Originally Posted By: floyd jane
Different, indeed... it got quite loud... I'm having to adjust settings to get it to where I can listen... when I get the instruments right, the drums seem to be way back (and too low) in the mix... like they suddenly got too much reverb overall.

When I turn it up to hear the drums (the instruments are overpowering then), the shaker - sounds like a shaker - which actually sounds good and can be a valid combination, but I don't think it is exactly what you are looking for. I hope you continue to look/experiment - I am enjoying your journey.

You need to understand that the majority of songwriters are guitar players - so they key on guitar sounds - and drums are (typically) secondary - a new phenomenon to most... and it sometimes take a while before a "guitar guy" understands how important drums are...



SO right! This was the original recording, that BIAB had some weird thing happen in the first few seconds. You will hear it. So I opened it in another program to take that out, and it added A LOT of some compressor that was on the outs, with some other effects. I posted it and heard it after the fact.

PRE

So, overall, do I have to turn the drums up? Being a drummer and having worked in a studio so much, I am always worried they are too up in the mix. I may have gone too far in the wrong direction?

And you are correct, it's not where I want to be, but messing with what I have for now.

Last edited by HearToLearn; 04/29/15 03:04 PM.
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