22 Oct
2011
22 Oct
'11
7:21 p.m.
On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 07:48:04PM +1100, Leigh Dyer wrote:
On 21/10/11 10:29 AM, S. Massy wrote:
I've heard similar claims, among others, that
bouncing to a high quality
VHS tape (using a quality VCR, obviously) can do wonders. My guess is it
has something to do with gentle, non-linear, natural compression
occuring at that stage, but other, more knowledgeable people probably
could elucidate this better than I could.
I very much like the mood of this piece, and, as
someone else said, it
could be longer... Unfortunately, there are a lot of issues with high
frequencies to my ears caused by all the sweeping filters and the drum
processing which makes it grating and spoils the mood. :( Hopefully,
it's just some idiosyncrasy of my hardware or wetware (ears) and others
will not be affected, because this piece is otherwise very good.
Thanks for the feedback -- the glitchyness of the drums is
deliberate, of course, but I wonder if there's a way to smooth out
the higher frequencies a bit. I've heard people say that bouncing to
some good quality tape has various magical qualities, including
smoothing out high frequency transients in general, but I tend to be
suspicious of such claims :)
I may revisit this mix in a while; if I do, I'll see what I can do
with some EQ to smooth things out.
Definitely let us know when you do.
Cheers,
S.M.