I only discovered this forum yesterday and had very little time to do a descent mix, However, I liked the challenge so I gave it a try anyway (knowing the result would be far from perfect)
First of, I mix 99% OTB, I mainly use my DAW as a glorified HDD bases multitrack player, I only use plugins if no hardware alternative is available (to me)
DAW of choice: Studio One 4
mixed on a Soundtracs CM4400 32ch
some submixing in Studio One (to fit everything in less then 32ch)
when EQ was necessary during the submixing, this was done using Console 1 (with the stock cchannel strip)
desk EQ was used on most channels.
Kick in & out were EQ'd on the deskchannels and the bussed together and put trough a Lindell 500 style Pultec and a SPL transient designer
Snare top & bottom were also EQ'd on the desk and then bussed together On the buss, I put a dbx 560 compressor The buss was also fed to a Yamaha SPX990 for some plate reverb on the snare
Toms were a real challenge (and one of the things I'm not happy with how they turned out). "original" toms were EQ'd in S1 and sent to a stereo bus in S1, Dubbed toms were also EQ'd in S1 an sent to the same S1 bus as the "original toms This bus then was sent to the Sountdracs in to a set of channels. Some extra EQ'ing was done on the desk and these channels were sent to a Aphex aural exciter and a SPL transient designer (with the aural exciter doing all the work and the transient designer almost zeroed out). I ccould get some great toms sounds with this setup, however none that fit into the song...
Bass no EQ (I think) and trough a dbx 560
Keys almost zero EQ, just some autoation in S1
Guitars, some EQ on the des, some automation in S1
Lead vocal, ccompression using the KT-76, some EQ on the desk (slight cut in the lows, light boost in the highs, both using the shelving EQ). Some reverb from a TCC M3000 and delay using the TC D-Two.
Low and crushed vocal, didn't feel that one, so it is in there, just super low, so you can feel it is there, but not really hear it
Backing vocals, grouped in S1, fed in the desk as a stereo pair, cut the lows, some reverb (M3000) and done.
Some very light compression with the Foccusrite MultiMaster on the main bus finishes this off.
The mix:
MC067
greetz,
Philippe
