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hmm.. Can mixing for Live, recording, and sound production be perfected? Or its an ART where there is no right or wrongs, good or bads... Can the best results be obtained through math formulas?

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pr0gr4m Wed, 10/12/2005 - 08:50

What do you think?

Since the quality of the results is a subjective thing there is no way to make a "perfect" mix.

What one person things is the best sound possible another person might think has too much high end.

There are some right and wrongs, but they are not absolute. For example, in a live dance song, you may want the bass drum to drown out everything else. Generally in music that bad or wrong, but for that, it's perfect.

RemyRAD Wed, 10/12/2005 - 13:09

Actually, I think math formulas is the answer? Specializing in live production and recording, I like all of my notes to be on lined yellow legal pads instead of single pieces of white printer paper! If you use the single pieces of white printer paper and place it on the console top, you will poke holes through it when trying to write your data, which makes it much harder to interpret. Of course it's hard to play it back that way.

anonymous Wed, 10/12/2005 - 21:56

I think that any art has a bot of science involved. Even painting requires a basic knowledge of the materials being used.

Because so many people learn a craft through experimentation and trail and error, I think that a lot of the science is learned without the craftsman being aware of it.

That being said, a lot of hardline tech guys make terrible recordings, and a lot of novices come up with some of the most original sounds.

I would have to say that it's neither art or science but talent.

CharlesDayton Wed, 10/12/2005 - 23:09

I say give some deaf person a calculator and let them mix your show. Math or Art? It's a craft that requires a certain set of skills and talents. And Math is an art too when you get past the basic stuff and start getting into the more esoteric stuff. However, I tend to use my ears and my taste to mix, and leave the numbers to the mathematically minded.

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