Watching things that you've worked on......

[FullFrequency]

Originally Posted by ggegan

I've done some down and dirty 3 day temp dubs on features that had more heart and soul in them than the final did. They were certainly flawed technically, but had a certain spontaneity that can get lost when you go over things with a fine toothed comb, kind of like a great live concert vs a studio album.

Ah didn't think of it like that! They're definitely far from perfect though, this is one of those cases where I was adding SFX and changing edits during the mix too. During layback they were surprisingly smooth considering, but the docs are quite brash police forensic type things with not a lot of subtlety to them, so the lack of time may have suited it.......

Have done the "live" style before (even more so than today) too, although not on feature level, or any way close. In my case it was laying to tape whilst i mixed, which is actually a surprisingly great adrenaline burst - makes up for the content of the show!

Talking of films mixed in the style you mention above Gary, I worked on a film about a year or so ago that had been mixed in 2 days at a very well known film studio over here. I had the stems and just had to make a few changes after the event, but I've actually kept the project on my rig at home and have learned so much about setting scenes in different ways and giving elements their own space without detracting from the story. Whenever I work on something with a little more to it, i always try to apply the things i've learned from the stems - It's definitely made a difference to the quality of my work

FF

[Nicholas Varley]

I write music for cartoons which is a curse - my kids and most of their friends watch/listen to my work on TV as often as they can...

Strangely I enjoy watching my work after a year or so has passed. After the final mix I can't stand what I've written, I hate the mix, the SFX are too loud etc.

Mixing guy and director knew what they were doing though, and I'm glad I kept my mouth shut at the time ;-)