Patiently waiting

Gary Blanchard

Gary Blanchard

beloved, local musician
Okay, maybe not so patient. :annoyed:

In December I did a performance with my poet friend, Rich Bachtold; we had the performance recorded for a CD. The young guys who did the recording are great guys, and the couple of cuts I've heard are great, but I am still waiting for the finished mixes. I heard from them yesterday that I should be getting a soundcloud link to the final mixes, but haven't got the link yet. Damn it sucks to have to wait. :rolleyes:

Thanks for letting me vent. :grin:
 
Dexter Inferno said:
That's why I do all my recording and mixing myself. That way I make sure it never gets done. :grin:
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I realized that I know nothing about mixing. Kerouac was nice enough to mix my last project. Since I wanted a live recording with audience track, I went for someone local who would record, mix, and master. I paid for the live recording; once I approve the mixes they will get paid and I get the final product. I never imagined it would take this long. I guess they don't need the money too much. :confused:
 
Gary Blanchard said:
I realized that I know nothing about mixing. Kerouac was nice enough to mix my last project. Since I wanted a live recording with audience track, I went for someone local who would record, mix, and master. I paid for the live recording; once I approve the mixes they will get paid and I get the final product. I never imagined it would take this long. I guess they don't need the money too much. :confused:
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Could be they've taken on a bit too much at once in the way of projects maybe...that's usually what stalls my projects. Recording usually done fast, but getting the mixing done can sometimes take months. Not too weird in my case though, with a daytime job, 4-5 bands and various other freelance gigs. :embarrassed:
On the other hand, they may just be lazy bastards. :grin:
 
The issue with mixing is it's very easy to fall down the rabbit hole. A little quick automation soon turns into automating the amount of breath of every track and copying syllables to additional tracks so finer EQ control. Then the bass is still a little flubby, so you clone it, hit it with some distortion and try to blend it in, but it's hollow because of phase issues. You'll zoom into sample level and try to line up the waveforms, but you can't remember the key command for fine-nudges so you pull out the manual and spend 15 minutes looking for the solution and another 15 looking a something else. You look up and it's 2:30 in the morning, the dog shit on the rug and you've worked on 13 seconds worth of the song.

That's when you reach for the bottle.
 
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