Post by mcarp555 on Nov 23, 2018 11:12:23 GMT
Rounding out the trio of 2004 recordings that I've updated, Phoenix In the Night is a song originally written in 1987. I held off recording it for seventeen years as I knew it would take more than four tracks to properly realize. But even with eight tracks on the 788 it involved a lot of bouncing and sub-mixing. At the time, I got some comments that were critical of the vocal being out of tune, so it's always been a bit of a sore spot, as I had worked very hard to try and avoid that.
Now of course, I was able to reprocess the vocal and tune it accordingly. Eventually it took over fifteen tracks to sort through and remix because of the various percussion instruments used in the middle section. Plus about five different vocal takes I had to dig into and decide which were the most usable. I kept the original horn sections but ditched the string parts in favour of a completely new score using Musescore II (and in stereo). The strings are the only new tracks added; all the others are original. I think the drums are from the PS5 if I'm not mistaken. Also some tracks were cleaned up of extraneous noise and EQ'd for better presence and crispness, etc.
The final result is a musically dense, highly limited and compressed slab of sound. At just under eight minutes running time, the original recording would cause ear fatigue; hopefully I've avoided most of that, but it's still a pretty loud mix.
Phoenix In The Night
At this time, I don't have any plans to go back and do any more remixes; I don't think it's worth the effort to try and patch up PS5 mixes as they were originally done in an .mp3 format to begin with. Material done on the 788 might tempt me one day, but the three I've done (Phoenix In The Night, Let's Close This Honky-Tonk Tonight and Silent Lullaby) were the ones I really thought deserved better all along.
Now of course, I was able to reprocess the vocal and tune it accordingly. Eventually it took over fifteen tracks to sort through and remix because of the various percussion instruments used in the middle section. Plus about five different vocal takes I had to dig into and decide which were the most usable. I kept the original horn sections but ditched the string parts in favour of a completely new score using Musescore II (and in stereo). The strings are the only new tracks added; all the others are original. I think the drums are from the PS5 if I'm not mistaken. Also some tracks were cleaned up of extraneous noise and EQ'd for better presence and crispness, etc.
The final result is a musically dense, highly limited and compressed slab of sound. At just under eight minutes running time, the original recording would cause ear fatigue; hopefully I've avoided most of that, but it's still a pretty loud mix.
Phoenix In The Night
At this time, I don't have any plans to go back and do any more remixes; I don't think it's worth the effort to try and patch up PS5 mixes as they were originally done in an .mp3 format to begin with. Material done on the 788 might tempt me one day, but the three I've done (Phoenix In The Night, Let's Close This Honky-Tonk Tonight and Silent Lullaby) were the ones I really thought deserved better all along.