Post by gravesnumber9 on Jan 15, 2024 1:58:24 GMT -6
I wonder if anyone else has done this.
I did kind of a weird session where we recorded everything in the room over a few marathon days. Things got kind of wild but in a cool way. As you might imagine it was a total nightmare to mix. Two acoustic guitars, people on megaphones, piano, two electric guitars, bass, all kinds of stuff... oh, and no drums to ground any of it.
So I found that the only way to make all the bleed work was to sub-mix the main elements and then put them through a group compression, old school style. The problem is that's about 80% of the song so it was pretty much mono until the horn overdubs and guitar came in on the breakdown (yeah... horns too).
Somehow or another I accidentally cranked the widener on Neutron and lo and behold... very cool.
So now here's the use. I personally love mono mixes. I just like the old school feeling but nobody else (or barely anyone) likes listening to them. But taking a mono mix and then stereoizing it seems to get the best of both worlds. It still feels like the old school stacking and yet my wife doesn't say "what's wrong with this mix, it doesn't sound finished?"
Anyone else ever take a mono (or mostly) mono mix and then stereoize the crap out of it?
I did kind of a weird session where we recorded everything in the room over a few marathon days. Things got kind of wild but in a cool way. As you might imagine it was a total nightmare to mix. Two acoustic guitars, people on megaphones, piano, two electric guitars, bass, all kinds of stuff... oh, and no drums to ground any of it.
So I found that the only way to make all the bleed work was to sub-mix the main elements and then put them through a group compression, old school style. The problem is that's about 80% of the song so it was pretty much mono until the horn overdubs and guitar came in on the breakdown (yeah... horns too).
Somehow or another I accidentally cranked the widener on Neutron and lo and behold... very cool.
So now here's the use. I personally love mono mixes. I just like the old school feeling but nobody else (or barely anyone) likes listening to them. But taking a mono mix and then stereoizing it seems to get the best of both worlds. It still feels like the old school stacking and yet my wife doesn't say "what's wrong with this mix, it doesn't sound finished?"
Anyone else ever take a mono (or mostly) mono mix and then stereoize the crap out of it?
