SOUND ON SOUND
Zwiepack: Our engineer captured one jazz session using two completely different recording techniques. Which one won the day?
I’ve been trying to get my reverb settings worked out, but when I settle on what I think sounds right two main...
This month Mike comments on work by Lalah Hathaway, Little Big Town, Alabama Shakes and Ghost, plus our Classic Mix, Bonnie Tyler's ‘Total Eclipse Of The Heart’
I’ve got to the point at mixdown where I’d usually be thinking about sending everything through a couple of global reverbs/delays with a view to simulating a soundstage. Would this have actually been possible for a mix engineer in that decade?
Hannes Keseberg: our engineer helps an artist fake a big-ensemble sound by layering recordings of a string quintet.
Bearing in mind my room is untreated and I do the bulk of my mixing on headphones.
Hannes Keseberg: our engineer helps an artist fake a big-ensemble sound by layering recordings of a string quintet.
This month tracks from Krept & Konan, Fleur East, One Direction, Rod Stewart, Tame Impala and our Classic Mix is Britney Spears ‘Toxic’.
What’s the ‘secret’? Shall I not bother with gating them.
This month: Grace • Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust Choir • Jamie Lawson • Elvis Presley & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra • Classic Mix: The Prodigy ‘Breathe’ (1997)