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Originally Posted by IM WHO YOU THINK  I can get some pretty good sounds out of stuff that I track. When I control the quality going in. I'm all good. But when I'm asked to track low budget stuff that's not tracked under the "best" or conditions (read best as meaning at least good/decent conditions).
I never get what I want from it. I'm a terrible turd polisher but more and more I'm being asked to fix stuff that I really don't feel I can get the results I'd want from.
What do I do to improve this? |
It's these situations where you need to flex your reputation and confidence.
If no amount of fixing is going to make it listenable then tell them that you would need to retrack those elements that are most important. If they are coming to you for your results then 9 times out of 10 they will do what
you say.
If they balk, then weigh up the damage.
If the artist has a killer track and is probably going somewhere then polish like you have never polished before because at the end of the day the artist will shine through. See becks first release for example.
If the artist is terrible and the recording is terrible then I would suggest demanding a retrack or passing on the gig altogether if you can afford it.