Entourage Jesse Lewis
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@joerobinson !!! This is incredible man. And your playing is NEXT level!!!
…and as GREAT as the electric guitar playing was, my favorite part was the sound of the acoustic and your singing. I think you could make an album just like that (maybe you already have? if so, let us know)
I think you totally nailed the M/S recording. Your acoustic tone is SOOOO beautiful, it’s exactly how I dream of an acoustic guitar sounding. So rich and warm. I’d ask about your eq and processing –but I know that that guitar would sound just as rich if I was right there in the room. Beautiful music, as always. I look forward to the next one!
Best Wishes,
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Jesse
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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 like how the sounds are so dry and detailed—it’s like they’re right in your face.
If anything jumped out, it might be that sometimes when the vocals get really loud, they feel almost too dynamic (like within one phrase they go from quiet to super loud). It just made me wonder if a little compression or clip gain could help even it out just a tad. On the other hand, it’s SOOO moving when the singer is just ripping, so… curious what other folks think about that.
1:27 – “I see two years passing” — nice harmony! I wonder if that other voice could join in another time? Maybe at 2:56, when he sings that phrase again?
2:29 – The first (or second) “and now” felt kind of distracting. It’s a really cool idea, but it kind of took me out of the vibe I’d been in. Not sure if you agree, but just putting it out there for what it’s worth…
Also, there’s a little blip of piano right at the last second that I’m guessing isn’t supposed to be there.
But honestly—it’s SO GOOD!!! The mix has such dynamic range and emotion and balance to my ear. I think it’s amazing as it is right now. Such a powerful song and performance. Congrats to everybody involved in making this. It’s really moving to listen to.
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JLew
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Wow! Right on @joerobinson ! I’m gonna check that out! Thanks for the tip!
Wishing you and your family all the best! ❤️
JLew
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Soooooooo great, man!!! What a ride, indeed! Sounds amazing and such a beautiful piece of music. Love this, Patrick!
Congrats,
Jesse
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Thank you SOOO much @dana! I feel like I have some really good options here to get the headphones louder. ❤ – abuela
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Wait – IS it @-PT birthday???
It literally IS George Simon Ohm’s birthday today (which is so insane) which I looked up after Paul mentioned it… because I clearly don’t have enough to do today haha!
If it’s P$’s BDAY — then we should celebrate, and if not, I say we make March 16 — “PT Day at MP” haha
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Thank you @dana!
This is all very helpful, and I’m going to look into all of the things you mentioned. The only thing I wanted to add is that the volume difference I’m describing is between direct monitoring (just listening through the interface) and the DAW playback of the same performance.
In other words, when we’re recording — which is when he feels like the headphones aren’t loud enough — we are bypassing the DAW entirely, I believe, because I have DAW input monitoring set to Off. So we’re only monitoring what’s coming directly through the audio interface.
I believe you were suggesting that I turn up the playback level in the software, which does make things louder during playback. However, I don’t think that would affect the level while we’re recording with input monitoring turned off. Is that correct?
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This reply was modified 1 week, 6 days ago by Jesse Lewis.
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Thanks, @-PT ! I knew you’d have something helpful to add to this discussion! ❤️
Aaaaand…Happy Birthday Mr OHM! Incredible!
I also thought about the headphones as well, and indeed, my clients headphones ARE a bit quieter than mine, however, I have been bringing my Audio-Technica ATHM 50 X headphones from my house, which I’m familiar with and are plenty loud at my home studio (and not as loud at his house) so I’m definitely thinking it’s again output/software console issue…
Best,
JLew
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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 back to it several times since to rewatch parts of it, and it has been so helpful. Thanks @-PT for your valuable insights on this thread as well.