Leaving tracks unmixed... on purpose.

[mthrfnk]

I bought the new Crystal Castles album recently (inb4 this thread turns into some "lulz they're gay" thread) and was reading through the liner notes, apparently they left a couple of tracks purposefully unmixed but were mastered.

Whilst I see this fitting their style of overly distorted/clipping and crushed synths and vocals... I just wondered if anyone had ever come acros something similar or if you've ever left a track unmixed purposefully?

[Brothulhu]

I guess if the track sounds good like that and it sounds worse after countless mix down attempts it would be best to leave it unmixed

[dickman69]

pisses me off when ppl do this

sounds like shit imo

[Aufnahmewindwuschel]

crystal castle(edit)S haha didnt know they are too hipster for singular

[wub]

Sounds good = do it

Doesn't sound good = don't do it

[Sexual_Chocolate]

crystal castles can get away with it

most people cant

[skimpi]

I think obviosuly some stuff sounds good, even with a shit mix, like in an interview with anthony naples the other day, he says he has never EQ'd a thing lol,but his tunes still sound good.

And some dance mania stuff, like, the mix is all over the place, with huge peaks sometimes, and like over powering bass, but they are still wicked tunes.

[elyhess]

that crazy!

[RandoRando]

ill never understand how they got that synth sounding so fucking big in "not in love". they are pretty cool

[Turnipish_Thoughts]

Mixing is just getting the different elements to interact in what you as the artist feel is the best. Sometimes it happens it's self, there isn't something in mixing that magically makes tracks better, it's just levels, panorama and a certain amount of timbral melding and it's opposite. Besides sometimes a perfectly mixed track has a lot less character than something that's maybe a bit muddy or what have you. Listen to some tripped out ambient stuff. I bet you a lot of people would class some of that as 'really bad mixing', while another lot would say it's perfect. hats / cats innit

[DrVinnyBoomBeats]

Yeah, I don't think not mixing is something you can do. Unless you just record a bunch of things and throw them on top of each other. That wouldn't make any sense.

[akyu]

I never liked their mixes anyway, i guess this explains it

[StratosFear]

It makes sense. With that super synthy, retro vibe at least. I think a lot of artists in that style tend not to mix as crisply or as well as straight EDM, because retro synths did bleed into each other a lot. It just gives a more organic feel.

Also, if you let your instruments occupy different ranges, you really don't have to mix THAT much. It's just when you have a few bleeding into each others' ranges that you have to mix and EQ and such.

[bassinine]

love crystal castles first album, alice is the hottest girl alive.

but on that note, it's still a mix-down, but it's a mix down that's prupose is to sound raw or unprocessed. this makes the music seem more emotional to the listener.

[bassinine]

Sounds good = do it

Doesn't sound good = don't do it

go find an alice glass like he did, and you will be able to do no wrong.

[mthrfnk]

Sounds good = do it

Doesn't sound good = don't do it

go find an alice glass like he did, and you will be able to do no wrong.

Go find me one pls.

[extremesociety]

Sounds good = do it

Doesn't sound good = don't do it

go find an alice glass like he did, and you will be able to do no wrong.

Go find me one pls.

I would also like an Alice Glass. Mebbe with just a little bit less crazy.

[Genevieve]

I toootally get the point of the thread. But I think that when you consciously decide to not EQ/compress/etc the sterms or do anything to them, you're still mixing.

>.>

[bassinine]

Sounds good = do it

Doesn't sound good = don't do it

go find an alice glass like he did, and you will be able to do no wrong.

Go find me one pls.

I would also like an Alice Glass. Mebbe with just a little bit less crazy.

if i ever find her... she's all mine.

i need to make my way up to some canadian-gypsy-heroin-communities, like where she grew up, and search.

and i'm on the up and up with some cray. i'm like a homing beacon for it.

[mthrfnk]

I toootally get the point of the thread. But I think that when you consciously decide to not EQ/compress/etc the sterms or do anything to them, you're still mixing.

>.>

Or are you