I get what you're saying. I used to go overboard when i found out about this and realised it got rid of a lot of the 'sound' in the sound. But... when it comes to putting things out on radio and for the mass audience. Now days music is very clean and transparent. Notching frequencies to get rid of some resonating bell sounds and such is important for the modern sound. On pop records that are very very simple and almost only one or 2 instruments apart from the drums, these sounds need to be clean enough to just let the vocals come out and notching the one or two main sounds can help drastically with clarity. It's just not needed every mix, but can be helpful. I've seen people like pensado use it, so it can't be all bad. I just think people shouldn't think of it as a way to make things sound good and then use it all the time, but rather use it when a sound may not work with the other sounds, because this can be a creative feature since you change a sound. You can say it's the lack of arrangement skills to some people, but i disagree. A producer may create a track with the perfect sounds but that sound may have certain parts they don't like or want 'dimmed' in the mix, this notching can do exactly that. Change the sound to what you want. Which is in my opining arranging a sound for your arrangement.
Agreed. But this guy's point was basically that if you need to use a notch to make sounds work together, that you made a major error in composition/arrangement Which is a stupidly rigid and entirely too broad way of thinking. But hey, some people need a high horse
Yeah, it's a narrow minded approach to something. Saying it'll destroy your mixes is just broad and well... ignorant. How will it destroy your mixes if you intentionally want something to sound better or fit in better. It can't be all bad. You can't debunk a method or technique when proven results have risen from using this technique.
