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"fast" vs "slow"

it's interesting that our brains can perceive something as "fast" or "slow" even though they are both exactly the same source material played at exactly the same tempo.

i suspect it has something to do with how our ears interpret transients and perhaps harmonics.

i'm currently in the middle of finalising the mixing and mastering of a massive 4-disc album project. i've found that playing around with harmonic exciters and even very slight level changes (particularly for bass and drums) can cause a subjective shift in the pacing of the music.

there's one particular song that's been very problematic, i've probably remixed it about a dozen times now, but it's interesting that very small level changes can change the "feel" of the song to change from "plodding" to "too intense" - the challenge is getting it to sound "just right".


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