Pure Genius!
Having Roger Nichols behind this is like getting Dr. Dre behind EMINEM: instant protection from the audio vigilantes. You know, the guys that are supposed to tell us what sounds good and what doesn't and with whom you can't argue. What are they going to say? This guy doesn't know what he is doing? That the guy doesn't know about analogue gear? Nichols was doing this stuff before most of us were born!
I think it's about time someone does attempt something like that. The first thing you learn about mixing is to undestand that every instrument has its own frequency and that you have to EQ other instruments in orther for that instrument to come forward. Then, there's the idea of using delay and reverb to add depth to individual or grouped instruments. Then, there's repeating the bass note frequencies higher up so that they translate better in car radios and iPods. And the list goes on and on...
There is NO reasons these things could not be automated. As far as I'm concerned, if you end up doing the same basic things on every track you work with, these things should be automated.
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