NON-REFERENCE MIX Example: Lady Gaga-Paparazzi, Taylor Swift – Red, Bon Iver-33 “god”.
REFERENCE MIX Example: Muse – Uprising, AC/DC – Stiff Upper Lip, Zedd – Stay The Night ft. Hayley Williams.
1.After carefully comparing the frequency spectrum of your two reference mixes vs your two non-reference mixes, what differences did you observe? Please be as detailed as possible and cite specific examples to support your claims (for example: the drum cymbals and vocals sibilance in the reference mix provided a rich and expansive high frequencies content (10kHz to 20kHz), while the non-reference mix, although it featured a very similar arrangement, felt muffled and dark due to the lack of frequency extension beyond 12kHz).
2.After carefully comparing the spatial width of your two reference mixes vs your two non-reference mixes, what differences did you observe? Please be as detailed as possible and cite specific examples to support your claims.
3.After carefully comparing the dynamic spectrum of your two reference mixes vs your two non-reference mixes, what differences did you observe? Please be as detailed as possible and cite specific examples to support your claims
4.What are your main takeaways from this exercise? How will these inform your recording, mixing and production work in the future?
