There's an interesting article in Surround Professional http://surroundpro.com/articles/publish/inside_surround/article_229.shtml regarding the mixing of Paul Simon's "Graceland" into surround. There's no mention of when it will be released or on which format, but it gives a good insight into the mixing of this one. Paul Simon himself had a lot of input into the mixes. We shall see if that is a good thing or not when it comes out. To quote 5.1 mixing engineer Frank Filipetti in the article's interview:
"Paul is not a big fan of throwing a lot of stuff in the rears. I’ve been working with Paul -- trying to be as adventurous as possible while at the same time maintaining integrity with the song."....... "He initially thought the surround stuff was a little too adventurous. I had put the listener in the middle of the band perspective and Paul wanted to keep a lot of the stuff in the front. On the other hand, he’s very fond of events suddenly changing perspective. So we kind of toned some things down and stayed a little more true to his vision".
Seems like a really discrete mix is now only a pipe dream.
We shall see.
"Paul is not a big fan of throwing a lot of stuff in the rears. I’ve been working with Paul -- trying to be as adventurous as possible while at the same time maintaining integrity with the song."....... "He initially thought the surround stuff was a little too adventurous. I had put the listener in the middle of the band perspective and Paul wanted to keep a lot of the stuff in the front. On the other hand, he’s very fond of events suddenly changing perspective. So we kind of toned some things down and stayed a little more true to his vision".
Seems like a really discrete mix is now only a pipe dream.
We shall see.
