{"id":315,"date":"2010-09-16T00:15:03","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T07:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/?p=315"},"modified":"2010-09-16T00:15:03","modified_gmt":"2010-09-16T07:15:03","slug":"why-do-the-drums-sound-best-on-laptop-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/16\/why-do-the-drums-sound-best-on-laptop-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"why do the drums sound best on laptop speakers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve re-recorded most of “Outbirds” and mixed it down over the last couple of days; s’funny how much better all the individual tracks are this time but how much of that you don’t really hear in comparing the final mixes because I managed to hide so much broken shit<\/em> in the mix in the Sketchy Characters<\/i> version.<\/p>\n

The mandolin track in the old recording is such a clusterfuck – you have no idea. No, seriously, you don’t. It sounds okay in the work-in-progress mix on CD because of mixing trixery hiding all the fail; pulled out, it’s lollertastic. New one? 100x better. I don’t have to hide anything, and I don’t! But you don’t know how much better the tracks are, it mostly sounds like there’s more going on now, and that the timing’s tighter.<\/p>\n

(What’ve I kept? The dissonant chimes and a little – very little – of the original bass guitar line.)<\/p>\n

The drums are recording much<\/em> better now that I’m using the 957, and I’m also a better drummer now than I was in January, which surprises me a little since I’ve practiced so little on drums in particular. I guess all that timing work is paying off generally. The bodhran sounds good now on headset and on decent speakers – but for some reason unknown to me it sounds un-fucking-believable<\/em> on laptop speakers. I think because you don’t hear the low end your brain decides there must be a whole fucking lot of it<\/em> based on what it’s hearing from the top end and fills in the gaps with the sound of rolling thunder.<\/p>\n

Thor’s gone bowling again. Watch out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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