Today I learned that when you eq something on headphones, by the time it gets onto speakers it sounds harsh and brittle.
I made a preset on the eq to solve this problem, a gently sloping gradient of a bass boost and a high cut, that covers my track in a thin layer of mud, that when amplified sounds brilliant and rounded. I've been trying, as I've been recording this second hans pucket track, to make all decisions in the pursuit of a listener wanting to turn the volume up.
I dulled the highs and lows, as they become a lot fuller when amplified
I hid the vocals slightly under the volume of the backing.
Genearally my attempts have been working well. The track is sounding a lot punchier than my first one, smokey ghost. Now I just need a name. Something that says "I wish I had found this out earlier", but also "Im glad I know this know"
Preferably one or two words, with a slight pun. A half pun, if you will.
