So first up, the weapon of choice,Steinberg’s Nuendo 5. I really enjoy mixing in Nuendo. It makes me happy and a happy mixer is a productive mixer. I’ve taken the tracks that have been recorded in Pro Tools LE and have started to load them into Nuendo sessions. There are 10 songs in all.
The first song I have opened in Nuendo is “Amazing Grace”. A simple acoustic guitar and single lead vocal. Pretty easy, added a little EQ and compression on the vocal, and a little EQ and stereo imaging on the guitar.
I’m adding a little ambience using Lexicon’s pcm native reverbs. Let me share this with you, never use demo plugs on a session! I love these Lexicon reverbs, but it’s only the demo version so now, I’m either going to have to finish this song really quick or pony up the money to make these a permanent part of my arsenal…which, wouldn’t be so bad if they weren’t over $1,000. Well worth it in my opinion, but not within my operating budget at the moment.
So far, I have a nice scratch mix of this song. Vocals are sitting nice, guitar has a little spread on it. The compression on the vocal gives it an up close and personal feel on this song. I didn’t want to make it feel too big because it’s a very intimate song.
More to come….
Today I started Mixing the single from "101" it's called "Love". It has a Matthew West kind of feel. A very fun song to mix, hooky, vibey, fun.
ReplyDeleteI'm using Sonalksis EQ's and Compressors as well as Steinberg's Reverence convolution reverb.
I'm having fun mixing this song and there's lots of room in it to be creative in the mix.