Production question

[Gorman, Declan]

Hi Martin,
  The arrangement certainly needs some work and I will address that but
what I was trying to achieve with the track and using the synth is the
quiet to loud to quiet to loud method that you hear in a lot of songs.
I think the filter on the instrument achieves this nicely so it's just a
case of doing it properly.

  Your comments are appreciated.  Thank you.

Regards,

Declan.

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[mailto:shelter-bounces at lists.music-bar.org] On Behalf Of Martin Naef
Sent: 10 January 2008 12:01
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Subject: Re: Production question

Declan,

Gorman, Declan wrote:
>   I am re-visiting a track that I made a while back and have a
question
> regarding one aspect of it that is bothering me.  The main synth line
> which is prominent throughout the track drowns out a lot of the other
> sounds when the filter is opened up and while I still want to retain
the
> dynamics of the sound I don't want it to drown out every thing else.
I

I don't think you can do much in the mix here - this is a problem of 
arrangement. Your lead sound is very wide, so you have to make room for 
it: Drop other elements from the arrangement that collide where you want

your lead to be dominant. If you just compress the lead, it will loose 
impact.

Having said that, I do think the lead is a bit too prominent too often. 
I'd really open up the filter a lot less. It will have a lot more impact

if you only bring it up a few times.

Bye
Martin