VAN MEDEVOORT PAQs

Motorhead's Runaround Man is a heavy metal stomper with locomotion energy and the band's trademark dirtiness. I actually liked its production through the PAQs - it was not the best mix ever made but it somehow successfully balances between 1982 and 2012. Guitars were biting, vocals raspy, perhaps only the kick drum was too decent, it lacked more punch.

The decent bass was quite good in Richard Marx's Hazard but it was again just like that, decent. The roll of drums was also less weighty than I was used to; the drums were not the backbone of the track, rather they were secondary to the synth line that took rhythmic leadership. This also indicated slightly elevated presence region, which was confirmed by voices that had less sonourous character with sounds generated by mouths rather than chests. Highlighted details were the positive side of this type of voicing - guitar strings were nicely outlined as well as a flute was put in spotlight. Thus the music shone with immediacy and had a spark.