Heck yeah, and Amen!!!
Today was a super productive day mixing AND tracking. First off, I got to the studio early to import Kevin Ryan�s �sweetener� tracks back into the master session file for Melanie Covington�s song, �Thinking of You�. The tracks �rebonded� seamlessly with my session. Next came my ritual of setting the studio up to mix. Usually I like to get all my outboard processors plugged in and routed, do the audio alignment on the tape deck and DAT machine, and turn off the overhead lights and turn on the lamps. So far, so good. I started to edit first, because I knew that the song was too busy, (it was 64 tracks).
By lunch time I had the beginnings of the form down and started to mix for balances. After a quick lunch, (where I noticed that I was already withdrawing from the human world), I got back into to mixing and before I knew it, I had to take a break to do a quick tracking session on Jeff Skiba�s �Burn With My Fire�.
We had one more part to cut, which was a fiddle part, which was played quite well by Rodgers Cochran. We set up, got into the part, and an hour later, we had a rough CD and were finished with the song. Jeff and I were both pleased, and Rodgers, your fiddle sounded SWEET! So by 6:30 I was back into Melanie�s song without a hitch.
Normally, I wouldn�t dream of stopping a mixing date to track, especially on another project, but this was just so easy, mostly because both projects have been super pro, and both Melanie, and Jeff, have given me tons of room to work things my way. I could not have been working with two cooler people than I did today.
Time passed very quickly, and by 10pm, Melanie and I were dancing in the control room while the final pass was made to the 1/4� analog deck. Allen Corneau at Essential Sound will be mastering the song, and I can�t wait to hear what he does with this.
the big long day love
Today was a super productive day mixing AND tracking. First off, I got to the studio early to import Kevin Ryan�s �sweetener� tracks back into the master session file for Melanie Covington�s song, �Thinking of You�. The tracks �rebonded� seamlessly with my session. Next came my ritual of setting the studio up to mix. Usually I like to get all my outboard processors plugged in and routed, do the audio alignment on the tape deck and DAT machine, and turn off the overhead lights and turn on the lamps. So far, so good. I started to edit first, because I knew that the song was too busy, (it was 64 tracks).
By lunch time I had the beginnings of the form down and started to mix for balances. After a quick lunch, (where I noticed that I was already withdrawing from the human world), I got back into to mixing and before I knew it, I had to take a break to do a quick tracking session on Jeff Skiba�s �Burn With My Fire�.
We had one more part to cut, which was a fiddle part, which was played quite well by Rodgers Cochran. We set up, got into the part, and an hour later, we had a rough CD and were finished with the song. Jeff and I were both pleased, and Rodgers, your fiddle sounded SWEET! So by 6:30 I was back into Melanie�s song without a hitch.
Normally, I wouldn�t dream of stopping a mixing date to track, especially on another project, but this was just so easy, mostly because both projects have been super pro, and both Melanie, and Jeff, have given me tons of room to work things my way. I could not have been working with two cooler people than I did today.
Time passed very quickly, and by 10pm, Melanie and I were dancing in the control room while the final pass was made to the 1/4� analog deck. Allen Corneau at Essential Sound will be mastering the song, and I can�t wait to hear what he does with this.
the big long day love
posted by dan at 5/06/2003 11:04:00 PM
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