Koki21 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 21, 2019 13:50 CET
First of all, I wanna say hi to everyone! I’m not really sure what’s going on here, but I’ve just found out about this and I think it’s amazing. I’ve gone through the rules kinda quickly, so I’m not 100% sure if I’m doing everything correctly. So if I should be doing something differently, please do let me know.
Also let me say something about myself, I have a degree in Audio Production and I’ve started doing sound engineering professionally (mostly small stuff, like editing/mixing audiobooks, podcasts and that sort of thing), however I am aspiring to become a mixer, which is why I thought this would be an amazing opportunity to get better ( i do need to get a lot better!), since I don’t like mixing music all by myself, without any purpose.
For monitoring, I use Alesis 520 M1Active (pretty bad if i may say) in an untreated room and a pair of AKG k72 headphones, which I use for referencing. But I prefer working on monitors and my setup is far from ideal.
Here's my submission:
WAV:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tku6tp6ad2gvx ... 1.wav?dl=0
MP3:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jxybcvf4i0xel ... 1.mp3?dl=0
Okay, here’s what i did, I won’t go into too much detail, if you’re interested in something don’t hesitate to reach out:
The Drums:
Pretty standard stuff, I ended up sending the top snare mic to the Aphex Vintage Exciter to get a little bit of that crispy top end. I added some plate reverb on there as well. I sent OH’s to the flanger to make them a little bit more interesting, and then I used BF-76 to parallel compress the drums (everything except the cymbals, i think).
The Bass Guitar:
I duplicated the DI track and added SansAmp, I think I settled on a preset "hollow bass", before readjusting it a tad bit. Then I mixed the two together. After that I sent the mix of the two to the compressor (MV2) and that’s all.
The Guitars:
Didn’t do much here. Some basic eq, a little bit of compression, and a lot of parallel compression. I really like parallel compression on rock guitars. Also, I added some echo to the Solo Guitar.
Lead Vocals:
Again, standard eq, compression. Then I took some eq and made a bandpass filter, without any lows or highs. I added some Manny M distortion to it, since I felt like they needed something and added two Valhalla echos, one synced to 1/16 and the other to ¼.
Backing vocals:
I left pretty much the same chain, except for the bandpass filter, which I removed. And I added some reverb on the Falsetto one. Since I found about this forum yesterday, I didn’t have too much time to mix this song, so there’s not almost any automation done, but I think automation is important, especially on vocals.
I think that’s it. Please feel free to check out my mix and let me know how you feel about it. I think I’m gonna join you guys and become a regular here. Have a good day!