Chris, I agree on the mix. A little vocal heavy, but a good effort overall. Much better than alot of touring live engineers I hear on a regular basis. I think alot are deaf, and make me deaf with their over compensation in the hf to overcome their lack thereof.
Yep these guys also forget about Fletcher Munson. When I turn up I turn down my HF outputs on my xover. But a lot of Sound engineers dont.. You see them get louder and louder and nobody is reaching for the top end on the system to reduce top end. A lot of them think its all liner but its not the louder you go the less top end you need. If more engineers would think that way the world would be a much better place. The mix overall was not bad I thought the drums lacked the kind of punch that I would put into them. But overall the tonality of the vocals were nice just a wee bit loud. I guess its better to have loud vocals then drums that drowned everything out. Its always a fine balance. One things for sure when I started doing sound with Martin Audio Pa systems.. You had to work your ass off to get a good sound. Now its so easy I can tune a well set up system in 5 minutes and have a full sound check done in less then 10 minutes. In the good old days it could take me at least 20 minutes + to tune the system + soldering time
One always had to have a tool kit and a phase checker lol.. We have come along way but I think engineers are spoiled * they have it too easy * there was alot to be said about getting off your ass and having to fix something before you could even do a sound check. I remember one bar that had a big old Butterfly system that had been installed for over 6 years. I came in and with in about 10 seconds I knew the bottom end was out of phase folded horn bass bins dont produce much bass when they are phased reversed ( the problem was simple the inputs to the amp were RTS and the R was + the tip - The sound company was running the inputs * unbalanced * that meant the amps for the bottom end were 180 degrees out from the mids and highs... I fixed it my drummer hit the kick drum the bar owner came over and said what the hell did you do to my sound system! its sounds great. Now most of these guys just turn knobs they dont really understand the real nuts and bolts of it. I think understanding the nuts and bolts makes you a better engineer. But I also think you can also get to tied up in nuts and bolts and forget about the art side of things. Its like a good mix being a good engineer is a very fine balance of both sides.
Sorry to go off on a tangent lol.. I just thought I would share my little story of the day lol..
Thanks again for taking the time to do this comp.
Chris
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