frogman81
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Hey guys, so my band went with Jake Pitts to mix/master our EP. Curious to hear some thoughts on his work, I won't colour your opinions in any way ![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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Sounds fine. People(more so here than anywhere I'v been) put way too much emphasis on production mix. If its clear and understandable, who gives a shit. Its the content.
Eh. If it sounds obviously bad, sure. But the hair splitting that people go over? Just silly.Labels who may put out your future releases and help fund said releases generally give a shit![]()
Sounds fine. People(more so here than anywhere I'v been) put way too much emphasis on production mix. If its clear and understandable, who gives a shit. Its the content.
Sounds fine. People(more so here than anywhere I'v been) put way too much emphasis on production mix. If its clear and understandable, who gives a shit. Its the content.
Digging your band's sound.
I am no expert on mixing, but I will say that the guitar sound seems to sit a little 'too far back' in the mix to me, in addition to being a little too 'narrow' and not thick enough in the mids. Now, this is all artist's and mixer's choice as to how they wish to approach the guitar sound, but I think I would personally prefer a 'thicker/fuller' guitar in the mixes, especially for your last song.
If you're happy with it, and that is the sound you want to present for your band, then you should be happy as overall the mix sounds good.
Dude, the loudness war is over.I tend to agree. I don't scrutinize guitar tone like some/most people here do, nor do I claim to have godlike tone. I'll have a listen for that hiss that Nicki mentioned though.
For this mix job I mostly wanted someone to "brick wall" it so we can keep up with the loudness war, without squashing/destroying the nuances. I think Jake succeeded in that regard.
Dude, the loudness war is over.
Look at what YouTube, Spotify, and iTunes do. Especially look at the RMS value's of mastered for iTunes stuff.
You don't want to keep up in the loudness war, that's like wanting to keep up with the dudebro who's skulling a bottle of Jack Daniels to be cool.
you get penalized for loud mixes on youtube and spotify, so basically louder mixes end up sounding worse than softer mixes, sweet spot is -12dB if memory serves
Thanks dude, that's entirely possible. Something to watch out for next time for sure!Is it just me or is the kick causing the master comp to pump the whole mix slightly. Kick sounds sweet, I just think it might be over working the master compression.
Thanks dude! I tend to agree - totally fits our style. I should let it slip now that the guitar and bass (other than the last song chorus where Jake threw in some guitars to reinforce) are all POD HD stuff. I won't claim that the POD HD is amazing, but for the price point (especially used now that the HD technology is getting older and after years of people dumping on Line 6) I think they do the Mesa Rectifier sound pretty well. I have the POD Pro X, and have been meaning to go Axe FX for awhile... But other than trying to keep up with what the cool kids are using, I don't find it necessary just yet. Waiting on a smokin' used price I suppose.Given the style, it sounds like the mixer did exactly what you asked. This isn't a guitar shred band, therefore the guitars are sitting exactly where they should be. The guitars could be high passed a touch more but that is like a 0.02% detail and imo doesn't matter in the context of the mix. I think he delivered you exactly what you asked for. Great balance and a good sounding mix.
Thanks dude! I tend to agree - totally fits our style. I should let it slip now that the guitar and bass (other than the last song chorus where Jake threw in some guitars to reinforce) are all POD HD stuff. I won't claim that the POD HD is amazing, but for the price point (especially used now that the HD technology is getting older and after years of people dumping on Line 6) I think they do the Mesa Rectifier sound pretty well. I have the POD Pro X, and have been meaning to go Axe FX for awhile... But other than trying to keep up with what the cool kids are using, I don't find it necessary just yet. Waiting on a smokin' used price I suppose.
As for the drums, the first song is live drums by Kevin Talley (session player with active Facebook page) and the rest I programmed in EZDrummer 2. Jake put them through his presets in Superior. Pretty happy with the drums other than a section here or there where I should have thrown in some more embellishments!
Cool. Is this a solo project, or do you have band members?