Patrick! This is SO RAD! What a vibe!!! I love it. The piano sounded so intimate in the beginning—I love all the detail in it. I wasn’t expecting the song to go where it went, but I loved every moment as it kept building and evolving. I love the whole vibe you created with the mix. You can really feel the energy and the emotion happening. I also…

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https://open.spotify.com/album/29g0Gs9TPoqWfgip2RRxZl?si=gMBa8hI8Qi-qKgJNySENtw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMil3SLHQQw

Dear MP Fam!

Just throwing up the final video and audio from this thread now that they are “out in the world.” Thank you so much to all that contributed your time and expertise to helping me improve my mixing. @Dana — thanks so much for going so over the top on this thread (and on this platform) and making that video demonstration. I’ve gone…

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following…

happy new year…

@-PT for president…

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-J🐻

Beautiful! Who’s the artist?

JLew

Thank you for this! I can dig it! I’ll get to work on this and hope to have some audio to share soon. Many thanks,

JLew

Dear P $ – as usual, coming in with the great info. I appreciate it @-PT !

I KNOW i’m being annoying now, but just for my own clarification — are you suggesting i use 2 iphone tracks? One hi-passed and going to the reverb AND a duplicate without the eq and verb?

OR – were you suggesting only using the one eq’d/verbed iphone track?

ps – yes,…

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Dear P $ aka @-PT ,

I’m in the process of mixing another “nature recording” that i did this past summer – this time electric guitar (miced and DI’d), acoustic bass (miced and DI’d), and percussion (miced).

I’m lining up the iphone audio (phone was about 10 ft right in front of us) per your and @Dana ‘s advice and I’m hearing a voice say “try…

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“Mix like no one’s watching. Make the insecure Gearspace peanut gallery living rent-free in your sub-conscience SQUIRM and GASP at the horrors of your ‘novice’ ingenuity!” — Dana Nielsen

hahah love it!!!

LOVE THIS!!!

Hey Mike!

Welcome to MP! I think the track sounds really great! Balanced and clear, crisp high end and nice warm bass tones too. I could hear the vocal perfectly. I don’t specialize in this style of music so I’ll defer to the experts about loudness, etc. I was monitoring on my TC Clarity M and the track seemed loud enough to me? -8.9 LUFS.

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Yoooo!!! Thanks man! SUUUUPER helpful!!!

This question was in reference to my track w/ the vibes, which I actually already had used the “slippery fader” trick on in my mix bus! haha

As I was mastering it I STILL felt that the really quiet ambient parts needed to come up in volume, just to limit the dynamic range a bit more. It’s so interesting…

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Hi MP friends,

Quick question for you!

In a mastering situation — How common is it (in your experience) to automate the gain on the limiter? Like– if a section is hitting the limiter “too hard” do you ever automate less gain for that section? Or if a section feels too quiet do you ever automate a bit more gain? Is this something that…

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Dear @Dana !

Brother! This is so unbelievably next LEVEL!!! Thank you for taking the time to go through all of this and record it for the benefit of all of us here at mix protege! I learned SOOOO much. This lesson is applicable to so much of the music I’m recording, it’s going to help make my productions sound much better and more representative…

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Files emailed! ❤

Dear P $,

and just for the record….(as the kids say) that Stonehenge joke really “slapped!”

Thanks so much Dana! This is very helpful!

Love,

Abuela

Paul! Thanks (as always) for your help on this. So many great pieces of info in your response…and you know i gets funky with my clappin’!

I find it interesting that you suggested moving the iPhone audio back to the left on the X axis to align it with the vibes audio. This was kind of the crux of my question — and it seems like both you and

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Hey MP fam!

I added more “pre-bass” and some Dimension D on the guitar to make it feel a bit bigger/wider. I had to be subtle so it didn’t sound too “chorusy.” I’m also adding the “official video” to the thread in case anyone is interested in seeing the performance/space…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVwjPb_zz_8

Good Question, Paul! I’m attaching a picture of the scene for more clarity. This picture is my position right as I was clapping my hands. You can also get a sense of where the iphone was positioned in relation to us by the picture. (I’m also attaching an unmixed snippet of audio from the session just to give you a sense of the vibe…)

Dear MP fam!

I have a question about lining up transients. (I’ve included a screenshot of my session, where I am “slating” with a handclap.)

This particular session was recorded out in the forest. It’s a duet with electric guitar and vibraphone. I have a pair of stereo mics on the vibraphone, and one microphone right on my guitar amp. So we…

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Thank you brother! On it!!! I’ll share the video with you all in the coming days!
Your comments were also both things that I had been wondering about with the mix, as well!

Maybe some future Dana video/tutorial could be on simply a few ways to add stereo width/lushness to mono sources? I get my self into that pickle a lot because I’m…

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Dear P Money!

Thanks for all of your feedback. I think those are all great ideas. I can definitely imagine a much more subtle, deeper, less drum beaty kind of feel — but I think I’m gonna stick with my original “gut” concept, more in the kick and snare world. Re collab: Let me know if you want me to send you the stems — I can send you them…

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Hey Bar!

Love this dreamy track! I’m sitting in a lodge in the Rocky mnts after a very long day of travel and just playing it on repeat. It’s soothing my soul.

May I ask what was the bass sound you were using? Love that sound!

Best,

JBear

Hey MP Fam! It’s been toooo long! I’m sorry for going off grid:) But I’m back – and very kindly requesting mix feedback on this new song. I produced and recorded it live in the woods, using ableton, my guitar pedals, and my novation launchpad and launchkey to launch clips and do filter sweeps, reverb throws etc…All this to say I can’t change…

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Wow! @Dana and @-PT coming in HOT with the dad jokes! I can dig it!

ps – congrats homie ❤

J🐻

oh yeah baby! It’s the sound of summer!!! funky funky fawnky

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abuela

Hey fam!

I just wanted to share a fun video with you all…

I recorded this live onto a zoom recorder and processed it afterwards. The DI guitar felt a bit thin and then I remebered what our MP legend @-PT had done to an acoustic guitar track on a seperate thread on this platform to “warm” and “thicken” up the guitar. He duplicated the track…

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Hi Phoebe! This is so cool!

The vocal feels connected to the mix to my ear, i wasn’t hearing it as being particularly “plopped on top”. One thing that struck me when listening was that you may want to ride the lead vocal a bit when the band is really hitting. The section between 2-3min I was finding that the lead vocal could have been louder.…

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Yeah man! Dig it! SUPER fun!

Love the drumbeat, the overall party feeling, and the “graceland” style bass. Very cool

A couple of quick notes — not sure if they are helpful, but just some things I was thinking with my “critical” hat on.

(If it’s not the final vocal yet), perhaps the singer could be a little more “laid back”. Feels kinda on top…

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Yooooo!!! So great man! I love it! Beautiful song, I love the mix, and the video is so great!

now get that Tele out of that snow storm man! haha

Great work, Joe

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Jesse

Patrick – This song is so beautiful. It pulled me right in to your world – and took me on a journey. Your voice sounds amazing. I loved the guitar at the end! so cool! Beautiful work.

Jesse

This sounds insanely good. I love this entire thread…

Thanks so much, Staurt! I really appreciate you taking the time to listen and share your thoughts – and for your encouragement. I’m glad you liked the song!

It’s funny – I totally agree with you about the key of the song. In fact, I had already moved it up by a step because I wasn’t able to hit the low notes — but then problem that I ran into…

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Dang bro! I’m so happy you liked it! Receiving this encouraging message means the world to me. I’m so thankful for you — and this space — to learn and grow!

Love,

JLew

Dudski! I cannot believe I’m only seeing this response now. This is single-handedly the best description of how to dial in compression that I have ever read. The five steps that you laid out are explained brilliantly. It never occurred to me about how you can find your threshold based on the part of the note that you want to be able to hear…

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P Money!

Thanks so much for the encouragement and the suggestions. I shall see if the J-lettes are available for another session haha

Hope you are doing well my friend!

JB

Dear Friends,

I hope you are all doing well! I’m kindly requesting your ears for a new song I’m working on. With your encouragement I’ve tried my hand at singing again! My wife is playing the trombone parts! Could you please let me know your thoughts on this mix? Thanks so much MP Fam!

Love,

JLew

Joe – this is AWESOME man!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Best,

Jesse

Adding the video to this thread as well in case anybody wants to see what it all looked like…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgfaX_d8RKw

haha! Nice! That’s a whole lotta wild life you got in there!! I think I might have heard a UFO too…?

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JB

Yeah Papa Paul!

Sounds awesome man! It’s so refreshing to hear a band that sounds like a band too!! I could totally see them playing this at a club and it would sound just like it, like in a really good way! Way to go Arcane Grace!!! 🔥

ps – check out the “tag” on you post below! I’m guessing it has to be AI! Even @dana isn’t that visionary hahahaha

Hey Joe!

What a BEAUTIFUL song, man! SO Gorgeous — and so awesome to hear you sing, too! I think you got another hit on your hands!

I’ve listened a few times and wanted to offer a few thoughts in case they are helpful. Obviously, just some opinions and ideas – but maybe they’ll be helpful in someway…

The first thing that hit me was the guitar…

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Yo @-PT and @dana

Here’s my updated version:

I’m going to include what I did for revisions in case anybody finds it interesting…

DANA notes

1. Turn up the geese!!! More ambience.

I was able to find some birds “in the clear” from when I wasn’t playing the guitar and I layered them in, I think it helps!)

2. Guitar sounds kinda thin.

Agreed. I…

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Awesome! As soon as I finish up a couple things this week I’ll bounce those and DM you – I’ll probably send you a dropbox link!

Best,

JLew

Adding to this thread! Look what came across my release radar today! Happy release of the “The Rush” to @joerobinson

Congrats man! sounds SO GOOOOOD!

Give it a spin Fam!

https://open.spotify.com/track/1joCGU12JrtcVjcm52EnsQ?si=15aaaf3120444a5d

Yo Paul!

You’re blowin’ my mind ovah here!!! I’m not totally sure I fully understand what you’re getting at, but I think I’m following! You’re saying — somehow through AI technology you could apply the characteristics of my acoustic guitar to the electric guitar? Maybe I’m not following correctly? I’m more than happy to stem out any tracks…

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