committing it to the mix. … [...]

]]> By: digital lofi http://www.hometracked.com/2007/11/13/the-rule-of-mixing/comment-page-1/#comment-39951 digital lofi Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:21:00 +0000 http://www.hometracked.com/2007/11/13/the-rule-of-mixing/#comment-39951 Dan wins. No, seriously, that's an interesting fact I did not know. I just assumed all those K-Tel compilations from back in the day were the same tracks as the singles. It makes sense, but there must be some songs on there that were the same masters as the single/album versions of those songs, right? I mean, weren't there ABBA songs on some of those? As much as I love the thought of ABBA recreating their singles again in the studio I can't really see it happening. I'm going to look at K-Tel comps in a whole new light. But I bet it was cool listening to those. Dan wins.

No, seriously, that’s an interesting fact I did not know. I just assumed all those K-Tel compilations from back in the day were the same tracks as the singles. It makes sense, but there must be some songs on there that were the same masters as the single/album versions of those songs, right? I mean, weren’t there ABBA songs on some of those? As much as I love the thought of ABBA recreating their singles again in the studio I can’t really see it happening. I’m going to look at K-Tel comps in a whole new light. But I bet it was cool listening to those.

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]]> By: Chris Ilett http://www.hometracked.com/2007/11/13/the-rule-of-mixing/comment-page-1/#comment-35585 Chris Ilett Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:28:38 +0000 http://www.hometracked.com/2007/11/13/the-rule-of-mixing/#comment-35585 This blog is brilliant. Sorry to post this as a comment, I can't find an email address on your site. Do you fancy a link swap? Chris This blog is brilliant.

Sorry to post this as a comment, I can’t find an email address on your site.

Do you fancy a link swap?

Chris

]]> By: Kristie http://www.hometracked.com/2007/11/13/the-rule-of-mixing/comment-page-1/#comment-31822 Kristie Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:30:55 +0000 http://www.hometracked.com/2007/11/13/the-rule-of-mixing/#comment-31822 "Make only those changes which improve the song." I might actually pin that up on my wall! (I have a bad habit of overdoing everything). :P “Make only those changes which improve the song.”

I might actually pin that up on my wall! (I have a bad habit of overdoing everything). :P

]]> By: Nohope-nofear http://www.hometracked.com/2007/11/13/the-rule-of-mixing/comment-page-1/#comment-30485 Nohope-nofear Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:08:57 +0000 http://www.hometracked.com/2007/11/13/the-rule-of-mixing/#comment-30485 Thank you for posting this. I often do not obey these simple rules, so most of my records are not even close to perfect, but I'll try to do as much as possible in my next <a href="http://nohope-nofear.blogspot.com/2007/12/little-experiment.html" rel="nofollow">little experiment</a> Thank you for posting this. I often do not obey these simple rules, so most of my records are not even close to perfect, but I’ll try to do as much as possible in my next little experiment

]]> By: Dan Connor http://www.hometracked.com/2007/11/13/the-rule-of-mixing/comment-page-1/#comment-28909 Dan Connor Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:15:51 +0000 http://www.hometracked.com/2007/11/13/the-rule-of-mixing/#comment-28909 Oh man, I love hearing different people's mixes of the same material. I had the opportunity to do some work on K-Tel's (http://www.ktel.com/) old, old multitracks that were archived on shedding 2" tape. K-Tel would have bands rerecord their hits and attempt to recreate the mixes so that the band would have a marketable version of their song's master that wasn't owned by their label. Our job was to dump the 2" to Pro Tools in HD and then recreate the masters as closely as possible in the digital medium. We're talking hearing the original multitracks, recorded by the original bands of songs like Louie Louie, Drift Away, Wipeout and Magic Carpet Ride. It was a crazy experience to hear these classics' raw tracks. Some of those tapes only had one play left in them before they lost shedded beyond recovery. By the way - I found your blog while searching for other music production blogs like mine - The Stereo Bus (http://thestereobus.com). You've got some solid articles here. Let me know if you're interested in exchanging links. Oh man, I love hearing different people’s mixes of the same material. I had the opportunity to do some work on K-Tel’s (http://www.ktel.com/) old, old multitracks that were archived on shedding 2″ tape. K-Tel would have bands rerecord their hits and attempt to recreate the mixes so that the band would have a marketable version of their song’s master that wasn’t owned by their label.

Our job was to dump the 2″ to Pro Tools in HD and then recreate the masters as closely as possible in the digital medium. We’re talking hearing the original multitracks, recorded by the original bands of songs like Louie Louie, Drift Away, Wipeout and Magic Carpet Ride. It was a crazy experience to hear these classics’ raw tracks. Some of those tapes only had one play left in them before they lost shedded beyond recovery.

By the way – I found your blog while searching for other music production blogs like mine – The Stereo Bus (http://thestereobus.com). You’ve got some solid articles here. Let me know if you’re interested in exchanging links.

]]> By: Dick http://www.hometracked.com/2007/11/13/the-rule-of-mixing/comment-page-1/#comment-27819 Dick Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:13:55 +0000 http://www.hometracked.com/2007/11/13/the-rule-of-mixing/#comment-27819 Ah, fantastic, des. I will say one thing. I listened to both the original Phil Spector "Let It Be" album and the "Let It Be (naked)" back to back and they sounded so similar! Very surprised it wasn't Spector. Ah, fantastic, des. I will say one thing. I listened to both the original Phil Spector “Let It Be” album and the “Let It Be (naked)” back to back and they sounded so similar! Very surprised it wasn’t Spector.

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