MIX CHALLENGE - MC045 July 2018 - Winners announced

[Waleed Morris]

Hello Everyone ,

Very good song ,i used all drum tracks as well all gtrs .

Drums Mix
Kick Sub :Boost around 60hz / Compression
Kick out :Boost +4db around 8k / +5db around 6k / +3db around 4k /cut around 40hz used compression as well
Snare Top:Boost +5db around 12k /+7db around 7k - boost around 200hz as well . cut around 400hz and 186hz around -2db each /used parallel compression.
Snare B: cut around 400hz
Hihat:Boost around 8k +3db /used HPF 270hz /Boost some air around 15k +4db
Toms .
High Rack :8k-5k boost / cut around 450hz
Low Rack :6k boost /cut around 500hz
High Floor:5k boost /cut around 600hz
Low Floor :4k boost /cut around 600hz and 2.5hz
OHs:Cut around 400-500hz and used LPF and HPF
OH Center Cut -6db around 500-600hz

* Actually it's becoming loudness war mix challenge day after day !! yes i know the client will correct level to -18dbfs at the end of the day but i'm talking about rules and 1st impression. yeah loudness sound better and bigger . !!

Here is my Mix ....

Wav :Download link here
Mp3 :Download link here

Cheers !

[SRMix]

Very nice singer!

Notes:
All ITB
All DI's used
EQ and comp for every channels
Parallel processing on drums
Delay and reverb on vocals


Here is my mix

MP3; https://mega.nz/#!lqJAlSzJ!WAlckOQBlq0b ... GhV2qnFMsE

WAV: https://mega.nz/#!kjJkQS6b!oZIQNxySd2GC ... OglEzqa_UI

[Jerze]

Hello all,Here is my mix and notes.

Drums-Eqing,compression, and some verb also move the snares a little to line them up with the overheads.

bass-used di track added amplitude 3 for a little different sound multed chorus added distortion

GT-eqing p track volume ride etc.

vocals leveling,compression,eqing delays etc

I ended up using way to many plugin i might need to go back and pull some out.I also didn't do any tuning of anything.
if you have any question let me know.

Great site and thanks to Rahel for the chance to mix the track.



Mp3 and wave files-
https://soundcloud.com/jerze-1/ich-bin- ... x-by-jerze
https://soundcloud.com/jerze-1/mc045-ra ... n-es-nicht

[Arthur Labus]

Hello everybody,

this is my go:
WAV: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1B0H2_ ... SzoMNjF75l
MP3: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nScMX ... Z2tDCbbbqM

SPECS:
Used all tracks expect extra drum room track, Guitar 6 amped and Guitar DI tracks 1 - 5
Waves NLS on every group

DRUMS:
Waves Scheps Omni Channel on every instrument group.
Waves Super Tap and Brauer Motion on snare.

BASS - Waves Scheps Omni Channel

GUITARS - Waves Scheps Omni Channel / Guitar 6 DI reamped with FA3 and Brauer Motion

BACKING VOCALS - Waves Scheps Omni Channel, Toneboosters Sibalance_CM and Toneboosters Sibalance v3 as de esser / harsher

LEAD VOCALS
I Verse - Spitfish de-esser, CLA Vocals, Tonebooster Sibalance v3
Choruses - Spitfish de-esser, Toneboosters Sibalance_CM, Focusrite Red 2 EQ, Waves CLA-76 compressor, Toneboosters Reverb (vintage plates), Toneboosters Sibalance v3
II Verse / Ending - Waves Omni Channel

LEAD Vocals dub - Waves Scheps Omni Channel, Focusrite Scarlett Reverb

MASTER BUS - Waves NLS, Waves EMI TG 1234 eq only, Variety of Sound Density mkIII gentle glue compression, Prime Studio Charly Ltd gain, metering / loudness

Loudnes: -17 LUFS

Good luck everybody !

[monjeco]

Hi everyone!

This is the link to the mix.

wav

https://www.dropbox.com/s/t38f073mf9p5m ... a.wav?dl=0

mp3

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cplnprq2yh84z ... o.mp3?dl=0

So here are my mix notes.

ON DRUMS... i carved out frequencies mostly with fabfilter s PRO Q. also used some parallel processing. API 2500 for compression, decapitator for distortion, trueverb for ambience and an aural exciter. abbey road rs128 and a bit of decapitatoron the drumbus

On BASS... i used PRO Q for eq, LA2A for leveling. and i duplicated the track so i could arrange different textures for the sections. also used cla bass and sansamp

ON GUITARS... used 1176 on parallel, also proq for carving and some ssl equing.

ON VOCAlS mostly i carved out frequencies with the PRO Q and used the 33609, and 1176 for parallel compression. also used la2a for leveling, PRO DS for deessing and 33609 and massive passive on the group buss

used also Hdelay and manny marroquin s verb.

mixbuss... NLS Summing, masssive passive, L2 and PRO L flat just for color.


Happymixing and good lu8ck.

[jetwolf]

Hot off the presses, here is my entry just under the wire. My sister just arrived unexpectedly from out of town, so I will post my descriptions later tonight.

(post has been edited to add descriptions)

Tried to make the vocals and harmonies mix sound extra cool when listening in the headphones. Hope she likes it.

FF ProQ was my default EQ on all tracks.

Aux Busses set up for Room, Plate, Slap, Echoboy for complex delays.

I did use the Mid/Side drum tracks in the mix. Neat.

Overheads had a bit of parallel compression and Electra eq. Just got the Electra recently: interesting EQ.

Bass was split using 1176 on lows and Devil Loc, LA3A, and PE1C on mid/highs.

Kicks and Snares: Omega458A FF Pro-G Gates, VMR, Lex Room.

Guitar tracks used API 55As and VMR. Room added on some tracks for staggered depth.

I worked to layer the harmonies in a different fashion than they were marked on spots. I found some that were marked in stereo left/right ended up having more depth by panning to the same side in varying degrees. Nice touches by the vocalist!

Saturation added to some of the vocals. Also used Lex Plate, TLA100.

UPDATE: In my haste to submit my final print before the deadline with just minutes to spare, I now realize that I accidentally printed with several de-essers disabled, so I will, of course, fix that if selected for the final round.

I thought the guitars sounds great as they were and did not use the DIs. Echoboy used on the clean guitars.

Cool song! Thanks for sharing the music.

Good luck to all!

Kevin White

MP3: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M7byyK ... sp=sharing

WAV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E9DkB8 ... sp=sharing

[parnellij]

I'm uploading this last minute because I'm busy and I didn't really finish the mix to my satisfaction. We'll see if it's good enough for round 2. I'll update this post with more details in a bit.


MP3: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HJoX0 ... 38b7unguE7
WAV: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-riXR ... acY6Bd9-LF

[OctopusOnFire]

Last minute submission. Busy month

Will update post with details:

MP3: https://mega.nz/#!QHxmjSRK!FlSMlinB7aR2 ... f4x4dWU-l4

WAV: https://mega.nz/#!YHwmxaDK!vxMTUeuPGLtP ... XImtw79BaQ


Didn't have much time but I still wanted to experiment a bit with the Overheads and Room tracks provided. I went for a roomy sound for the drums, also clipped the kick and snare. Parallel drums with compression and some distortion and RBass working with the room and Overheads as well.

For the bass, just added a fuzz distorted take from the chorus on.

I reamped the guitars because I thought they were a bit too heavy and fizzy. They're similar, a little less heavy and with more tone than distortion. There's an effect on the "Gtr 6 Amp" with a phaser and a panner, to make it more interesting.

Background Vocals didn't need much, just panning and featuring mostly the ones that intertwine with the main voice in the choruses (with a little more compression).

For the lead vocal I used different instances of EQ, compression, distortion and some dynamic EQ to tame rogue frequencies. There's an effect in the second verse, kind of a radio voice. It can be left in or replaced by the normal voice track, as the client chooses.

On the top of the mix, a kind of rear bus with the MJUC in parallel for guitars and voices.

[Mork]

Oh noooo, I won't make it! I am uploading right now but I am too late... DAMN THOSE BACKGROUNDS
Oh well, I didnt quite finish the mix anyway, so here is my version, just for fun:

MP3: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Asz9H ... MD4xP4rvbB

It's been a lot of cleaning up that room, that seems to be everywhere in the recording.
Good luck to all and see you next time!

Cheers
Mork

[OctopusOnFire]

Oh noooo, I won't make it! I am uploading right now but I am too late... DAMN THOSE BACKGROUNDS
Oh well, I didnt quite finish the mix anyway, so here is my version, just for fun:

MP3: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Asz9H ... MD4xP4rvbB

It's been a lot of cleaning up that room, that seems to be everywhere in the recording.
Good luck to all and see you next time!

Cheers
Mork

Confess, you just didn't want me to shamelessly copy your mix!

I embraced the room, let's see if it worked