Sharp Practise
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4/29/2009 5:32:02 PM
Frequencies, monitoring and percussion party
And it’s back to problem central. This time is a treble frequency, not a bass one – namely a clicking sound on an organ keyboard on the song I Will Decide. OK, same problem, same solution – well no actually, this time a bit of gain riding to drop the volume of the very front of the notes seems to do the trick.
Seems I’ll need to improve my keyboard technique and not bang the new chord as hard!
I’m also very aware from my recent experiences that backing vocals, their level and panning, are pretty critical to getting a really professional sound. So, I’m gain riding those as much as the lead vocals and making sure the stereo placement works well both in the headphones and on my nearfield monitors. I use the standard Yamaha NS20s and I’ll make a point of checking my mixes on the home hi-fi, the car stereo and the PC speakers before I commit my choices of mix to mastering.
At least Screw The Earth is proving easier to work on – get a good percussion party going, make sure those acoustic guitar parts move, put some interest in the form of short delay line on the vocals at the point where the song stops in mid-flow, and don’t let the electric guitar line that comes in late on dominate proceedings. Lovely!
More news from the front next time. Until then, enjoy your music.
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