The mix adjusting trap

Since I am submitting a set of songs for a specific purpose, I needed to put high quality versions of them on an audio CD. This led me to go back into the project files and export them in wave format. Once there, I try to adjust a few minor annoyances here and there; cymbals too loud here, missing cymbal there, odd synth bass note to be deleted, etc.

I hate to go back and keep tweaking on past pieces.

The whole idea of the Menthol Ziggurat CD was to be done with 2008 and moved forward in 2009.

But now I'm caught up in remixing, adjusting, adding, deleting, exporting and burning to disc, only to find what suddenly sound like glaring errors (e.g. piercing/blaring hihat), or areas lacking crucial components (e.g. obvious need for addition of a bass guitar line, where there were only low, sustaining synth lines). Aaaaand repeat.

It's all worth it in the end, but I just don't like being caught in that trap. It's like what they always said in art school, "Don't make it too precious." Meaning, I believe, don't tweak out on the same piece over and over, just decide that it's finished, move forward and create your next piece.

I thought it was just a Sunday night's work, but I'll have to give myself an extra week. Well, in my reality, a week of studio work is actually, on average 1 to 2 hours each weekday.

And now, here is the preceding blog entry translated into Japanese and back into English, using Babel Fish:

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