Prolog

You completed your Express Demo and now it is the morning after. You had enough time to listen to your record a few times on a couple of different stereo systems and the sonic stubble and warts are more obvious than they were in the rush at the studio. Now what can you do?

Obviously we can remix the album with fresh ears. This is only possible if we have your tracks in the studio, which may not be the case for to long after you leave unless you make arrangements to back the individual tracks up. If the tracks are still in the PC we can do the same type of mixdown we did at the conclusion of the recording session, and you can expect much more from the mix when there is some time between the performance and the mix.

a) On the drums as is typical, drummers only hit the toms once in a while. We pull out all the bleed from those two mics except when the drums are struck..

b) Pull out all the bleed in the vocal tracks except when there is singing going on. This improves the clarity of the mix immensely.

a) Put lead vocal through a compressor and EQ all of the vocals to make them stand out a little more.

b) Adjust timing on chorus to give a better feel if required

c) in some places it may sound better just leaving one background vocal active instead of all of them.

d) rebalance the entire vocal sub mix.

e) Auto tune the vocal(s)

a) perhaps duplicate an instrument track and delay the duplicate track then EQ both tracks a little different and pan them into the mix so they stand out in the mix a lot more.

b) perhaps add some delay or chorus effects

c) Adjust the volume throughout the song on all instruments, for consistency and make solo's more proud in the mix.

d) Run instruments through a compressor to make up for volume inconsistency

e) I sometimes like to run the bass and kick drum through a compressor together so the kick jumps out more without having to be so loud to overcome the bass which shares frequency spectrum with it.

When the song was complete and mixed down we can run the two track through compression, limiting and a little EQ. This will allow the level to increase by about 6-10dB without totally trashing the quality of the mix.

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Remix/Remaster Offer.

1) perform the above (steps 1-4) to the Express Demo songs, on an individual basis to songs you select from the recording session.

2) deliver the original mixdown in 2 track 24 bit 44.1khz wave for future use (remastering).

3) deliver the original mixdown mastered in 2 track 16bit 44.1Khz dithered (same as above but playable on std CD player)

4) deliver the original tracks on CD rom for future mixdown. or overdubs ( like add organ or horns).

Let me know if you are interested in the above because the offer will only stand as long as I keep the tracks.