Re: Mixing a live set

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

Same "rules" as for composition, orchestration and arranging: avoid
combining sounds that sound too similar. Watch out for bass and lower
mid frequencies for being "over crowded". Simple example: it is a lot
simpler to sound good if backing up a flute melody with a bass melody
compared to backing up a bass melody with another bass melody :-)

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
"Digital is like glass while analog is... mud" (Spinal Tap)


On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Kevin Cheli-Colando
<billowhead@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In a similar question to the earlier mixing one, anyone got any
> suggestions on how to mix a Live set so each instrument gets the best
> placement and remains distinct is a loop?
>
> I've got a Live set with a microphone, bass, guitars and wavedrum and
> iPad coming in and I want to lay out the best separation and treatment
> so I don't wind up with mush as I loop.  Any suggestions for how best
> to achieve this goal?  I'm not really up to speed on the sort of
> effects and process that clarify sound so any advice would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
>
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> form. That is the primal ignorance which is the root cause of all 
> trouble.
>
> - Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950)
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