Thursday, June 3, 2010

A Little Help

My hero across the pond continues to come to the rescue. Jan Fischer agreed to help me with a couple of mixes so I could gain knowledge as I compare his revisions to my originals. He remixed two of my tracks, and I am stunned by the results.

Here are his comments about one of the tracks:

- try to pull the whole range of instruments across the horizontal line, that is, using the pan to locate it left or right of the center when necessary.
- added on a few instruments reverb to push them a little bit in the backround
- added chorus to one guitar (chords)
- worked with the eq to make instrumenst more recognizable / hearable or to eliminate (for my ear) disturbing frequencies.
- worked on track volumes with hyperdraw.

I think the mix is quite good this way and needs only small corrections.


In my estimation, the last comment is on the generous side. Be that as it may, what a delight to have a veteran's lend a skilled touch. Though the adjustments made were mostly minor, the resulting sound is miles apart from the original slapdash concoctions. Jan, you clearly have honed an abundance of natural gifting into sharp musical talent and skill. I am deeply impressed, and will be working hard to reproduce the refined sound in all other Redline Project tracks.

1 comment:

  1. dear josh,

    i am honoured by your gracious response and gratitude. you are welcome to send me the rest of your songs so i can lend them a mixing hand :-))

    http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/2688554

    jan

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