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  <li>00:00 -- Intro<br><br></li>
  <li>00:55 -- <strong>This Month's Featured Multitrack: Atlantis Bound's '<a href="[[~373]]#AtlantisBound">It Was My Fault For Waiting</a>'</strong><br><br></li>
  <ul>
    <li>01:23 -- optimising phase/polarity relationships for kick, snare, and electric guitars</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">02:23 - 02:26 -- [[$podcastDemo]] balance of raw kick-drum and 'kick sub' signals</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">02:26 - 02:29 -- [[$podcastDemo]] balance of raw kick-drum and 'kick sub' signals with phase and polarity matching</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">02:47 - 02:50 -- [[$podcastDemo]] balance of raw over-snare and under-snare microphone signals</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">02:50 - 02:53 -- [[$podcastDemo]] balance of raw over-snare and under-snare microphone signals with phase and polarity matching</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">03:18 - 03:23 -- [[$podcastDemo]] balance of ElecGtr01 raw microphone signals </span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">03:23 - 03:29 -- [[$podcastDemo]] balance of ElecGtr01 raw microphone signals with phase matching</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>04:17 -- usefulness of 'kick sub' signal</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">04:46 - 04:49 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw kick-drum close mic signal</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">05:21 - 05:24 -- [[$podcastDemo]] kick-drum close mic signal with sustain-reduction processing</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>05:40 -- possibilities for using snare ambience from the overhead mics</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">06:26 - 06:32 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw drum overhead mics signal</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">06:32 - 06:38 -- [[$podcastDemo]] drum overhead mics signal with snare-triggered gain pulses</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">06:51 - 06:57 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw drum overhead mics signal within drum submix context (my rough mix)</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">06:57 - 07:02 -- [[$podcastDemo]] drum overhead mics signal with snare-triggered gain pulses within drum submix context (my rough mix)</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>07:09 -- mono drum room microphone: cymbal harshness</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">07:15 - 07:21 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw mono drum room mic signal </span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">08:02 - 08:08 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw mono drum room mic signal within basic mic context (my rough mix)</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">08:08 - 08:14 -- [[$podcastDemo]] mono drum room mic signal with snare-triggered gating within basic mix context (my rough mix)</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>08:20 -- stereo drum room: unusual imaging</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">08:24 - 08:30 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw stereo drum room mics signal</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">09:19 - 09:25 -- [[$podcastDemo]] stereo drum room mics signal with MS decoding</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">09:57 - 10:03 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw stereo drum room mics signal within drum submix context (my rough mix)</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">10:03 - 10:09 -- [[$podcastDemo]] stereo drum room mics signal with MS decoding within drum submix context (my rough mix)</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>

    <li>10:09 -- bass DI: low-frequency balance<br><br></li>
  </ul>
  <li>10:39 -- <strong>Mix Critique: <a href="http://discussion.cambridge-mt.com/member.php?action=profile&uid=5184">beefyblue</a>'s mix of 'It Was My Fault For Waiting'</strong></li>
  <ul>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">10:57 - 14:55 -- [[$podcastDemo]] beefyblue's full mix</span><br><br></li>
    <li>16:19 -- Critique Point #1: upper midrange harshness to guitars and cymbals</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">16:41 - 16:54 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of beefyblue's mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">16:41 - 16:54 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of beefyblue's mix with 5dB EQ notch at 2.8kHz</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>17:27 -- Critique Point #2: recessed cymbal sustains and guitars</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">18:07 - 18:18 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of beefyblue's mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">18:18 - 18:35 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of commercial reference mix (loudness matched)</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">18:35 - 18:47 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of beefyblue's mix 1</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">18:47 - 18:59 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of commercial reference mix (loudness matched)</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">18:59 - 19:11 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of beefyblue's mix 2</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>19:29 -- Critique Point #3: slender snare<br><br></li>
    <li>19:55 -- Critique Point #4: more compression?</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">20:13 - 20:26 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of beefyblue's mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">20:26 - 20:42 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of commercial reference mix 2 (loudness matched)<br><br></span></li>
    </ul>
    <li>21:00 -- Critique Point #5: layered synths</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">21:46 - 21:59 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of beefyblue's mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">21:59 - 22:12 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of beefyblue's mix with additional synth layer</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
  </ul>
  <li>22:58 -- <strong>Unvarnished Review: Richard King's <i><a href="https://www.routledge.com/Recording-Orchestra-and-Other-Classical-Music-Ensembles/King/p/book/9781138854543">Recording Orchestra And Other Classical Music Ensembles</a></i> (Focal Press Book)</strong><br><br></li>
  <li>31:57 -- Outro <span class="spanPodcastMiniText">(Total Running Time 32:22)</span></li>
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<li><strong>Uncompressed Audio Version:</strong> The player on this page uses 320kbps MP3 quality. If you'd prefer to hear uncompressed PCM audio, <a href="http://www.patronpodcasts.cambridge-mt.com/CambridgeMT_PatronsPodcast1702beefyblue_HiRes.zip">this ZIP archive</a> contains the podcast in 24-bit/44.1kHz WAV format.<br><br></li>

<li><strong>Mix The Same Raw Multitracks Yourself:</strong> The raw multitracks for Atlanta Bound's 'It Was My Fault For Waiting' can be downloaded via <a href="[[~373]]#AtlantisBound">The 'Mixing Secrets' Free Multitrack Download Library</a>.<br><br></li>

<li><strong>Have Your Say About This Mix:</strong> The original thread featuring this month's critiqued mix can be found <a href="http://discussion.cambridge-mt.com/showthread.php?tid=18055">here in the Discussion Zone</a>.<br><br></li>

<li><strong><i>Sound On Sound</i> Magazine Interview With Richard King:</strong> For more information about Richard King, and a taster of the kind of information he provides in his book, check out my <a href="http://www.soundonsound.com/people/richard-king-how-record-acoustic-ensembles">interview with him here</a>.<br><br></li>

<li><strong>Free <i>Recording Orchestra</i> Audio Files:</strong> All the supporting audio files for Richard King's book <i>Recording Orchestra And Other Classical Music Ensembles</i> can be found on the Focal Press site <a href="http://www.routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781138854543/audio-examples.php">here</a>.<br><br></li>
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