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Post subject: Dark Matter - Dynamic Range Rescue Project
Posted: Sat April 20, 2024 9:02 pm
Production Police
Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 47225 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
Edit: Deleting this intro because it unfairly identifies Wotman as the source of my earaches. He did great work. Will update with some background later.
Last edited by tragabigzanda on Mon April 22, 2024 4:44 am, edited 2 times in total.
Post subject: Re: Dark Matter - Dynamic Range Rescue Project
Posted: Sat April 20, 2024 9:06 pm
Production Police
Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 47225 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
I KNOW that solo doesn't cut through. It's tough to get right because of how Atmos interweaves its files. I don't have JUST the solo to work with; the track also has a ton of bass information. Ugh.
Post subject: Re: Dark Matter - Dynamic Range Rescue Project
Posted: Sat April 20, 2024 10:28 pm
10Club Complaint Department
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 9:38 pm Posts: 15198
This is sounding really promising, glad to hear it's at least possible.
Jeff's bass sounding much improved in particular.
Not sure how deeply you want to start messing with the tracks but it could be possible to run some audio isolation software to pull out the guitar solo (or other parts of the mix) to give you more to work with, e.g. MVSEP: https://mvsep.com/en
Post subject: Re: Dark Matter - Dynamic Range Rescue Project
Posted: Sat April 20, 2024 10:44 pm
Future Drummer
Joined: Thu March 21, 2013 1:08 am Posts: 2617 Location: Pennsyltucky
The intro and outro, in particular, feel very live and open to me. I can picture myself standing in the room with them and watching them play this live. If anything, the chorus can get a little "mushy", like too many parts competing for space. I didn't notice the solo on first listen. Will have to check that again.
Post subject: Re: Dark Matter - Dynamic Range Rescue Project
Posted: Sat April 20, 2024 11:03 pm
Future Drummer
Joined: Thu March 21, 2013 1:08 am Posts: 2617 Location: Pennsyltucky
I will admit though, one thing I'm struggling with in my own mixing is that my left ear is at about 80%... *sad face*
My favorite moment in this song is in the breakdown, right before the buildup, where Stone's guitar (I assume) is doing that beautiful clean work right before Mike comes ripping in on the right. I know it's meant to be subtle but I wish I could crank that Stone part... except for the fact that it probably sits just right in the mix
Amazing work Trag! I received my Bluray copy yesterday but don't have a drive to rip it (btw how disappointing that the visualisations for each song aren't on it - it's just the album cover animation on repeat ).
tragabigzanda wrote:
Feedback! Though is others -- like ridleybradout -- want to tackle this, I'm glad to share files or workflows. It's pretty cumbersome though.
Flattered to be mentioned but this kind of stem mixing is not something I've ever tackled myself, so happy to sit back and listen to your results if they're going to sound as good as this
I much preferred the Atmos mix to the stereo of SOF for its punchier drums and bass, but as others have said, it came at a cost to the volume of the guitars (and to a degree vocals). On quick inspection your mix has rectified this beautifully - well done
P.S. Have you ripped the Wreckage Instrumental from the menu yet?
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