2024-MAR-01 Info: Check out Songwriting Competition 079 if you're into "Synthwave" music making.

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by hjchjc
Fri Dec 22, 2023 06:19 CET
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC095 December 2023 - Winners announced
Replies: 135
Views: 19927

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

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f184xFPyDgqLS9dG7gdaKUnLvrccvEnd/view?usp=sharing Great song! Love how it evolves. I wanted to go for a very in-your-face but still warm indie rock sound like Bombay Bicycle Club ("Shuffle") or Frightened Rabbit ("Woke Up Hurting"). The biggest ch...
by hjchjc
Tue Dec 20, 2022 07:35 CET
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC089 December 2022 - Winners announced
Replies: 179
Views: 37994

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

MC089__Hooker_and_a_Handgun__INFERNO__hjchjc.wav This was a challenging song to mix but I also had a lot of fun! LOTS of stuff used here. Went for an early-2000s rock sound and took some appropriately big swings here. Maybe I made the guitars a little too loud? Just made it under the wire at -16.1 L...
by hjchjc
Mon Jun 13, 2022 04:33 CEST
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC086 June 2022 - Winners announced
Replies: 101
Views: 28741

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC086 June 2022 - Submissions until 21-06-2022 23:59 UTC+2/CEST

I love mixing this contributor's stuff! All tracks were EQ'd, compressed, etc with Scheps Omni Channel unless otherwise noted :) Kick extra: Arturia Juno Chorus Snare has Rubber Band Compressor, H-Delay, an EQ with a low cut at 250 hz and a dip at 5k, as well as sends to a further H-delay and Valhal...
by hjchjc
Wed Apr 06, 2022 04:27 CEST
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC085 April 2022 - Winners announced
Replies: 152
Views: 36374

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC085 April 2022 - Submissions until 21-04-2022 23:59 UTC+2/CEST

Hi!! First, this is an awesome song. I just got the Elysia Alpha compressor on sale, and found the perfect opportunity to use it on a dance mix. It's hard to think of emotional French dance pop without thinking of Stromae - so I kept that in mind as well as the Mumford reference while I was trying t...
by hjchjc
Sat Dec 18, 2021 21:36 CET
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC083 December 2021 - Winners announced
Replies: 127
Views: 39719

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

Not to insert too much of my personal life In a mix challenge post haha, but this song really touched me. I'm a member of the Class of 2020 and spent the first year of my post-college adulthood locked inside. this song beautifully captured when the lockdowns began to ease and I could see my friends ...
by hjchjc
Fri Nov 19, 2021 04:06 CET
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC082 November 2021 - Winners announced
Replies: 139
Views: 43803

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

This was so fun to mix! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RIa0jNLF5jkZoeKNxq-fo8wKbshF7MwI/view?usp=sharing TPdb -1.68, LUFS 16.4 Main vox: DPR-402 Mouth De-Click Spectral Shaper RVOX PuigTec EQ Essence Sweetvox Sends: Abbey Road Chambers, Bus 18 (which I'll get to at the end) all BVs are Maag EQ3, F...
by hjchjc
Sun Sep 19, 2021 23:08 CEST
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC080 September 2021 - Mix Round 2 in evaluation (staff taking over)
Replies: 208
Views: 66494

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

I took a lot of risks on this one - lots of delays and panning https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E6MK9sqOzyzGc3azBaa2wbpkFUetMZnB/view?usp=sharing Vox: mild tuning, Mouth De-Click PuigChild TDR Kotelnikov 3db compression Pro Q 3 sends: 1. H-delay 1/4 > MicroShift > plate 2. H-delay ½ > EchoBoy > Mann...
by hjchjc
Tue Aug 31, 2021 06:05 CEST
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC079 August 2021 - Winners announced
Replies: 119
Views: 42129

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC079 August 2021 - Mix Round 2 until 02-SEP-2021 23:59 UTC+2/CEST

Would it be okay to ask for feedback on my mix even if it wasn't chosen for the second round? Happy to talk over DM.
by hjchjc
Tue Aug 17, 2021 05:03 CEST
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC079 August 2021 - Winners announced
Replies: 119
Views: 42129

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC079 August 2021 - Submissions until 21-08-2021 23:59 UTC+2/CEST

I stayed loyal to the original mix but made it a bit more atmospheric and dreamy- it's a love song, so I wanted it to sound like falling in love :love: There's a bit of ear-catching Tchad Blake energy with the percussion and I ended up using delays more than I thought I would, but this is one of tho...
by hjchjc
Mon Jul 19, 2021 01:25 CEST
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC078 July 2021 - Winners announced
Replies: 151
Views: 52223

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC078 July 2021 - Submissions until 21-07-2021 23:59 UTC+2/CEST

I splurged on a bunch of plugins recently like the Arturia TridA-Pre and the Vertigo VSC-2, and both of those are all over this mix. Lots of sound shaping involved (through things like deEssers and pseudo-channel strips like the Maag Magnum-K). Bass - Plugin-Alliance Ampeg bass emulation Rhythm guit...