Anyone feel as their get better...
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Nimvi
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Absolutely. When I load an old session now I almost feel sick from looking at all the shit on the screen. It's all about vision and knowing how to get there as fast as possible imo.
lol, it was 5 in the morning, i meant as you get better at recording/mixing at least i feel i do less, less eq, less compression... i think i was using eq for the sake of it and stuff like that
I've peaked around 2009 - 2010. That has been the time where creativity, motivation, experience and skills came together in the best way possible. But even though I'm not that die hard freak anymore I don't screw up my mixes nowadays that often. I consider my stuff as good, but I could be better if I still had the time and the will to create something great.
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Gabriel R.
Definitely. I find now that I can hear what's actually wrong with the tracks when I'm working on a mix and can more effectively correct those issues whereas before I would be dong stuff because I read that's what was done and I was using tools like Eq and compression in a not so subtle way. I feel like I'm only hearing what compression really does in an overall context over the last 1-2 years where I've been doing this for like 6-7 years now. It's all a learning experience, I still have a long way to go.
Getting stuff right at the source is a big one too. When you track stuff well it practically mixes itself. Learning what's good at the source is a big one. Its so tempting to make a guitar too bassy and distorted when setting up a tone to make it big, or to have the mids too prominent making it harder for snare and vocals to sit in the mix.
Getting stuff right at the source is a big one too. When you track stuff well it practically mixes itself. Learning what's good at the source is a big one. Its so tempting to make a guitar too bassy and distorted when setting up a tone to make it big, or to have the mids too prominent making it harder for snare and vocals to sit in the mix.
If you don't over do it when you are a noob you wont really know what compressors, eqs and fx do. It's part of the learning process.
1) learn what they do/learn to listen
2) learn how and how much to use them
3) manipulate emotions with them
after 7 years of doing this, I'm still at 2
1) learn what they do/learn to listen
2) learn how and how much to use them
3) manipulate emotions with them
after 7 years of doing this, I'm still at 2
Clockwork
Bass playing guy.
I think doing less (or less post processing anyways) is a result of getting more experienced at getting the source material right aka learning to mic an amp better instead of doing more drastic EQ later. Just like as a guitar player gets better/tighter they need less editing done to their tracks.
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