On 02/01/2007, at 1:37 AM, olushola wrote: > > It's also good to understand the expectation of one's customer base. > For example, an African musician was not pleased at the mix of this > professional studio. The instruments were hand drums, vocals, and a > wooden marimba called a balafon. The problem was having the balafon > stand out in the mix when all the drums were playing. I told him that > he had sit in during the mixing process to guide the process. He did > that, but the mixing person had a difficult time as he could not hear > the same thing as my friend. Eventually they got it right, but it was > a painful process. Too much ego on the part of the mixing person. One > can rely on one's own ears but one has to understand how the target > customer base wants it. That can be difficult if one deals with a > different cultural perspective. These kind of issues are not uncommon and they are made MUCH worse by mixing in a room that is not very accurate. Mastering is not the place to fix less than well mixed material even though mastering engineers have to deal with this often - and also have to deal with the client's expectation being "that's what mastering is for". Kind regards ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Paul Najar Jaminajar Music Production www.jaminajar.com