Mastering of Puppets

Mixing and mastering on the Extermination Angel record continues. Between my tendancy to be very conservative on first passes, and the learning curve of my new monitors, I've not nailed it as directly and firmly and quickly as I'd like. Progress is being made though, and we're getting closer to "right".

Tonight, I have a meeting that will, at the very least, be interesting. Fingers crossed that it's also Awesome.

Tomorrow, I take a break from death metal to record some songs with DC's Mary Christ, I believe for a tour 7".

Sometime next week, we get back to vocals for Invitational and Hive Bent.

The train, she does not slow.

Cheat Mainsaw

In a barberous pair of session, we finished off vocal overdubs and the bass between Friday night and Saturday afternoon. I spent my Sunday night doing general tweaks on all songs, then focusing on the easiest one. Having nearly mixed and mastered that to completion, I think I have a "template" of settings to apply to the remaining 8 tracks. The plan for tomorrow night is:
-finish perfecting my mix and mastering"templates"
-apply the mix template to the other songs
-begin tweaking and customizing the mix of each song

I expect to be working on the individual mixes Tuesday night as well, followed by mastering everything. Then I and the band will have Wednesday to listen and either approve, or suggest and implement changes.

It's all due Thursday May 10th, so I've gotta work FAST.