mks wrote:I mixed in the analog realm for years. I loved it. I didn't have the best mixing board though, it was just a Mackie 16 channel but it was adequate for what I was doing.
I was really influenced by dub, so that was my mixing style; hitting the sends and riding the faders which made every mix unique and it was like playing the mixing board like an instrument.
Without automation or recall you had to get the mix done before moving on to the next project.
Dub music is what got me into hardware as well. I'm not very confident with my ability to do full live dubs in one take, but I'm practicing when I get the chance.
Absolutely. The crutch of analyzers and numbers was limiting me and destroying my mixes. There were too many possibilities. The only thing I fight against now is most people judge my work based on the ideal clean, clinical modern mix down (not that my mixes are anything to write home about, but still...). I just had some guy on another forum get up in my face because I suggested that sometimes a little controlled mud is desirable.paradigm x wrote:Yet another bonus of analogue desks.
I used to spend months/years perfecting everything until it was flat and sterlie.
Now theyre scruffy and raw, but got so much more energy. and do one or more a week! just move on, dont look back, single takes, warts and all, very liberating.
Macc sorts the good ones out!