Originally Posted by Janice & Bud
… We like the open production with each track having a well defined place on the soundstage.
Great on our Kali monitors.
Your performances, the arrangement, the progress and the aforementioned mix are all standout. …
Thank you so much J&B! Your comments about this mix and space for each instrument are good affirmation that I am on a good path. As a relatively new mixer, my aim is to find space for everything. I usually start with drums (stereo export from BIAB), bass and main vocal centred. Then I listen to the other instruments in terms of frequency range and rhythm/busyness and try not to have instruments with the same or close sitting in the same pan. Sometimes I will EQ guitars with high pass so that low ends are not muddying the waters and usually panned L R 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock.

Of course, sometimes I deliberately don’t do the above if I want emphasis.

My biggest challenge so far is to record good strummed acoustic guitars and I feel I haven’t got the mic proximity and EQ right yet, so I am going to do a bit of ‘lab testing’ to see how I can get a better result for these in future projects.

Thank you for listening and your comments!
Andrew

Regards,
Andrew D
Adelaide, Sth Aust
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