Absolutly! That makes the biggest difference. For me, i can't always control what i'm being sent, so this process has helped me have a starting point to go from.
What does the drummer think of this sound? Why so many plug-ins and gates and compressors? Kick and snare sound very dead with all the processing. Maybe not the sound the drummer was trying to get.
They do sound pretty dead to me, I did this really quick and on the fly (no idea what the tracks sounded like) on some headphones that sounded weird. I'm not trying to show you how to get this sound, just the general concepts of processing and showfile layout to have a fast starting point. Thanks for checking us out!
some people are so rude. He is teaching this for free and then you come up with this comment and some people will pay to get taught on what he is teaching in this video. So just appreaciate.
It depends on what the purpose of the mix is. I clicked on the thumbnail, expecting this to be a monitor mix, in which case it does sound rather disorienting to the drummer and to the band. Then I read the title, it does specify that this is a “broadcast” mix, then I would say it is actually quite suitable for this genre. That being said, I feel like this kind of sound is rather specific to the song being mixed, if the band is playing the same style throughout the entire programme, then it’s fine; the mix might not be generic enough if the songs are of different varieties. In that sense I would agree that the sound is a bit over processed.
That desk shows clipping before actual clipping. It’s annoying. The broadcast feed is what is metering and it has an L2 set to -1.0. Always shows red on the desk around -4 but it’s fine. I guess they think it’s to warn you. To me it makes it useless. It also reads -18 as -20. It’s weird! I don’t recommend clipping your converters haha
When the FOH mix is getting used for Broadcast it's a trade off. I'm always surprised how much dynamics you can get away with live. When it's getting compressed and sent to an iPhone it's gotta be slammed. The good news is that when it's compressed like this you can get a really low SPL mix that sound full. 89-92db and for church that's awesome cause you can hear people singing as loud as the band, so crowd mics sound great!
I guess people are just used to better mixes now so we have to keep up. Keeps me learning! Especially with broadcast coming off the console these days. It has to be a good mix on the desk first before the room or your fired haha
