Re: [LAU] Some new music made (mostly) with Linux -- comments on mix?

Hi, Monty!

I'd love to see the actual *.jam files too :)

2010/4/11 Monty Montgomery <xiphmont@email-addr-hidden>:
> OK, one last take.  This one tries a little harder to keep the punch,
> backs off on the reverb and compression, and also tries harder to
> limit/level the bass so there aren't places where the mid-bass
> suddenly booms right through the mix.  It also brings the loudness up
> a bit more to match typical contemporary music, though I tried not to
> overdo it.
>
> http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/lahar/foie-A-test3.ogg
> http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/lahar/ginseng-A-test3.ogg
>
> Unfortunately with the multiband compression bringing some of the
> treble detail more forward, it's clear the original instrumental
> tracks have clipping in places (or some clipping happened somewhere in
> mixdown).  I think that's where the clicking in the sax and some of
> the guitar in Foie is coming from, and in most of the second half of
> Ginseng the snare is very buzzy/distorted as if clipped. It's like
> that in the track before I started messing with it, just much less
> noticable.
>
> This is mostly for my own amusement, I haven't gotten to do any
> armchair mastering in a long time :-)  I know it's not particularly
> 'pro'. And I''m too in love with reverb.
>
> (I'll take the tracks down in a day or two.  Or immediately if Ken prefers.)
>
> Cheers,
> Monty
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