9 Days
Wow, its ben 9 days since my last blog. I am really slacking on my posts, primarily because i'm overloaded with my work. Lots of great stuff going on as usual project-wise. The Dilated Peoples stuff is coming out great. E-dro's album gets better every day, lots more happening as well.
I'm about to make a few more studio upgrades. For you gear geeks out there, anybody seen these analog summing boxes for "in the box" mixing? They are pretty darn cool, i hope, cause i'm about to drop a small fortune on one. I'm picking up an SPL Mix Dream (www.spl-usa.com), as well as an Apogee D/A 16X. So it'll be 16 outs from the Apogee into 16 in's of the Mix Dream, and I'll let the Mix Dream do all the summing in the analog world. See if it makes a difference.
For those of you not quite up on current mixing trends and technology, mixing in the digital domain is quickly becoming the norm, not the exception. For instance, the new Nickelback album, which includes the #1 single "Photograph" was mixed "in the box". My mix of the first single on CeCe Winan's new #1 Gospel album was done all digital. So many top mixers are going this direction now. I still hear some resistance from people who are married to big analog consoles, and hey thats all good, but for me, I'll mix on either format quite happily. I love mixing on big giant SSL's and Neve's, and I've done alot of it, and still do, but i honestly dont think its at all necessary for a great mix. Just ask Nickelback.
I'll write another post on the Mix Dream once i've finished mixing E-dro's album. I've already got some pretty slammin rough mixes going that are going to be hard to beat, so if the Mix Dream helps me put them over the top, i might become a believer, time will tell.
I've ben stocking up on new vitrual synths lately. The new Miroslav Vitous orchestral plugin sounds amazing for the price. I already have the whole vitous catalog, but having such quick and easy access and control over it is really wonderful. I also recently picked up Native Instruments "Komplete 2". Holy crap. This collection really has some great sounding stuff. Alot of it is really ambient and weird like Absynth 2 and Absynth 3, some others are staples, like the Hammond B4 Organ, and the Pro 53 Analog synth that comes with it. Its got other stuff, but these are the main things I've been using from it. Logic had made some recent updates. They improved their time stretching algorhythms. I was using them today for this Dilated Peoples record and they sound smoother and seem to operate faster. Anybody seen Pro Tools 7 yet? I havent. I'm sure i'll upgrade when i can. Anybody else using a "must have" soft synth? tell me all about it, I'm a sound hound. I've got the sickest sample collection I've ever seen, years and years and years of investing. Ha, speaking of investing, I've got a few stocks doing really well too, but i'm not gonna tell you. My luck, they'll tank and i'll have some angry bloggers yelling at me for posting bad investment advice. So far so good though.
Well, i have more than one session tomorrow and I need to get at least a few hours of sleep. so I'm off to dream. So there have been about 300 new songs posted on indieTunes in the last week, if your one of the new artists, welcome aboard!!!
-Ken
I'm about to make a few more studio upgrades. For you gear geeks out there, anybody seen these analog summing boxes for "in the box" mixing? They are pretty darn cool, i hope, cause i'm about to drop a small fortune on one. I'm picking up an SPL Mix Dream (www.spl-usa.com), as well as an Apogee D/A 16X. So it'll be 16 outs from the Apogee into 16 in's of the Mix Dream, and I'll let the Mix Dream do all the summing in the analog world. See if it makes a difference.
For those of you not quite up on current mixing trends and technology, mixing in the digital domain is quickly becoming the norm, not the exception. For instance, the new Nickelback album, which includes the #1 single "Photograph" was mixed "in the box". My mix of the first single on CeCe Winan's new #1 Gospel album was done all digital. So many top mixers are going this direction now. I still hear some resistance from people who are married to big analog consoles, and hey thats all good, but for me, I'll mix on either format quite happily. I love mixing on big giant SSL's and Neve's, and I've done alot of it, and still do, but i honestly dont think its at all necessary for a great mix. Just ask Nickelback.
I'll write another post on the Mix Dream once i've finished mixing E-dro's album. I've already got some pretty slammin rough mixes going that are going to be hard to beat, so if the Mix Dream helps me put them over the top, i might become a believer, time will tell.
I've ben stocking up on new vitrual synths lately. The new Miroslav Vitous orchestral plugin sounds amazing for the price. I already have the whole vitous catalog, but having such quick and easy access and control over it is really wonderful. I also recently picked up Native Instruments "Komplete 2". Holy crap. This collection really has some great sounding stuff. Alot of it is really ambient and weird like Absynth 2 and Absynth 3, some others are staples, like the Hammond B4 Organ, and the Pro 53 Analog synth that comes with it. Its got other stuff, but these are the main things I've been using from it. Logic had made some recent updates. They improved their time stretching algorhythms. I was using them today for this Dilated Peoples record and they sound smoother and seem to operate faster. Anybody seen Pro Tools 7 yet? I havent. I'm sure i'll upgrade when i can. Anybody else using a "must have" soft synth? tell me all about it, I'm a sound hound. I've got the sickest sample collection I've ever seen, years and years and years of investing. Ha, speaking of investing, I've got a few stocks doing really well too, but i'm not gonna tell you. My luck, they'll tank and i'll have some angry bloggers yelling at me for posting bad investment advice. So far so good though.
Well, i have more than one session tomorrow and I need to get at least a few hours of sleep. so I'm off to dream. So there have been about 300 new songs posted on indieTunes in the last week, if your one of the new artists, welcome aboard!!!
-Ken
posted by Protools Mixing at 3:50 AM
2 Comments:
Ken,
You gotta check out G-media's Imposcar V-Synth. It's wicked!
Kevin
Ken, Im diggin your advice. can u give me any advice on getting a good vocal sound on mix down using the hd 2 systyems with the waves diamond bundle only.
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