What is "polish"?

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Re: What is "polish"?

Post by irthlingz » Thu Aug 11, 2022 11:30 am

cosmicdolphin wrote:
Thu Aug 11, 2022 11:28 am
jefflaplante wrote:
Thu Aug 11, 2022 7:06 am
As Casey once said, "you can't polish a turd."
No...but you can roll it in glitter
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Re: What is "polish"?

Post by Kolstad » Thu Aug 11, 2022 1:54 pm

It's hard to make things polish, unless you actually know the language..
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Re: What is "polish"?

Post by irthlingz » Thu Aug 11, 2022 2:36 pm

Kolstad wrote:
Thu Aug 11, 2022 1:54 pm
It's hard to make things polish, unless you actually know the language..
I think what Magne is trying to say is, Trudno jest sprawić, by wszystko było polerowane, chyba że naprawdę znasz język..

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Re: What is "polish"?

Post by JonathanE » Wed Aug 17, 2022 8:31 am

cosmicdolphin wrote:
Tue Aug 02, 2022 3:25 pm
Polished just means well produced to me. i.e. Well written, arranged , performed , recorded, mixed & mastered. The ref has all of these as does almost all commercially released music.

If I listen to your track the things that jump out at me are :-

0:00 - 0:06s - decent riff but the guitar sound is really thin and grating

0:08s- Sounds like something stumbles..not quite sure what - maybe the bass or kick...just sounds off somehow

When the main guitars come in it also has that nasty honky kinda grating sound which doesn't do the track any favours...the overall spectral balance of the thing is off and skewed toward the high mid

Also sounds like there is too much 10k from the kit...snare is too loud or too bright

1:27 - 1:37 - the stripped down section is cool but it's highlighting sloppy timing

1:39 - guitar re-entry is mistimed

So overall I would say a decently written track with musical ideas that fit the listing but let down in execution, namely a below broadcast quality mix and timing issues.

Hope that helps.

Mark


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