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This Mix To Mobile $39 app looks pretty sweet as well!
https://soundondigital.com/products/mix-to-mobile/
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“Radioshack Relics” LOLOL
Fantastic question, @shimmerisland, that got me thinking of an awesome solution I’ll be using all the time now – thanks! Unfortunately, it’s not free but it IS freaking cool. Here’s a quick, scrappy video demonstrating my new fav “small speaker” mixing hack!
[Sorry my audio got screwed up and you’re hearing Pro Tools output and not the iphone speaker as intended, but trust me- it works and sounds great coming right out of the phone!]
https://vimeo.com/mixprotege/mixing-on-iphone-with-source-nexus?share=copy
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Woooo! @Nate you bad boyee! Both of you – great production and great song!
Here’s the quick-n-dirty “dana master” of the SW mix… granted, it was in headphones and very fast, disclaimer, disclaimer, bla bla blaaaa 😂
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Figured I’d turn on the camera while checking out these mix options and share my thoughts on the mixes as well as my exact process for assessing mix and mastering shootouts in general. (zero video edits here, haha, just me riffing)
AMAZING SONG AND PRODUCTION, @shimmerisland!! Jeremy, let me know if you’d like me to post the quick “pseudo mastered” version I made of the SW mix here. Also would be fun to turn this into a proper blog post if ur into it (I could clean up/edit the video, add chapters and some info about you, Shimmer Island, and the creation of this great song, etc.). Lemme know!
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What a feel-good banger, @shimmerisland!! Love it! I’m on my laptop and only listened intro thru chorus 1 on each option (cause I couldn’t wait to hear) but will give a real proper listen when I’m back in the studio tomorrow. My initial partial-listen “laptop thoughts”:
- would be great to hear these level-matched while comparing. Turning down the loud one (via volume knob or fader or clip gain) will at least give the quieter one a fighting chance. Otherwise we humans of the 21st century will choose the louder option every time.
- Feel like the louder one (“C” as it’s titled) the vocal is, as u mentioned, tooo loud. I would request from that mixer a “vocal down” version for comparison. Just have him/her turn down the vocal like 2db.
- I can hear the bass gtr much more clearly on the laptop speakers on version “C” which is fun
- The song is already stuck in my head! Great work!! Look fwd to giving a proper listen to each option all the way through, volume-matched, tomorrow!
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Hey I know that band! 😂. What a trip, @detective – AND what a trip down memory lane! I recorded and mixed all but one or two of those “reimagined” songs. Wild what that technology can do! Loved your creative transitions too. Our own @avernet turned me on to that Rip-X software just the other day by posting it to our Black Friday Roundup and I was watching demo vids a couple nights ago – so cool!
Love your creative reimagining of these songs so close to my heart, using tools at the bleeding edge of technology! 🙌
As for the legality … (I’m certainly no lawyer and not giving legal advice here lol) … I’m fairly certain that creating things like this for private use is perfectly fine – and fun! Only if it made it’s way onto streaming platforms, youtube, or some other commercial platform would there be an issue and likely a takedown order or Content ID flag or potential legal issues. 🤘
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Jesseeeeeeeee!!! This is so awesome! YOU are so awesome!! Thank u so much for sharing this beautiful, creative, finished product here — full circle, I LOVE it! Such a privilege and a joy for all of us here to get a peek into your creative process and cheer u on along the way 🙌. Love the video, man. Especially when the mysterious twin “voyeurs” arrive – i was like, “woah!” The Jesse triplets reminded me of a fantastic, hilarious show I’m watching featuring multiple Paul Rudds, called Living With Myself (on Netflix … hilarious and amazing concept).
So proud of you, homey!! 🤩⚡️🤩
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Hahah – wow @detective, thanks for sharing your track – I love your humor and creativity (and sound effects! 🐒😂) and I look fwd to hearing more of your work! I also think there should be more 30-second songs in the world! lol
Hey, so, before anyone else comments I wanted to quickly chime in with a gentle reminder for us all (realizing I haven’t yet created formal Community Guidelines .. perhaps this is a decent first draft?):
Our community is a space where we celebrate music and the art of audio production. We’re here to enjoy and learn from each other’s musical and technical journeys.
To ensure everyone feels comfortable, let’s aim to keep our discussions and collaborative responses centered around audio, music production, and the technical aspects of our craft.
Let’s all also be mindful of the lyrical content in our creations, ensuring our space remains positive and inclusive for everyone.
I’m certainly not saying “don’t post music that pertains to religion or politics, or has occasional/mild profanity, or is satirical, edgy etc.” … that would be boring and we’d miss out on a TON of fantastic music! But I AM saying, let’s be mindful of and compassionate to one another as we share and comment, and keep our focus on engineering, composing, mixing, producing and other technical craft-y things.
Sound ok to y’all?
…. and Paul, don’t let this discourage you from sharing and engaging here!! I’m just trying to set the right tone for the group and keep us all on topic. ⚡️🙌
As for anyone looking to discuss hot-button polarizing topics with strangers on the internet, you will absolutely LOVE twitter and Reddit! haha
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Ah, didn’t realize the free version is mono. Tho, when listening on your phone speaker that wouldn’t be such a dealbreaker. I know many phones have stereo speakers now, but once it’s arm’s length from your face it’ll all sound like a mono source anyway … very similar to my Realistic speaker setup: those two speakers can reproduce stereo sound, but I intentionally push them close together to make it essentially a mono sound source in my room.
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Love these thoughts, @shimmerisland, and can’t wait to dive in to all this myself, @JLEW!
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A+ comma work, Paul! Impressive. 😂 🙌
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Yes yes YES please! The music you’re sharing and the questions you’re asking are 💎💎💎💎! Your creativity and curiosity are infectious, homey!!
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Haha – succinct and do-not-cross line adjacent. Very punk rock way to be! 🤘 Thanks man.
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Ah! Yes – LA-2A much better on sustain-y gentler things like vocals and bass than on percussive things like drums and plucky things like nylon guitar. (Sometimes can be good tho on strummy acoustic guitars).
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Ahhhh, nice! Didn’t realize there was a vocalist occupying that left-side space in other parts of the vid – makes perfect sense!
And I bet it’s the LA-2A … it sounds like that compressor’s attack/release profile. I can explain more in our upcoming 1-on-1 sesh, and maybe can make a lil “acoustic guitar compression” video later this week for the MP site here.
With the LA-2A specifically I would say the only “setting” that really matters is that gain reduction meter (i.e. how many -dB of compression is happening). For plucky instruments like nylon guitar with fast transients and relatively short sustain that LA-2A can start to sound pretty noticeable due to it’s fairly fast attack (10ms) and slow release (60ms for 50% of the release, and anywhere from 1 to 15 seconds for the rest). While I wouldn’t consider 60ms a “slow” release time, it’s that 2nd 50% of the release (1-15 seconds) that can start to sound “grabby” on certain sources.
Muuuuch easier – and more FUN – to demonstrate with video and audio than to type out meaningless numbers here hahaha. But you know I get all excited and can’t help myself. AND I want to assure you what I heard on your recording is subtle and probably only noticeable by engineer-dorks like me 🤓. But since this is a perfect space to nerd out about such things I thought I’d indulge myself haha.
Happy to go into more detail with a followup video if you or anyone else here is interested!