Re: [microsound] Help for the beginner and Hello's

[Bill Jarboe <billjarboe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 4, 2006, at 9:40 AM, thewade wrote:

> If anyone knows of a good book or magazine for mixing theory please 
> let me know. I know how do do things and what gear to use to do it, 
> but I am curious about techniques for, say, highlighting a vocal or 
> instrument and giving it "room" amongst all the other instruments so 
> that things do not sound muddy.

  You might be ready for 'summing' ; this is where different sources 
are routed together in a coherent , aesthetically pleasing manner. For 
highlighting a vocal you might try routing the tracks of your 
composition through a multi-channel interface to an analogue mixing 
desk , then routing the resulting mix to your master recorder or back 
to a computer.If you don't have the available audio channels you might 
try using a send and return on the track in question in order to 
utilize a tube preamp or print the audio to tape. Perhaps you should 
actually give it "room' by setting up a microphone or two in a quiet 
room and recording the solo track.

  Another technique I've wanted to try for certain songs (and don't 
quite have the working equipment to attempt this with any certainty of 
success) is running the daw from a 4 track tape recording using 
external clock and recording instruments on the remaining 3 tracks, 
then summing those tracks with the digital recordings.That might make 
the daw sound smoother (less jitter) and result  in a nice 
multi-dimensional thick yet detailed sound.


                        hope   this   was   some  help


                                                                        
-b


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