Dolo wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 12:59 pm
maximzub wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 12:33 pm
Mixing a live album sounds like a nightmare. I've been listening to recordings from my graduation party and taking notes on what mistakes to correct and what instruments to turn up or down in the mix. From all my notes, it seems like I'm gonna need days of just working on the mixing without doing anything else, which, frankly, I don't have. How do people that mix live albums make them sound so good and mistake-free?
Never had a chance to mix a live album, but having mixed two of my studio albums I have to admit that it's either a blessing or a curse, especially trying to deal with double tracked soaring rhythm guitars, powerful vocals, busy drumming and lush keyboards on top of that. It's mostly a lot of fun but can drive you crazy when you've been working on the same 5 seconds for like an hour and it still sounds like ass.
True, but at least you have as many chances as you want to re-record stuff so that there are no mistakes. Here are my notes for just the 8 songs that Headroom Karma played (and 40 songs were played in total).
Running Down A Dream - Max's guitar is too loud at the very end, add harmonies to vocals during choruses
Folsom Prison Blues - Drumming mistake before Verse 3, vocals too soft overall
Brown Eyed Girl - Carson messed up intro, turn up Max's lead guitar, messed up vocal at the end of first chorus, messed up drums before Verse 3, mute Carson during Verse 3, re-record Verse 3
I Wonder Why - Carson missed chord during intro, messed up vocals during Verse 1, vocals are too loud during Verse 2, missed note in vocals during second chorus, weird outro
Wish You Were Here - Add snare drum before middle of Verse 1, turn up Max's guitar solo and turn down Carson's rhythm during it, missed note in Max's guitar solo?, maybe some minor corrections to Carson's vocals?, fix drums in outro
Lola Montez - Turn down Carson's guitar, turn up vocals, Carson missed a chord before Verse 2 and after second chorus, turn down Max's guitar during bridge, turn up lead licks during choruses, turn down Max's guitar at the very end
Free From This - Max missed a chord during intro, Max's distorted guitar is too loud, add harmonies to vocals during choruses, add drum beat after Verse 2, Carson missed chords during Max's solo, add chords during beginning of Verse 3, change drums before last chorus, vocals are too soft during last chorus
Still Friends - Fix intro drum fill, Max's guitar is too loud and vocals are too soft, trade drums at the end of first and third choruses, Carson played a wrong chord during Verse 2, maybe replace the vocals and drums during bridge, Max missed the first note of the guitar solo, Carson missed chords during last chorus
Thankfully, for most of the songs I have alternate recordings that I can use pieces of. But putting them all together sounds like a nightmare.