Maybe Mixing Isn't So Bad...?

I was of course gone all last weekend and a few days before, and then I had yet another Mohs on Wednesday so today was the first time I could actually fire up the Mac/ProTools and see where I left off.  I started by editing the parts I did on "Never Say Never" last week, the ones that I literally finished in a hurry and shortly after headed out to the airport.  Sometimes, when you "record and run", the results are a bit disappointing once you return but these seemed right on target.

I bounced "Never Say Never" first but I still have to listen to the results.  Next, I did a new pass on "The Worst Salesman Ever", creating a few new busses and trying to clean things up a bit.  I'll be highly interested in listening to the results of both tracks, something I'll probably do in about an hour.

Next, I did some investigating on "The Effects of Connection".  Basically, the song is ready to go except for some minor boominess that's occurring only during the pre refrains.  And so, I did a bit of digging, something rather new for me, and made an attempt at trying to correct it.  I'm not sure how I lived before I got the EQ with the visual readout.  I mean, my goodness...that was like working in a hole, never knowing what the heck you're trying to do.

I then decided to dig up a handful of in progress acoustic tracks, mainly ones that I know I wasn't pleased with after the initial recording, and wanted to see if I could mix them enough to make them go from thin sounding to full and satisfying.  The results were fairly positive and I dare say that I'm just starting to really get the hang of this mixing thing.

Last up was finally working on the "radio edit" (really, the "video edit") for "As Evening Brings Tears" from the "...Miss You Most..." album.  The video has been done for quite a few months but I've been dragging my feet on getting the radio edit locked down.  It ended up being good because I could again use some of the new techniques that I've discovered over the past 6-12 months to see just how well they work.  My initial test and review was also positive.

I'll probably start working on a few other Defrost Nixon tracks tomorrow and maybe even do a bit of light "fill in" recording since I still have the mic's setup.  I'm not sure how possible it is to get this album fully mixed and ready for release by the end of the year but it may actually end up being close, that is if I stay on it.  It would be a huge win for me to get both this and the "Effects of Connection" EP out.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed.