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So, through experience or through research, which do you find (or think would be, if you're just guessing), to the toughest genre of music to record and mix?
Personally, with limited experience compared to most of you and mostly low end equipment and little space I have come to some conclusions, although they might be premature because of the lack of experience and knowledge.
I found that Rap, RnB and Hip Hop have been the easiest to record and mix. The producer gives you the beat and it was all about capturing good vocals and make them stick out in the mix with a driving beat which would hopefully make use of a car's suspension system. I must admit that it was pretty damn fun recording a hip-hop artist I knew. It was on a Soundcraft 1624 using a AKG C414 and Lexicon effects. It could have been either the good equipment or luck but I must say it wasn't too difficult finding a semi-professional sound to say the least.
I tried recording and mixing an Indie/Rock band on a Behringer mixer (the only thing I got for now
), and I found it pretty easy to get a good guitar tone because they had fairly good equipment and were good players but the drum sound was the problem, mainly because of a mediocre drummer and a crappy snare, but I have to say that I didn't know where to go when it came to finding a good drum sound as I don't listen to this music but also since he was playing on my metal kit (apart from the snare where he insisted on using his own untuned piece of shit).
Less of what I found; from listening to music I think getting an Indie/soft rock sound would be challenging but...
In my opinion, Metal definitely has to be the toughest to record and very tricky to mix because of the requirements (especially today's), of the sound. Chunky, in-your-face distorted guitars and pummeling, accurate drums and a bass that must blend solidly in the mix, harsh vocals (for the most part) and then maybe synth. To capture sounds would take years of experience, experimentation, knowledge and a pair of good ears and to mix them all, giving them each a nice place to sit in the frequency spectrum, in my opinion is going to be one major challenge for me.
But being a fan of classical music, I definitely think that it would be the toughest to mix. Recording an orchestra would definitely be difficult but then to mix so many instruments and sounds, making sure the timbre of each one is distinct, finding them a place in the stereo mix with such a wide dynamic range from barely audible to extremely loud. I cannot even imagine just yet what a challenge that must be.
What about you guys? Through experience or speculation, what have you summed up when it comes to recording and mxing various styles of music?
Personally, with limited experience compared to most of you and mostly low end equipment and little space I have come to some conclusions, although they might be premature because of the lack of experience and knowledge.
I found that Rap, RnB and Hip Hop have been the easiest to record and mix. The producer gives you the beat and it was all about capturing good vocals and make them stick out in the mix with a driving beat which would hopefully make use of a car's suspension system. I must admit that it was pretty damn fun recording a hip-hop artist I knew. It was on a Soundcraft 1624 using a AKG C414 and Lexicon effects. It could have been either the good equipment or luck but I must say it wasn't too difficult finding a semi-professional sound to say the least.
I tried recording and mixing an Indie/Rock band on a Behringer mixer (the only thing I got for now
), and I found it pretty easy to get a good guitar tone because they had fairly good equipment and were good players but the drum sound was the problem, mainly because of a mediocre drummer and a crappy snare, but I have to say that I didn't know where to go when it came to finding a good drum sound as I don't listen to this music but also since he was playing on my metal kit (apart from the snare where he insisted on using his own untuned piece of shit). Less of what I found; from listening to music I think getting an Indie/soft rock sound would be challenging but...
In my opinion, Metal definitely has to be the toughest to record and very tricky to mix because of the requirements (especially today's), of the sound. Chunky, in-your-face distorted guitars and pummeling, accurate drums and a bass that must blend solidly in the mix, harsh vocals (for the most part) and then maybe synth. To capture sounds would take years of experience, experimentation, knowledge and a pair of good ears and to mix them all, giving them each a nice place to sit in the frequency spectrum, in my opinion is going to be one major challenge for me.
But being a fan of classical music, I definitely think that it would be the toughest to mix. Recording an orchestra would definitely be difficult but then to mix so many instruments and sounds, making sure the timbre of each one is distinct, finding them a place in the stereo mix with such a wide dynamic range from barely audible to extremely loud. I cannot even imagine just yet what a challenge that must be.
What about you guys? Through experience or speculation, what have you summed up when it comes to recording and mxing various styles of music?
