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MIX CHALLENGE - MC050 December 2018 - Winners announced

Join the Mix Challenge - recurrence: February until December
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Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC050 December 2018 - Mix Round 2 until 23-01-2019 11:59pm GMT+1/CET

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Post by Mister Fox »

Thank you for handling the evaluation, GGermaine.

Let us kick off Mix Round 2, which will end on Wednesday, 23-JAN-2019 11:59pm GMT+1/CET


There is a GLOBAL COUNTDOWN available to check for deadlines.
Just follow this link: Global Countdown (on homepage)



The following 10 participants go into Round 2 (alphabetical order)

Delicate
Dobrebon
Drumwizard
FixInTheMix
henrik Hjortnaes
Kevin Gobin
MOA22
OctopusOnFire
Tapwater
ThePresent



A thank you to everyone, and good luck for Round 2
OctopusOnFire

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC050 December 2018 - Mix Round 2 until 23-01-2019 11:59pm GMT+1/CET

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Post by OctopusOnFire »

Hi everyone,

Once again, I'm sorry to say that I can't participate in round 2 of the challenge since I'm not at home and my interface is getting repaired. I didn't want to take up one spot so I sent a message in advance to the client asking him not to include me in the list, but somehow it didn't work. :headscratch:

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Good luck to the rest of contestants and happy mixing. Peace.
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Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC050 December 2018 - Mix Round 2 until 23-01-2019 11:59pm GMT+1/CET

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Post by dobebon »

Thanks Gary for the feedback and inclusion into round 2.

Here's my submission

WAV: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xuk1mjvhd26vr ... 2.wav?dl=0
MP3: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xjqxdje7hzn9r ... 2.mp3?dl=0

I've enjoyed mixing this song, I don't think the recordings were bad at all, you need to give yourself a bit more credit Gary!

Good luck to everyone in round 2.
kevin gobin

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC050 December 2018 - Mix Round 2 until 23-01-2019 11:59pm GMT+1/CET

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Post by kevin gobin »

Hello Gary,


Thank you for the R2 opportunity and your detailed comments.

I applied modifications just on what you pointed. Mostly. :)

I hope they will suit your taste.


Good luck with those 9 new versions, be strong!


https://www.dropbox.com/s/ieqqopvskgdh4 ... 2.wav?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vno63khy51izg ... 2.mp3?dl=0
kevin gobin

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC050 December 2018 - Mix Round 2 until 23-01-2019 11:59pm GMT+1/CET

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Sorry for your interface OctopusOnFire,and thank you for your kind attempt with the R2 spot.

Enjoy your holidays!
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Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC050 December 2018 - Mix Round 2 until 23-01-2019 11:59pm GMT+1/CET

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Post by ThePresent »

Hi Gary,

Here’s my second attempt at your song.
Thanks for your feedback, according to your wishes I addressed these items:
- Bass sounding too crunchy in the quieter moments of the song: I rolled back some saturation in the quieter parts.
- Delay at end of guitar lead: I turned the level of the delay down a bit so it’s less overwhelming.

About further adjustments: just some minor (or even micro)tweaks regarding some levels that you may or may not notice.
Happy listening!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/7wkhxd0yulmh6 ... 2.wav?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4ph2yz2flqk8b ... 2.mp3?dl=0
Last edited by ThePresent on Wed Jan 23, 2019 21:25 CET, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC050 December 2018 - Mix Round 2 until 23-01-2019 11:59pm GMT+1/CET

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A friendly reminder:
Including today, 24 hours left to submit your edit for Mix Round 2
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Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC050 December 2018 - Mix Round 2 until 23-01-2019 11:59pm GMT+1/CET

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Hi everyone,
I made the necessary edits, and also changed the reverb (R2 to H-Reverb), changed the compressor on the master bus (DCAMFreeComp to TAN), added automation to some tracks.

wav https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ahFqI ... R_L_QrXLHv
mp3 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1VKsNP ... mNm5cwSQ3a
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Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC050 December 2018 - Submissions until 21-12-2018 11:59pm GMT+1/CET

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Post by Drumwizard »

kevin gobin wrote:
Fri Dec 21, 2018 15:58 CET
I used a 2 mix busses technique (one clean one compressed) to stay clean but still dense and excited.

Then I tried to add entertainment with automation.

I can explain further if anyone asks.
Kevin, please, could you explain this technique?
MOA22

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC050 December 2018 - Mix Round 2 until 23-01-2019 11:59pm GMT+1/CET

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Post by MOA22 »

Happy new year to everybody there !

Thank you for picking my mix ! Was a nice song to listen to and to mix
It's been a long time since I listened to my work. And ok my drums are very gentle. Ok for a boost
on the choruses (and not only).
Found my mix ok, but very thin (drums, gtrs, vocals), and the vocals a bit aggressive in the hi mid range (3k)
Rapidly my improvement list :
- change the verb (short plate), added a room verb (wide and dark one, applied on the drums bus and vocals)
- dynamic eq (izotope ) on the lead vocals bus -2db @ 3,3k
- 450 hz boost on lead vocals+ slight excitement
- a bunch of automation to highlight some elements (drums bus, vocals, each gtrs track)
- drums rework, less eq, more comp.
Many moves.

Good luck to everybody !

MOA22

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