Mix Challenge

A big thank you to JeroenZuiderwijk for providing the multitracks. It was great fun mixing them. For this challenge I used ProTools with the Michael Brauer Template again. I like it for dense tracks where everybody is fighting for attention so to say. The MB setup can handle this very well on most o...

I insist on being double disqualified because of also making an organ out of a xylophone :) Jokes aside, I am not sure what to make of all this. To rule out sample replacement/enhancement is one thing. To allow autotune and/or melodyne or maybe vocalign is another thing. Adding harmonies with a plug...

I‘ll take the MH Channelstrip.

- C

Thanks for the second place :) And congrats to the other two winners! I may add a few words I had on my mind while reading your final statement and give back some feedback to you as provider (just in case you consider going through this madness again). First of all I want to say thank you. Providing...

Again a big thank you Isa for providing the tracks for this challenge! I wondered what would be the right vibe for the track. I knew it should sound a little weird and unique but I couldn’t figure out what to do. Listening to the provided mix didn’t help me a lot and so I ended up creating a vibe wh...

Thanks Arnwyn for voting my mix into round two! These are the changes I did to my mix: I dialed back the rimshot, made the guitar more audible, dialed back the deessers and trimmed the top end of the vocals with EQ. I also used the Vitalizer MK3 hardware on my mixbus a little bit. That was it, I hop...

A big thank you Arnwyn for providing the tracks for this challenge! I tried to get some more movement and dynamics out of the tracks with lots of automation. I also use the FabFilter Pro MB with Multiband expansion on the piano, which sounded a bit too static to me. The vocals had some really nasty ...

As we must not exceed -16LUFS here that shouldn’t be a problem at all. Other thing is that the provider is (hopefully) listening to the entries with gain compensation. I use Hornet Autogain for that. So there’s nothing to worry about IMO.

First - as always - a big thanks to the provider Jorgeelalto for giving us this fun track to play with! I am always fascinated how mixing can get you falling in love with a genre you normally don’t listen to. And this track went on heavy rotation in my car and got me vibing into the day ;) May way t...

Hey y'all, I finally finished listening to your R2 mixes. As you may already know, it's always a tough choice in the end and a very subjective one. The differences of the mixes are not subtle and for me it's not possible to stay in the realm of objectivity. The winner mixes don't have any more obvio...