Elx and a Make Noise Threesome (Indie-Pop?) – Music Cafe Forum

aaron aardvark wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 23, 2021 6:40 am

elxsound,
Thank you for listening to my music! Now your recording: apparently your sound system and hearing are the polar opposite of mine. I used to be able to hear high frequencies that extremely few people could hear (like a dog), but I’m probably not like that any more, or not quite as much. I used to be able to hear ultra-sonic alarm systems, which was very unpleasant for me; which almost no one else could hear. I had to listen to your recording at a pretty low volume, because the high frequencies/noise were ear-piercing for me. Your recording had some interesting sounds and sets a mood. I think this would be good for a backing track for a TV show or movie or video; though wasn’t loaded with a large amount of melodies for me. I still found it entertaining overall.

That’s interesting! I definitely don’t want harsh sounds in a final mix… was it a particular section or all the way throughout the track? I’m guessing it’s some of the Strega parts.

In the mix the highs are cut everywhere but the FM in the track title stands for Fake Master, because it truly is a fake master after an early mix. Some of the highs come back up then, especially on the (M/S) sides.

As mentioned earlier I’m going back to arranging on the track, but I’ll play it back for some of the mixing guys I know to see if they hear the same thing.

But for your own mix… do you use anything to A/B against other commercial music? I’m asking because you have some nice material but it’s just volume levels to suss out.