Time is just flyin', I tell ya. It's kind of amazing and always rather scary. Week #2 of listening to "I Miss You Most at Nighttime" brought about 2 more mixes, and with this past weekend I added a whole bunch of spice and such, trying to make the various refrains stick out in a more unique fashion. I have yet to do a full listen to this version so who knows if my changes will work/help or not. It's always up in the air for a bit. Most of these changes were notes that I had written down before I even completed the recording, and instead opted to try to leave the songs a bit more sparse, but I've apparently reversed course a bit on that.
I also discovered the "auto pan" plugin in the past week. I didn't even know it was out there (duh!). Initially, I thought, why the heck would I need that when I have automation? But, I have already found a good use for it in 2-3 places and I'm just using the built-in plug-in that comes with Pro Tools. Who knows what a paid for version would give you.
I'm entering week #3 of mixing/listening and I'm hoping that I'm fairly wrapped up by the end of the week. I've basically given myself a month to mix this album, if necessary, but wouldn't mind being done beforehand. I still need to do the dreaded mono mix check which is new to me and I'm a little paranoid of it, to be honest. It kind of irks me that I even need to worry about mono in 2021. Ugh.
Other than that, I've found myself missing guitar playing since I've been mainly focused on keyboards over the past 2 weeks. We of course have a holiday weekend creeping up and the US Open begins today so it should be a fairly busy time period. I'm sure I'll blink and it'll be Halloween. Sigh.
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