MIX CHALLENGE - MC100 October 2024 - Mix Round 1 in evaluation

[Yinangle]

Hi all!
Another first timer to the challenge, thankyou for making the song available.

My mix - > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z-65zC ... sp=sharing

Fun song! Tried to keep it hi-energy and channel my inner punk.

Here are my notes on the mix / process :

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-- Mr Rock and Roll --
-16.9 lufs-I
-4.1 peak

All ITB
filtering
Rcomp for depth, timing based functional comp, Hold the drums bass and BGV back, Git and Lvocals forward
Api 550b and 560 main workhorse eqs

Bass -
Eq, tube amp (Ignite TPA), Tried parallel chorus (UA Dimension D), didn't work - too mushy! and parallel dirty saturation (Softamp PSA sansamp clone and LifeLine dirt module)
Sidechained (not ducked!) by kick so play together

Drums -
Thump, thwack and rattle was the plan

Flipped overhead / room / tom panning

Kick, try to decide between sub and bass freq - end up choosing both with dynamic eq dipping inbetween

Snare - Give it some heft / smack at the fundamental, dynamic dip out a lot of hihat/cymbal (2k+), try and get that from overs.

Overs - EQ31 (31 band graphic) to damp nasty sounding open hats, Maag clone for air

Toms - sidechained (Again, not ducked out of existence!) by snare, mainly for verse 2 part

Smash Room with Focusrite Red 3 comp.

Drums Fx tracks = Early Reflections (Waves Trueverb)
Shortish Plate for Snare and Toms
Extend the overheads and hi=passed snare / Cymbals with Ik room reverb
Ringmod on bd, sd and toms to strengthen tone / fake resonance

ALL Drums Parallel track = NI Vari-Comp for pump emphasis

Guitars -

Started with full L / R pan scheme but ended up bringing Git 3 in a bit, centerish for the solo with width automation in lead-up
Re-amped Clean tracks 1 and 4 (after verse 1) for more heaviness.
Varied eq emphasis between 500 - 2500 for try and get them all working together

Git extras = Git 2 8tn note tremolo
Bridge Lead - ADT clone
Solos and supplied FX track - automated width processing with Ozone imager - Solo lead lead-in comes from outside to middle then back out halfway for feedback, does it work?

Guitar FX tracks = Early reflections (Nasty DLA 1/8 and 1/8d Opposite panned)
Rotary verb - UA Pure plate run into Waterfall rotary (Not on leads)
Small Chamber style reverb (IR-L bricasti Impulse)
Pitchy slow tape delay on Supplied FX track
Slap Delay / verb on solos (UA Hitsville)

ALL Git Parallel = 1/4 note Delayed
Bx Greenscream and Sampleson Overheat for dirrtyness
Eq some low end out and hi mid in
Smooshed with LA-3A (7ish GR)
Bx Subsynth to re-add low in a controlled way

Synth -
Pulteq MeQ and EQP1-A to give some shape and take off most of the harshness at the top
FX track - Same sirenish rise-fall tape delay as used on supp git fx

Lead Vocals - Tried some compression (1176 etc) but was bringing out presence in a harsh way I didn't like so sacked it.
Clipper to catch some spikes, Pulsar W495 For EQ, RDeEsser and dynamic dip at around 1.2k

LV FX Tracks = Smoosh dirt track - Bx Yellowdrive distortion and JS:Avocado Ducking Glitch Generator (Reaper stock plugin) to add more messiness
1/4D slap / delay
Room sim reverb (UA Hitsville)
ALL LV Parallel - Mono-ed up into Fairchild 660 for tone unification

BGV -
Sounded Shouty, so went with that and tried to keep it wide
Clipper to de-peak extremes

BGV FX Tracks = Chamber style verb (IK sunset sound)
IR-L with echoey Stairwell impulse
Dub-style 8th note tape delay

Busses -
Sonic Anomaly QuadraCom On Drum and Guitar Busses Multiband comp / eq / transient tweaking
Tape sim (Waves Kramer) on all busses separately for glue
ALL Bus parallel - Saturation with Black Box HG-2 focussing on hi mid and air

Mixbus - Shadow Hills Class A in mid-side configuration and IK 440B Tape for final compression / glue pass


Some volume automation for sections, notably drums in bridge / solo leadup (Maybe overcooked), very slight timing adjustment on the bass for that fist hit on verse 1.

Wall of noise hopefully achieved!

[doobop]

Hi to all!

Loved this one, I especially enjoy rock music and tried to bring it to a feeling of a rock band playing together as the provider wanted.

Always do rough mix first to get the feeling. From the beginning I realised the problems like the “pointy” snare, muddy bass etc. But the most challenging for me was to glue the guitars, part-wise, panorama and as I said to give a feeling of 2guitarists playing together with the additional Solo guitars and FX as a contribution of guitars and not a huge studio-production vibe.

For the processing part I used a lot of all the classic stuff a rock song needs: compression, eq and reverbs, not fancy stuff, tricks and modern methods, just simple 80s-90s methods

Hope you like it as much as I did !!

Link:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/otto8xmf ... ga9p4&dl=0

Cheers,
Doobop

[PonySho]

Hi all!
Another first timer to the challenge, thankyou for making the song available.

My mix - > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z-65zC ... sp=sharing

Fun song! Tried to keep it hi-energy and channel my inner punk.


Wall of noise hopefully achieved!

Cool mix!

[PonySho]

Hi,

Here is link to download my mix:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/wjxl5frm ... cpzb7&dl=0

First sorry for my basic English.

I read the rules and suggestions from the Artist and forum moderator. I decided to stick to it.

Well, that's a damn fine mix sir! Love it.

[PonySho]

Hi everyone. It's great to hear the different mix versions of this song. Really great stuff.
...but...
I've heard two submissions that are clearly (at least to my ears) using drum replacement/augmentation on the snare.
If you're new to the forum and weren't aware, this breaks the rules and you have to go stand in the naughty corner!

I had my first submission (for the previous mix challenge) disqualified coz I stepped over the line...basically, I didn't take the time to understand the submission criteria. Total PITA thing to happen when you've spent a lot of time on a mix.

Anyways, keep them mixes comin'.

[Mister Fox]

And... this is where I step in.

While I appreciate feedback by @PonySho -- one has to trust what has been written with the documentation (which is really sparse for some participant) and one's ears. Some entries do sound questionable. However, we can and should not underestimate what transient tools, EQ and saturation can do to a given sound. Which is the whole point of a Mix Challenge - to learn to push boundaries.

However, the final word has the Song Provider @JeroenZuiderwijk and I (@Mister Fox, the host, if it comes to pure technical stuff like Loudness Specs, Sampling Rate, Song Length, Filename Template and file accessibility).

If you are new to the community - welcome. But please stick to the well established Rules and Guidelines (and by extension, also the Mix Challenge Addendum regarding drum editing). You put a lot of effort into your work, please don't put that effort to waste.



Including today, 5 days left to submit a mix.

[floodo]

I share images of the processes I did on the snare, I don't know if it was because of my clarification that you couldn't use drum replacements, but as my snare sounds a bit different to the raw snare, I leave the images of how I processed it, in the first image is my drum section with its routing, and then one by one all the processes used, copying my parameters you should get the same sound or a very similar one due to the parallel processes and the mixbus. Greetings Colleagues! good weekend to all of you!

here you can see all the screenshots ---> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... drive_link

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[VasDim]

Hi all,
this is my attempt to mix:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EA6xj0 ... p=drivesdk

For all track are used:
- Waves Q10;
- Waves C4;
- Db ProComp.

AUX Effect;
- Waves TrueVerb;
- Waves SuperTap;

Good luck to all.
VasDim

[Rockincher]

Bonjour,

Voici ma contribution au challenge de ce mois-ci :

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O5be1u ... drive_link

Je vous joins une vidéo pour déconstruire mon mix.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5mtYlNItko

J’apprécie les critiques afin de m’améliorer.

Merci pour ce challenge au organisateurs et aux artistes qui nous laisse triturer leur multi-piste.

- Google translate :

Hello,

Here is my contribution to this month's challenge:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O5be1u ... drive_link

I am attaching a video to deconstruct my mix.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5mtYlNItko

I appreciate criticism in order to improve myself.

Thank you for this challenge to the organizers and artists who let us tinker with their multi-track.

[Sonnea]

Thanks for the son @JeroenZuiderwijk, its good fun.

Heres what i did after balancing and minor equing on all tracks

Bass: ran through an amp, tube saturation, tiny bit of distortion and overdrive, a bit of fuzz

DRUMS; (send to saturation channel with glue compressor and saturator)
Kick: just eq and de-bleed (send to dirt channel with saturator and compressor) (send to parallel comp channel)
Snare: De-bleed, transient shaper, eq (send to dirt channel with saturator and compressor) (send to parallel comp channel)
Floor Tom: De-bleed, eq, compression (send to dirt channel with saturator and compressor) (send to parallel comp channel)
Rack, overheads and room: Eq

Guuitars: Eq, stereo widener on most, some tracks had a send to a side only processing channel with eq and saturation
Solo guitar was being sent to a saturation channel, dirt channel, an echo channel and plate reverb channel

Vocal had eq and some side channel send

Mix bus had glue compressor, saturator and pre amp.

Really enjoyed mixing this one.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xjr-kL ... sp=sharing