MIX CHALLENGE - MC057 August 2019 - Winners announced

[Michael Schneider]

Hi,

this time it was a very interesting challenge to mix the song that it sounds like a small jazzclub concert!

I concentrated my mix on the positions of the instruments, an the "near factor" how requested.

Every track got a little bit of EQ and Comp by CLA MixHub by Waves.

On the drums i insert a bit more room to the snare. the rest it`s from the original.
on bass the CLA bass was used to give more pressure and directness.

the vox got a bit different bx_roomMS to sound more compareble. The Rythm and Vox group got a SPL TwinTube so the Masterbus to glue the mix a little bit.

I hope you like it!

WAV

And here pics from my mix-console.

Doku

Thanks Dirk for providing this cool and groovy track! Good luck to all!

Michael

[DimitrisPalantzas]

Hello, thank you for providing such an atmosphere to work on, here's my submission:


WAV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11FHonR ... sp=sharing

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

I did very few stuff, very basic. The tracks that are not shown below, don't have any effects on them.


Screenshots:

Session, volume automation, sends: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19V5FF2 ... sp=sharing

Vox chorus: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1499N6k ... sp=sharing

Strings: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zbqBq2 ... sp=sharing

Solo: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V1iHDI ... sp=sharing

Piano: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r-VjAb ... sp=sharing

Organ: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TY8jP7 ... sp=sharing

[Lewshwa Music]

MP3 - https://www.dropbox.com/s/zsk6iig34537s ... c.mp3?dl=0
WAV - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ljsm2ol9jwb4c ... c.wav?dl=0


LEWSHWA MUSIC -

Mixed in stages - (in Logic X)

Stage 1
All Sources through TASCAM MODEL 24 mixer, EQ, stereo and balance
And run through PULTEC TUBE emulation PREAMPS on LS56

MIXDOWNS from DRUMS, GUITAR, ORGAN and STRINGS taken from this process, plus VEQ4 on Kik, Snr and Guits, and RBASS on Kik, Delay and aggresive EQ, and Sausage Fattener on GUIT SOLO

Stage 2
MIXDOWNS added to:

Vocals (tuned, slightly in REASON)
run through CLA-2a and BX_N Console EQ
NY Comp on DRUMS, BASS, GUIT, KEYS, ORGAN, STRINGS, VOX
Vox have plate and very tiny delay.
Verbsuite on whole mix, sent to varying degrees.

Maybe a few more moves, but im out of time to describe!

Lewshwa Music

[FUS]

Hello, my first post.
This is my submission:

WAV https://www.dropbox.com/s/2lh7onn6g2ejc ... S.mp3?dl=0
MP3 https://www.dropbox.com/s/ks6b6lraj127e ... S.wav?dl=0


I had a real challenge today.
A mix of a beautiful song that I started this afternoon (Wednesday), an ear infection, a new DAW (I'm testing Studio One now. Logic Pro X has too many bugs lately).
...and it’s my first time when i mixed acoustic drums.

As I wrote, I made the mix in Studio One 4.
Plugins:
On all channels: Brainworx SSL4000e
EQ: Acustica Audio Magenta and Titanium, DAW Eq for removing resonances.
Aux: Eventide H3000 and UltraReverb, SlateDigital VerbSuite
Comp: Acustica Audio Titanium, Slate Digital Distressor, 1176
Other: Eiosis E2Deesser, SPL Transint Designer, Slate Digital VirtualMixRack, VU Meter from TBProAudio

Martin (FUS)
Best regards

[GB Real]

wav: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16ocA-b ... sp=sharing
mp3: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wf94Op ... sp=sharing

photo: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gNPEoI ... sp=sharing

Hello all,

Was a pleasure to mix these tracks, am a huge jazzhead. Did most of the work in the past 48 hours and managed to get it in on time this month! I used Postmodern Jukebox's Creep as a main reference for the vocal and also referenced Daft Punk's Random Access Memories, The Game of Love (which is in the same key) to get mix ideas for the instrumentation. I aimed to make the tone warm and round as possible. I kept the effects on the drier side. Would love feedback and will return the favor!

Verse Vocals: Spent most of my time here -- I aimed to capture the complexity of the vocalist's tone and use a series of plugins in subtle ways to shape it
PurestGain (automation on the input gain throughout)
PTEq-X (Mostly low passing, a small high pass, some tonal shaping)
Fruity Compressor (Used for expansion)
TDR Nova (Dynamic EQ on highs)
Parallel chain in Patcher: RubyTube Saturation with ReaGate, High Pass EQ and Waves DeEsser (Added a touch of sizzle)
Airwindows Cojones
Klanghelm DC1A2 (very light setting)
ComBear (Parallel Compression)
TDR Nova (Dynamic EQ low mids)

Verse Vocal FX: DUB II Delay (slap delay), OldSkoolVerb, TAL Reverb II (plate reverb)

Chorus Vocals:
Pitcher (only to correct the second "come back")
La Petite Excite (added low end harmonics)
PTEq-X
Fruity Compressor (Used for expansion)
TDR Nova (Dynamic EQ on low mids, mids and 4k)

Chorus vocal FX: DUB II Delay (slap delay), SUBSPACE Reverb, Fruity Convolver (only used in final chorus)

Drums:
Didn't need to process any individual tracks except for toms, where I added RoughRider, Molot, and PTEq-X
On a drum mixbus I used a PTEq-X to round out the low end and Molot for parallel compression

Rhythm Guitar:
Fruity Convolver - Warm chamber impulse setting
Airwindows CrunchyGrooveWear
ReaComp (parallel compression)
FETISH 1176 style compressor
PTEq-X

Organ: TDR Nova (Dynamic eq on the low end and mids)

Strings: TDR Nova (Dynamic eq on the low mids)

Bass: PTEq-X, FETISH 1176 style compressor, La Petite Excite

Piano:
Soundgoodizer
MSpectralPan (~10% wet)
ReaEQ

Piano reverb chain: Fruity Convolver on Warm Chamber impulse setting, OldSkoolVerb, M-ST to add wideness, ReaEQ

Guitar Solo:
Airwindows CrunchyGrooveWear
Softube Saturation
FREE87 FR-COMP
OldSkoolVerb
TAL DUB II (slap delay)

Mix Bus:
Didn't do much here--put a Limiter No6 with light limiting, Maximus with light compression, and a ReaEQ with a small 1db bump in the low mids and a -1db bell out of 4k

Thanks for the opportunity to mix this track!

[Lewshwa Music]

Hi guys!
Here is my submission: mp3: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9yexd9746ys8p ... x.mp3?dl=0
wav: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1mhlfjmcngjbe ... x.wav?dl=0

Mixed in Pro Tools 12
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hi1qgruqm15r0u8/Mix.jpg?dl=0

I like this mix! Good weight and balance. Nice solo tone.

Mix on!

[Lewshwa Music]

Hello everyone,
I'm new to this mix challenge things. I randomly found this site today, I've registered and dome my mix.
You can check it out here:

MP3 (preview)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/txqlm2e4pwiv3 ... manolo.mp3

WAV 24bit 48Khz
https://www.dropbox.com/s/y4kww2hyi45dv ... manolo.wav

Hope you like it

Manolo

nice!

[White Punk OD]

unfortunately, a couple of the best mixes were delivered again in insufficient format, e.g. only 44.1 sample rate, or 16bit.
minimum is 48/24 as far as I have understood.
many mixes have unchecked start, with some noises at the beginning.
good luck anyway, this was super interesting.

[Mister Fox]

It is the 22nd August 2019, 05:30am GMT+2/CEST - the first Mix Round has officially ended

Once more, a very warm welcome to all new participants, So many new participants this month - welcome. A huge thank you to everyone that is spreading the word about the Mix Challenge. Although, I'd love to see just as many for the monthly recurring Songwriting Competition (getting a bit worried here!)


STATISTICS:

• If I didn't miscount, we have 80 submissions (counted by Wizzo) this month
• We have 0 users that redacted an entry
• We have 0 submission after the deadline
• We had 0 submissions through SoundCloud only
• We had 1 submissions that can not be downloaded (sadly Harvey2Mike posted his DropBox home-folder, and I was also PM'd however to not disqualify somebody because "download link wasn't public")
• I had to address the Rules and Guidelines several time(s)
• I had to address 0 disqualification

I'll be doing a submission count the next 5 days - apologies for the waiting time.



Please check all if your links again, make them downloadable(!). Those that uploaded MP3s only, please take note: providing a WAV file is mandatory. Please also update your posts with documentation for others to learn from (see Rules & Guidelines).


I now open the field for everyone to give each other feedback (highly encouraged). This will be independent to the client feedback however.


Please watch this spot for the client feedback and Mix Round 2 participant announcement.

Good luck to all participants.






The Songwriting Competition 24 (SWC24) is still in full swing.
The deadline is 24th July 2019, 11:59pm GMT+2/CEST - so far there have been 2 entries (if I didn't miscount).


Please spread the word!

[Waleed Morris]

Hello Mr Fox , Everyone,
I just checked all links and found ,
We have 81 participants and a few error links :

Page 2 hjchjc
Mp3 link not worknig

Page 4 creedchub
both links not working

Page 10 Harvey2Mike
Need to login to download

Page 11 Mork
Mp3 link not working

attached txt file with all 81 participants and download links always start with wav file link.
MC057 Txt File

Glad to help and good luck to all .