Andy which do you like the best...

[kelch]

Mixing or Tracking...

and if you'd elaborate a bit that would be great.

Cheers,
Kelch-

 

[Andy Sneap]

tracking, without a doubt. I tend to do more mixing these days, thats mixing with a capital F. Tracking is more creative and I enjoy it when the drum tones are coming together and when you get the results you are looking for. I know you can say all this about mixing also, but it's fun dealing with the actual musician , destroying them, breaking them down and crushing their egos hahaha.

 

[kelch]

that's surprising...

I was thinking that with mixing you're much more in control (assuming descent tracking) and more artistic in nature... yeah, ego crushing...

Maybe mixing is no longer the challenge it once was and with little territory still to conquer, while tracking is always a challenge

thanks
kelch-

 

[Andy Sneap]

assuming descent tracking....you said it, unfortunately this is less and less the case.

 

[Nitronium Blood]

assuming descent tracking....you said it, unfortunately this is less and less the case.

But I rule... don't I Andy?

 

[Andy Sneap]

nitronium, my feelings exactly

 

[Razorjack]

it's fun dealing with the actual musician , destroying them, breaking them down and crushing their egos hahaha.

I love the psychological aspect of tracking, engineers/producers don't get enough credit for all the mind games we play in the studio!

 

[Ermz]

Yeah, after getting through tracking 1 or 2 full albums, we should come away with psychology degrees!

 

[NK]

I love the psychological aspect of tracking, engineers/producers don't get enough credit for all the mind games we play in the studio!

Yes we do.



Neil K.

 

[NK]

Yeah, after getting through tracking 1 or 2 full albums, we should come away with psychology degrees!

I'll be curious to see how you feel after a few hundred. Keep us posted!

Neil K.

 

[Ermz]

Well you might just wanna ask Andy for an immediate answer

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

I love the psychological aspect of tracking, engineers/producers don't get enough credit for all the mind games we play in the studio!

On a more serious note, there's an article in a recent Tape Op where some dude (can't recall his name) said that the most important aspect of tracking is setting headphone levels correctly. This probably pertains a little less to metal but it's still important nevertheless.

One thing I've been noticing is that when tracking my own guitars I put most of my focus on playing tight, making sure that I pick coherently with the kicks and snare. In the past I have not been putting enough emphasis on the finesse of my picking, i.e. angle of pick, weight of palm mute, and most recently I've gotten a better sound by picking more toward the neck as opposed to where I've been picking, which is basically as close to the bridge as possible....ahem, my point being that if I would have spent more time getting the headphone levels better than I would have discovered a lot of this stuff a while back methinks.

 

[NK]

Well you might just wanna ask Andy for an immediate answer

It's ok, I know what it's like already, but that wasn't my point.

Neil K.

 

[Nitronium Blood]

nitronium, my feelings exactly

Why thank you good sir.