SoundGirls.org: My previous two blogs were about how to get started mixing first with the vocals, then working with the band. Once you start to feel like you’ve got mental energy to spend on other things, it’s time to zero in on the subtleties. These are the details that take the sound from a functional mix to part of the story. You as the mixer start to have room to make the show your own and add some artistic flourishes!
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Another mixing article, always a fan. It’s always interesting to read about the different processes and techniques that mixers use when working on large scale shows like the author has. While I’ve heard of “Notes” from Phantom of the Opera I had never really considered the large scale challenge it must pose for the mixer with the number of characters, speed and overlapping sense of the song. Hearing about how this mixer dealt with it, and how they approach similar challenges is an interesting read and case study about mixing for musicals and line by line mixing as a whole. Some things we don’t typically think about like laugh lines, emotional volume and inconsistencies are really underscored in this article as part of getting that strong mix, and it’s all the little things that the audience don’t notice that enhance their overall experience. As someone really interested in mixing, this was a really interesting read.
I really enjoy reading technical articles because I love the opportunity to further my knowledge in a field I know little about. Especially when those skills may come in handy in the future. A lot of the skills I’ve picked up over the years have come in handy over and over again. Sound however has always interested me, but I have never really had the chance to study it and mess around with it. So, I found the article really interesting to read. I’ve read the other articles output by this author and have found them to be relatively easy to understand and informative. The concept of line-by-line mixing is something I always knew existed, but I did not realize just how much script analysis went into it. But that just shows the knowledge gap that I have. Personally, I look forward to the next article and perhaps the time where I get to play with line-by-line mixing.
The world of mixing is such a mystery to me. I know what it is and kinda how it works but it continues to blow my mind. The other day I was watching Little Night Music tech and I saw them mixing the show and I literally had to text one of my friends because I thought it was so cool. I went to a high school that kinda tried to mix but didn't do it very well. If we got all the mics unmuted for everyone on stage that was a win. I honestly just thought that was how a show was mixed. I didn't realize that in the professional world they mix every line and every instrument and it just blew my mind. The level of skill and focus it must take is insane. And then you add the talent of being able to listen to a show and make it sound the way it should with all the different things is just crazy.
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