![]() I compared my 24 bit itb mixes with mixes that I'd done in the past on 16 bit DA-88's and an old Tascam M3200 console and they were almost night and day when it came to stereo imaging and depth. I found out years ago that even if I kept my master fader at 0db and slapped a limiter on it to catch the peaks, my mixes still had somewhat of a narrow sound to them. I never set my stems or master fader (if mixing itb) higher than -4 and have great results with my sound. Waxman, to my ears, my mixes sound a bit more fuller and have more depth when I sum otb. blind shootouts using tape and pro-tools and pros miss it. However for this thread I would just like to hear who is summing and maybe some of the things they are finding out about it. When doing ITB mixes we all have to remember that the headroom physics are different and you can't be slamming the hell out of the buss or we'll loose the definition and imaging that the summing devices are more forgiving to. if you feel you mix better with certain tools so be it. When performers go into a world class studio and see the Neve or SSL they get pumped up and perform better (everyone else does too) and when they see a computer sitting on a desk, they don't get that hyped, and their performances and everyone else's do too. I think if your good your good regardless of what you have to sum to whether it's ITB or to whatever. all of the "pro" engineers picked ITB when they could swear that it was summing used and thought it was a rigged. Newrigel wrote:Over on GS they had a blind test shootout and it was hard to tell the difference for most.
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