quote: | Originally posted by theterran
Nexus 2 : Piano, "Arena Ambience". FX Bus was : FabFilter Pro-Q2 -> Ozone 5 Multiband compressor + Harmonic Exciter -> Valhalla Vintage Verb (Nexus 2 Reveerb is decent, but not always the best choice)
Nexus has pretty good pianos. Both the standard Nexus 2 Piano and the PS Total Piano expansion pack are quite good.
I understand the preference thing. A few of the people who commented on my wip definitely seemed more into house...so I understood that they'd prefer a stronger kick / bass.
I try to review with more of an objective mindset, disregarding personal preference, trying best to consider what the artist was going for. Still might throw in a preference based opinion or two though, but never aimed at the mix. I've had a few songs get a really nice addition from an idea someone else had.
The other thing with mixes is that people are listening on varied systems. Something might be one way through headphone monitors, might be different on reference monitors, different listening environments come into play etc... |
Yeah the piano sounds very nice. You have found the perfect amount of reverb and compression too!
Yes it is much to take into consideration in the world of music making, and even listening. Not only when listening for reviewing, but actually the same kind of mindset can be good to have when listening to music in general. Some of my favourite songs I didn’t even like the first time when I heard them, because I “thought” I didn’t like that kind of music. When I later heard them, and wasn’t aware in the same way, I actually liked them, and later came to love them. Strange how that works. I think many people doesn't even know how to listen to music anymore.
And y, others input can be very valuable, it’s only a matter of knowing when to listen and when to not listen, that can be a little tricky some times.
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