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offline Brisk from selling smack at the orphanage on 2009-03-01 05:31 [#02276055]
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Anyone else always find that when it comes to mixdowns, you
can work on them for days and you ALWAYS find the first one
is the best? I think you get too obsessed with the technical
side behind the sound instead of just vibing off it like you
do with your initial mixdown.

Also, anyone else also obsess about the mastering/finalising
aspect of tracks, even before the actual music is finished?
I constantly find myself rendering WIP's just to see if it
still sounds right when I apply mastering. It's stupid.

The worst thing happened yesterday when I lost a mastering
chain i'd been working on for a previous mixdown, which
sounded absolutely perfect for a track i'm working on. I
spent close to 5 hours trying to recreate it, but it still
isn't right. The thing is, i'd always send tracks for
mastering by an external engineer, but for some reason, I
must always have something decent by myself before i'd
consider doing so. God, shoot me now.


 

offline hanal from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2009-03-01 06:34 [#02276068]
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i think you need to get out more

 

offline glasse from Harrisburg (United States) on 2009-03-01 06:48 [#02276072]
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if i get too obsessed with anything not working on a track,
be it a mixdown, a melody, whatever, it seems the best thing
to do it set it aside, work on something else, and come back
to it later. when i come back to something fresh usually i
can hear right away what the problem was or what it needed.

also, when i send something to be professionally mastered,
you can bet there will be a second CD of test masters, read
me notes, references to the production of specific albums,
etc. you can't be sure that what you will get back will be
everything you envisioned but CD ready. particularly with
ambient, too, since tone, space, color, richness and depth
are kind of make or break aspects.

anyway it seems like you are very detail oriented and it
shows in what i have heard of your music. the important
part is you are serious about what you are doing, so being
focused, efficient, prioritizing, and all of that will
probably fall more and more into place as you go on.



 

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