Team members present: Mike, Lee and Bob
What was planned
To listen and critically evaluate the rough mix made last session. To perform EQ on the guitar tracks.
What was achieved
We listened critically to the rough mix. The lead guitar sounded a little harsh and the cymbals were a little too prominent.
We EQ'd the rhythm and lead guitar tracks. We used a notch filter to remove some of the harsh frequencies from the guitar distortion sound. We did this by creating a notch filter, applying maximum gain and swept the filter up and down the frequency range. The harsh frequencies were identified and then the notch filter was used to reduce the gain on these frequencies to produce a mellower sound.
A similar EQ process was performed on the lead guitar tracks.
The method that we are using to EQ the mix is to EQ each main part in turn. For example, we first EQ each rhythm guitar track in turn. We then listen to all rhythm guitar tracks simultaneously and apply EQ to the grouped output. We then do the same for the lead guitars etc. We finally listen and adjust the EQ as necessary to ensure that each part sits well will all of the other parts.
The track containing the delayed rhythm guitar sound was split into three separate tracks, one holding the intro part, one holding the verse part and one holding the outro part. This will give us more flexibility and control when performing the final mix.
We noticed that the rhythm guitar and harmony guitar tracks sounded unbalanced in the mix. We discovered that this was due to the way that they had been parallel compressed and panned to each side of the stereo mix. Mike re-routed the guitar sound from the left side of the mix to a left-panned parallel compressor track and the guitar tracks on the right of the mix to a right-panned parallel compressor track. This fixed the problem.
We then adjusted the faders on each track to further refine the mix.
We EQ'd the rhythm and lead guitar tracks. We used a notch filter to remove some of the harsh frequencies from the guitar distortion sound. We did this by creating a notch filter, applying maximum gain and swept the filter up and down the frequency range. The harsh frequencies were identified and then the notch filter was used to reduce the gain on these frequencies to produce a mellower sound.
A similar EQ process was performed on the lead guitar tracks.
The method that we are using to EQ the mix is to EQ each main part in turn. For example, we first EQ each rhythm guitar track in turn. We then listen to all rhythm guitar tracks simultaneously and apply EQ to the grouped output. We then do the same for the lead guitars etc. We finally listen and adjust the EQ as necessary to ensure that each part sits well will all of the other parts.
The track containing the delayed rhythm guitar sound was split into three separate tracks, one holding the intro part, one holding the verse part and one holding the outro part. This will give us more flexibility and control when performing the final mix.
We noticed that the rhythm guitar and harmony guitar tracks sounded unbalanced in the mix. We discovered that this was due to the way that they had been parallel compressed and panned to each side of the stereo mix. Mike re-routed the guitar sound from the left side of the mix to a left-panned parallel compressor track and the guitar tracks on the right of the mix to a right-panned parallel compressor track. This fixed the problem.
We then adjusted the faders on each track to further refine the mix.
Next Steps
Book bass guitar and DI box for next session.
Mike to bring his guitar to next session to record a clean guitar rhythm track.
Lee will investigate whether individually adjusting the MIDI velocity values for the percussion track will improve the percussion sound with the aim of making it more 'organic'.
Bob will try out some experimental ideas for the intro and outro sections at home which he will share with the group after half-term.
Mike will explore some rough ideas over half-term for our next remix of 'Behind the Sun' by Hhymn
Mike to bring his guitar to next session to record a clean guitar rhythm track.
Lee will investigate whether individually adjusting the MIDI velocity values for the percussion track will improve the percussion sound with the aim of making it more 'organic'.
Bob will try out some experimental ideas for the intro and outro sections at home which he will share with the group after half-term.
Mike will explore some rough ideas over half-term for our next remix of 'Behind the Sun' by Hhymn
