Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC058 September 2019 - Submissions until 21-09-2019 11:59pm GMT+2/CEST
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 07:09 CEST
Greetings!
Here is my submission for R1.
— .WAV
— .MP3
I will highlight only the key aspects of my approach.
Strings
— I heavily compressed the Low Strings track with Deflector (Sly-Fi) with distortion to make it sound more like a bass synth.
Drums
— I wanted the snare rolls to be much more present than in the original mix and at the same time prevent them from being too dominant. I used some low passing, mild compression for a little more punch, a dedicated reverb.
Vocals
— I used only one mic.
— I used soundbrigade to control resonances, Manny EQ to reduce some of the midrange and add top end. Compressed with Novatron (fast settings) and McDSP la-2a emulation. Had a 110ms single tap delay as an insert.
Reverbs
— I used two reverb busses: one for ambiance (dominant early reflections), one for tone (dominant late reflections).
— Most of the tracks were sent to the both busses in different proportions.
Mix Bus
— I used two tapes emulators in a row to give the sound a little compression and a pinch of additional depth by affecting transients.
— Used alpha compressor (2db compression)
— Finished with Ozone eq to slighly alter overall tone and used ISP limiter at -1dbfs just for safety (though I think my highest peak was around -6 or so).
Have a great week!
Here is my submission for R1.
— .WAV
— .MP3
I will highlight only the key aspects of my approach.
Strings
— I heavily compressed the Low Strings track with Deflector (Sly-Fi) with distortion to make it sound more like a bass synth.
Drums
— I wanted the snare rolls to be much more present than in the original mix and at the same time prevent them from being too dominant. I used some low passing, mild compression for a little more punch, a dedicated reverb.
Vocals
— I used only one mic.
— I used soundbrigade to control resonances, Manny EQ to reduce some of the midrange and add top end. Compressed with Novatron (fast settings) and McDSP la-2a emulation. Had a 110ms single tap delay as an insert.
Reverbs
— I used two reverb busses: one for ambiance (dominant early reflections), one for tone (dominant late reflections).
— Most of the tracks were sent to the both busses in different proportions.
Mix Bus
— I used two tapes emulators in a row to give the sound a little compression and a pinch of additional depth by affecting transients.
— Used alpha compressor (2db compression)
— Finished with Ozone eq to slighly alter overall tone and used ISP limiter at -1dbfs just for safety (though I think my highest peak was around -6 or so).
Have a great week!