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Originally Posted by doorknocker True but it can be a blessing in disguise. More often than not, the moment I was running out of horsepower was also the moment that i went overboard with EQs and effects. |
Well this all depends on the type of production your getting (or doing)...
Lots of 'modern' productions use high track counts, as your probably have read in lots of other threads. So there can be lot's of eq going on to make things fit and the better eq's just use more dsp. Take hydratone for example.
The same goes for other types of processing.
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I disagree with what you said about saving time by using templates. While templates surely CAN be useful I would say that one of the best things about DAW/ITB mixing is that you have an empty canvas to start with. ....
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If working under time constrains I don't have the luxury of trying out every (plugin-)chain. After a while I just created a certain working method and just know what works on certain applications or situations. Especially if you work a lot on the same type of music.
9 times out of 10 I put a comp and an eq on the lead vocal which also goes to one or more type of delay/verb.
So to make my life easier I created some channel settings for vocals. This not only saves time but also keeps the flow going which IMO is very important while mixing.
The same goes for drums, bass, etc.
If I'm working on a project without time constrains then I'll exepriment like crazy and maybe even come across some nice combinations for my channel templates
One thing I hate about starting with a blank DAW is all the menus I have to go though. They are a serious flow killer for me!
I can't wait for the day we have touch screen like in the movie 'Minority Report'
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.....I try to avoid presets as much as possible but that's just me.
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If you meant a preset like an eq or comp setting for vox, etc. well I never use those either.
But in reverbs I use presets very often as a starting point!
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And for the original question. Who cares how long it took you once the recording is hitting mankind? Spend as much time as needed till it's right. My theory is that the better my mix, the bigger the chance for more work......
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If a record company already estimated a date for release and already set a date for mastering, but maybe the tracking took a bit longer or whatever...then they set high hopes on the mixing engineer to mix it in time!
If someone does the same quality in way less time then he will probably get the job.
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Sure enough, a lot of the best mixers will do it in 1 or 1 1/2 days but you better believe that in their formative years they too went through tons of dragged-out trial and error and fits to get to that point.
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Many of those 'best' mixers have created templates for themselves (after many hours of trial and error indeed!)
Lots of them even go so far that their assistant already knows what goes where so lots of stuff is already patched up before they even start!
Time IS money for some people!
Even though I'm not really one of them, I have to be able to deal with it!
