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Originally Posted by thethrillfactor I hate when people say there is no reverb in certain mixes just because they can't tell.
Truth be told its there but its blended into the track really well. |
you're dead on, and this can't be overstated imo.
one of the biggest shifts in my mixing aesthetic came when i got an analog "mono minus" box or whatever the heck they're called... it inverts the phase and adds the tracks together so all mono info is canceled and only the outside stuff remains.
suddenly i heard verbs, filter sweeps, whisper tracks, fills, parts, sounds and a million other tricks that are often so buried as to be *impossible* to hear when the full mix is up, but they're there nonetheless and would be missed if they weren't.
the amount of musical info that can be subliminally tucked in to a mix is astounding, and it's one of the (many) things that elevates some recordings to that level where precious few live.
as for bringing out the harmonics on a sine bass, all i can say is, if it has a harmonic, it ain't a sine. to the original poster, without an exceptional monitoring environment you don't have much of a chance with subbass. headphones are your best bet, and a 2buss comp that is sidechained to a hipass is your best friend. hint: there's less bass in those mixes than you think, it's all in where it sits... think more 120 and less 60.
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