Obtaining High Frequency crispness in mixes

[AEL89]

haha. the worst of all is "warm"

haha yes!

 

[Harry Hughes]

haha. the worst of all is "warm"

Vintage snobs that go on about wanting the "warmest and fattest sounding amp, warmest and fattest sounding pickups"uke:Worst ever.
And wonder why it's all low end and zero balance.

 

[GarethSE]

i still dont know what it means exactly
some people mean it in a sorta low-mids sense, some in a more midbass sorta way, some mean it in that its a bit dark (pleasantly so)
I MEAN COME THE FUCK ON
its the most irritating of all audio buzzwords

 

[fatalforce]

I hear ya on the warmth haha. I hate when people use that as a description of something subjective like James said. I think the word I was looking for was high freq edge or forwardness. Smooth works too but it just didn't feel right especially with the intensity of the song I was working on when posting this topic.

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/932627/Emination 9-9.mp3
Here's an example from the Emination mix I had previously referenced.

https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/617922/Emination - Can't OD - Sptz Final.mp3
Now this is what I was comparing it to.

Thanks for all the posts guys. I understand about capturing quality tracks but when using something someone else had posted and the difference being so great, I was just curious as to how it was obtained.

 

[slayercannibalsuffohead]

HOMER VOICE: "Hhhhmmmmmm, warm, crispy audio, hhhhmmmmmmmm"

 

[Pedro Teixeira]

Fatalforce, to be honest I didn't do anything special, that "crisp/clear" high end in my mix is mainly because those overheads are pretty controlled and smoothly EQ'd. Then on mastering just a little touch of Ozone's harmonic exciter, but really just a touch! Btw, really thanks for your compliments on my mix, makes me really happy If you want I can post screens or some shit, when I get all my stuff shipped to uk

 

[darthjujuu]

Then on mastering just a little touch of Ozone's harmonic exciter, but really just a touch!

totally called it. did i not?? haha

 

[GarethSE]

force bro, the thing with the mix you were using as reference is that its nicely tamed in the high mids, like the presence area (2khz-5khz) and anything ABOVE that is where the crispness lies.
so just be careful with the 5khz area and focus more around 8-10khz.

 

[abigor731]

haha. the worst of all is "warm"

yes definately
in austrian slang "warm" (the same word actually) can also mean "gay" therefore it's always funny when people refer to tube amp stuff as "warm"

the advantage of it is that you can always interpret it the way you like

 

[GarethSE]

THIS VINTAGE MARSHALL IS WARM

haaaaa.

 

[Pedro Teixeira]

Yo Gareth check yer PMs

 

[Harry Hughes]

THIS VINTAGE MARSHALL IS WARM

haaaaa.

We talking about Plexis or the relatively recent Vintage Modern?

 

[GarethSE]

The latter ;D

 

[GarethSE]

Yo Gareth check yer PMs

oh
huh?

 

[Chris_P_Critter]

I am Chris_P

Just sayin.

 

[HDWR]

But are you.... Warm?