Hey,
I think as we keep doing this all of us are developing a certain way of working, and as well a certain way of using plugins, I don't wanna say "presets", but we get used to starting from a certain ballpark setting in our favorite plugins and tweak from there etc.
I'm not saying that's a bad thing, I actually think it's good to develop a style etc.
but I do think it sometimes limits us as well..or makes us lazy, sometimes we're using a plugin or setting just because we're using it all the time and because we know it sounds good.
I thought it'd be a fun idea to really start fresh, just to see if I can still mix using my ears primarily..I mean I'm using my ears all the time, but I wanted to see if this wors:
so what I did was take this project and start mixing it from scratch in the shortest amount of time (I wnet for something like 1-2hrs) using only new plugins (I bought many plugins recently) and/or plugins that I'm usually not using.
so for example instead of using my regular goto compressors and starting from ballpak settings I used a different/new compressor and tweaked just using my ears, not looking at the screen at all (the control24 helps with that of course)....
The mastering I did in a different DAW as well, using plugins (ozone3) instead of my trusted old finalizer.
I didn't even use a TS on the guitars or anything.
what I wanted to know is
A) will the mix still sound like I mixed it, will it still be my style
B) will it sound halfway decent at all with that limited amount of time and plugins I'm not used to.
to make it a bit more "ear heavy" I haven't compared to any other mix yet (neither one of mine, nor a reference mix), I just did what I thought sounded good....so chances are it'll sound completely fucked up...perhaps not, I don't know....you be the judge.
This is not a finished mix of course , would need automation, some tweaking (especially the vocals definitely need some more work) etc, but I just did it for the sake of this experiment.
so tell me what you think, does the mix/master sound alright? Does it sound like a Lasse Lammert rough mix?
also: I strongly encourage you to try it yourself, a very ineteresting experiment, that'll either confirm that you know what you're doing, no matter which DAW, plugins etc you're using, or will tell you that it's time to learn using your ears again.
anyways, here's the roughmix:
modern punk
this is NOT metal, but although it's punk it's still supposed to sound modern and clean, but not too sterile
I think as we keep doing this all of us are developing a certain way of working, and as well a certain way of using plugins, I don't wanna say "presets", but we get used to starting from a certain ballpark setting in our favorite plugins and tweak from there etc.
I'm not saying that's a bad thing, I actually think it's good to develop a style etc.
but I do think it sometimes limits us as well..or makes us lazy, sometimes we're using a plugin or setting just because we're using it all the time and because we know it sounds good.
I thought it'd be a fun idea to really start fresh, just to see if I can still mix using my ears primarily..I mean I'm using my ears all the time, but I wanted to see if this wors:
so what I did was take this project and start mixing it from scratch in the shortest amount of time (I wnet for something like 1-2hrs) using only new plugins (I bought many plugins recently) and/or plugins that I'm usually not using.
so for example instead of using my regular goto compressors and starting from ballpak settings I used a different/new compressor and tweaked just using my ears, not looking at the screen at all (the control24 helps with that of course)....
The mastering I did in a different DAW as well, using plugins (ozone3) instead of my trusted old finalizer.
I didn't even use a TS on the guitars or anything.
what I wanted to know is
A) will the mix still sound like I mixed it, will it still be my style
B) will it sound halfway decent at all with that limited amount of time and plugins I'm not used to.
to make it a bit more "ear heavy" I haven't compared to any other mix yet (neither one of mine, nor a reference mix), I just did what I thought sounded good....so chances are it'll sound completely fucked up...perhaps not, I don't know....you be the judge.
This is not a finished mix of course , would need automation, some tweaking (especially the vocals definitely need some more work) etc, but I just did it for the sake of this experiment.
so tell me what you think, does the mix/master sound alright? Does it sound like a Lasse Lammert rough mix?
also: I strongly encourage you to try it yourself, a very ineteresting experiment, that'll either confirm that you know what you're doing, no matter which DAW, plugins etc you're using, or will tell you that it's time to learn using your ears again.
anyways, here's the roughmix:
modern punk
this is NOT metal, but although it's punk it's still supposed to sound modern and clean, but not too sterile
