Saturday, August 25, 2007

Entering mixing phase with Zebra

Its been like forever that i tried to mix in Cubase. Up until now i always made raw mix of synth presets but i feel i need to take Zebra a bit further by using it in proper mix situations. So this is kinda the good news, the bad news is i suck at mixing in Cubase, its been wayyy too long and just as an example i had to go thru 20 compressors just to narrow down what kind of compressor i want for the job. I like the sound of Sonalksis SV-315 MK2 but its costly so i need to be 100% before i take the jump at it.

In a way i feel like sitting at the big mixing desk again and have to start from scratch. I just hope i'm going to enjoy the learning process as much as i enjoy making preset and patches on synths. Now the really hard part is making Zebra not sound like Zebra, meaning its supposed to replace any kind of sound. Cymbals WILL be hell to reproduce but i'm not giving up.

Anyways, here are my first 3 Zebra Mix cases:

First one is speedy rock pop swing and second one is more old disco like and third is electronica.

http://www.michaelkastrup.com/synthdemos/Z2_MixCaseB.mp3

http://www.michaelkastrup.com/synthdemos/Z2_KoolZebra.mp3

http://www.michaelkastrup.com/synthdemos/Z2_Discover.mp3

/Michael

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