tedtan
Well-Known Member
If things are “a little different”, then they are not the same. Maybe we’re talking past one another due to semantics or whatever, and I don’t want to come across as argumentative here, but that not a confusing statement, so I don’t see where the issue is here.No, that would not require a "different" approach. Its the exact same approach, just where you set things are a little different.
Here you go twisting what I said again. I’m not talking about reinventing the mixing process for every song you mix, I’m talking about different settings to reflect the different needs of each track.Changing a couple settings is not the same as changing your entire approach.
One size fits all = one size fits none, as you acknowledge with your parenthetical. That’s what I’ve been saying all along.You could change just about anything you wanted and as long as you are still in the same genre of music, my approach to mixing wouldn't really change (the settings of a lot of things will be all that changed).
You did in your prior post and are still doing so here in this post. I’m willing to accept that we may well be talking past one another due to semantics or whatever, but you have repeatedly taken what I’ve said and exaggerated it to an extreme in order to argue against something that I never said.I was not twisting what you said at all and what you are saying contradicts each other.
Different inputs require different processing in order to achieve a consistent end result. Doing the same exact thing regardless of input will not result in consist output. If one track is flubby at 80Hz and another is muddy at 400Hz, you have to treat them differently.Mixing them THE SAME is what MAKES them consistent.
This I don’t take issue with, as you say similar, which is different, rather than saying the same.What I was saying is that no matter how much you try to be consistent if you mix songs one at a time, most people's minds kinda drift. They focus on whatever is grabbing their attention at that moment instead of keeping a similar approach to every song. It's just a natural thing most people's brain's do if they don't stay focused.
If you jump from song to song making similar eq, compressor, saturation, fx choices then the results come out much more uniform. Yes you can do one song at a time, but that is what causes the tone match chase at the end.