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by bluesation
Thu Dec 21, 2023 12:13 CET
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC095 December 2023 - Winners announced
Replies: 135
Views: 20717

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC095 December 2023 - Submissions extended until 22-DEC-2023 23:59 UTC+1/CET

download : https://my.hidrive.com/lnk/cXyTWyNK This month it was not a mix challenge but a creativity challenge. After reading the lyrics and listening to the provider mix I had immediately in mind - this is a case for a cinematic approach, not a normal mixing task. Tell a story, paint a picture, cr...
by bluesation
Fri Oct 13, 2023 17:31 CEST
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC094 October 2023 - Winners announced
Replies: 234
Views: 28234

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC094 October 2023 - Submissions until 21-OCT-2023 23:59 UTC+2/CEST

Here is the mix: https://my.hidrive.com/lnk/WISTW0y6 Bass: routed the two tracks Amp and DI together to taste. The destination track was split into a high track and a low track. So I am able to change the highs and lows of the bass according to the song part. These two tracks were grouped to a bass ...
by bluesation
Sun Aug 20, 2023 16:23 CEST
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC093 August 2023 - Winners announced
Replies: 261
Views: 27456

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC093 August 2023 - Submissions until 21-AUG-2023 23:59 UTC+2/CEST

I congratulate you to this song. I am a big Queen fan, and I was instantly reminded to their songs from the early 70ties. According to this starting point, I think is the mix. I did nothing special in this mix, there nothing to fix surgical, cause of the well done recording. But I tried a new method...
by bluesation
Fri Apr 21, 2023 17:50 CEST
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC091 April 2023 - Winners announced
Replies: 226
Views: 27683

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC091 April 2023 - Submissions until 21-04-2023 23:59 UTC+2/CEST

Hello, https://my.hidrive.com/lnk/ufyzWElG I wanted the song a bit more Grunge than HardRock. The Melody isnt that typical for HardRock. Vocals and Bass weren't a big issue. Just a bit Eqing and compressing. A bit more work was needed with the drums. Just Eqing and compressing, but it took some time...
by bluesation
Thu Feb 16, 2023 17:04 CET
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC090 February 2023 - Winners announced
Replies: 165
Views: 29436

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC090 February 2023 - Submissions until 21-02-2023 23:59 UTC+1/CET

https://my.hidrive.com/lnk/xdyTWZaL As always, i loaded all the tracks in my DAW. After that, I listen to all the tracks to see/hear what is given by the song provider. The first important step is to decide, what are the leading instruments for my mix version of the song. I always choose 3 instrume...
by bluesation
Tue Dec 20, 2022 19:09 CET
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC089 December 2022 - Winners announced
Replies: 179
Views: 38697

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC089 December 2022 - Submissions until 21-12-2022 23:59 UTC+1/CET

First of all I must say, that this by far the challenge I hat the most fun. All is well done, arrangement and recordings fit very well together. So no wonder, that I had the instrument mix ready after half an hour. The challenging thing were the vocals. What track is what playing and when and what i...
by bluesation
Sun Dec 19, 2021 15:25 CET
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC083 December 2021 - Winners announced
Replies: 127
Views: 40247

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC083 December 2021 - Submissions until 21-12-2021 23:59 UTC+1/CET

Mostly songs with just a few tracks are challenging. This one was not. Two things needed special treatments. The first one was the peaky A-guitar. A dynamic EQ and a fast compressor did the job. Second was the back vox track. Sequences were not in time to the lead vox. I sliced the back vox track an...
by bluesation
Fri Nov 19, 2021 17:34 CET
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC082 November 2021 - Winners announced
Replies: 139
Views: 44356

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC082 November 2021 - Submissions until 21-11-2021 23:59 UTC+1/CET

A new style to mix, well done! I find the original mix quite good for that kind of music. I wanted mine quite near to the original but with more depth, width and brightness. How often, first of all, I compiled some tracks into a single track, were it made sense, the choirs, flute, bouzoucki. After c...
by bluesation
Mon Sep 20, 2021 17:54 CEST
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC080 September 2021 - Mix Round 2 in evaluation (staff taking over)
Replies: 208
Views: 67259

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC080 September 2021 - Submissions until 21-09-2021 23:59 UTC+2/CEST

Hi, Here is my mix: https://my.hidrive.com/lnk/m1yT2gtU Preparation. First of all I eliminated unwanted frequencies from the guitar and piano track. This was done with a parametric EQ. After that I splitted the guitar track in a picking and a strumming part. Then I eliminated plobs and Esses from vo...
by bluesation
Thu May 20, 2021 17:07 CEST
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC076 May 2021 - Winners announced
Replies: 133
Views: 51172

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC076 May 2021 - Submissions until 21-05-2021 23:59 UTC+2/CEST

What I like with this challenge/song: It is well recorded, well performed, well arranged and a good composition. So, there is no need of fixing useless recordings, bleeds. Compensate bad arrangements, correct bad singers or exchange song parts (MC075). All time and work can be used for creativity. T...