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spacetownhigh · 2 years ago

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mixing/mastering note: i always read about tube compressors, tube eq, etc. it makes the music sound ‘warmer’, it ‘glues the mix together’, etc. while true, it accentuates the mid range. in a noticeable way. maybe ‘warmer’, maybe more ‘glued together’, but with a boosted midrange and less emphasis on highs and lows (imo not the best approach for ambient, but maybe a good approach for some genres). the lesson i’d learned is use a tube compressor as a ‘compressor that accentuates midrange’, same for eq etc. - just understand it as an eq that’s more midrange-y. a more mid-y compressor. etc.

#i mastered the rainy channel records with a tube comp #and i'm slowly doing light remastering with a different comp #(shadow hills mastering comp - more full spectrum)#i know software tube plugin sounds dumb but y'know they try to match the sound #the lesson is tubes don't make something automatically better they often distinctly accentuate the mids #heed my warning! (and if the work calls for more bite in the mids by all means indulge)#i may be preaching to the choir here

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