ITB mixes, seeking advice/comments

chriscavell · 25th April 2004

I've been trolling the Gearslutz forum for some time now, but as you can see, only recently registered. I've decided to post a few tunes here as I mix almost entirely ITB and have been for nearly 7 years now. I'd really appreciate any comments or suggestions you may have. Thanks for the listen.

I've created an extremely simple webpage on my server for this purpose (text only, no ads, pop-ups, or cookies even...well, I'm new to page design, if there are cookies, I didn't put them there knowingly...). I spend a lot of time on the DUC and since they don't allow attachments, the page comes in handy.

Here's the page for this:

http://recording.music.lsu.edu/chris.../gearslutz.htm

Thanks again,

-Chris

jodyjfk · 26th April 2004

Hi, Chris,
I listened with headphones so this may be skewed:
"Out of Here" is well done. The only thing that bothered me were the crash cymbals. My attention was diverted each time they were hit...too loud?
Ironically enough, the one on the left (hope I had my headphones on properly!) has that "visual" quality, where it seems like you can almost see it, it sounds so real. Maybe that's the problem! It's recorded too well! Is it a ride that's being used as a crash?
Maybe roll off the low end of the crashes and mix them down slightly? Of course, if they are just in the overheads and you're using the same mics for a good part of your drum sound, this wouldn't work.
I think the rest of the track is great. I'm a nitpicker, so don't mind me.

25th April 2004	#1
chriscavell Gear nut Joined: Apr 2004 Location: New Orleans/Baton Rouge/Lafayette, LA, USA Posts: 107 Thread Starter	ITB mixes, seeking advice/comments I've been trolling the Gearslutz forum for some time now, but as you can see, only recently registered. I've decided to post a few tunes here as I mix almost entirely ITB and have been for nearly 7 years now. I'd really appreciate any comments or suggestions you may have. Thanks for the listen. I've created an extremely simple webpage on my server for this purpose (text only, no ads, pop-ups, or cookies even...well, I'm new to page design, if there are cookies, I didn't put them there knowingly...). I spend a lot of time on the DUC and since they don't allow attachments, the page comes in handy. Here's the page for this: http://recording.music.lsu.edu/chris.../gearslutz.htm Thanks again, -Chris

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26th April 2004	#2
jodyjfk Gear interested Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 13	Hi, Chris, I listened with headphones so this may be skewed: "Out of Here" is well done. The only thing that bothered me were the crash cymbals. My attention was diverted each time they were hit...too loud? Ironically enough, the one on the left (hope I had my headphones on properly!) has that "visual" quality, where it seems like you can almost see it, it sounds so real. Maybe that's the problem! It's recorded too well! Is it a ride that's being used as a crash? Maybe roll off the low end of the crashes and mix them down slightly? Of course, if they are just in the overheads and you're using the same mics for a good part of your drum sound, this wouldn't work. I think the rest of the track is great. I'm a nitpicker, so don't mind me.