MIX CHALLENGE - MC103 April 2025 - Mix Round 3 in evaluation

[VividPhase]

Thanks Strange for the final round selection and congrats to all for a fun competition!

-I adjusted some EQs to both reduce the slightly boosted bass in the region you noted, as well as pulling down the highs a bit to help the song feel less scooped or "hollow"
-I also added a touch of tube saturation and with a small 1dB boost to a broad midrange selection with Saturn to help again address some "hollowness" feelings.
-Finally I addressed the vocal balances per your direction, and had to shorten the BGV reverb just a bit with those new levels.

Song: MC103__Strange__WegZuDir__VividPhase_R3

[Drannob]

Here's my mix for round 3. Unfortunately, I only had about fifteen minutes to make it, no time because of my crappy day job!
@strange: I didn't understand the request to "cut off at the beginning"?

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

[Mork]

Hey,

here's R3:

https://icedrive.net/s/kkADPwtifXbAGQbTt9jkiYzk17gV

LV got a slight chorus lift while zu dir was turned down just a hair. (scottfitz: thanks for your feedback! I actually didn't split the vocal, but still know what you mean)
Bass got another dynamic eq band around 90 to clean the area up a little
Lo Tom high bump got turned up a dB or two, low cut got adjusted slightly.
Who turned down piano2 by 30dB? Must have been piano1! But we agreed that every piano is equally important and should have its place in the mix

Thank you Peter for providing all the valuable feedback in great detail to everyone!
And special thanks to Mr Fox for keeping this place up and running!

[Mister Fox]

A friendly reminder:
We're in the final 24 hours to submit your edit for Mix Round 3.


So far, we have 04 out of 07 entries, with 21 hours left on the clock.

There will be no deadline extensions! Please get your edit submitted today. Please also pay attention to detail still.

[titantraxx]

Here’s my submission for round 3.

I’ve been getting over covid the last couple weeks and the congestion in my head has had my hearing so muffled. It’s very frustrating, but it’s slowly clearing up.

Again I applied the suggestions @Strange made.


Here is my mix for round 3: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ea8n35 ... sp=sharing


I accidentally muted the risers in round 2 and didn’t notice.
I reduced the bass resonances with a dynamic eq about -5db and boasted the overall volume 0.5db.
I applied an eq to the mix bus and cut the low-mids a bit and boosted a high shelf about 2.5db at 6khz.
I applied more volume automation to the lead vocals cutting between 1-2db in various sections.
I also lowered the left and right guitars -0.5db because they poked out a little too much after the high shelf boost on the mix bus.

I think the mix improved significantly.

[Strange]

Here's my mix for round 3. Unfortunately, I only had about fifteen minutes to make it, no time because of my crappy day job!
@strange: I didn't understand the request to "cut off at the beginning"?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U5yUBy ... sp=sharing

Hi Drannob,
thank you for your work inspite of your crappy day job!
You cut off the first milliseconds of the first whistle at the first beginning of this song.

greetings
Peter

[GeorgeCorg]

Hi again,

Thanks for this opportunity again

I tried to follow the requested changes, and came up with the revisioned version.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ET7c0L ... sp=sharing

Hope it's according to expectations.

Cheers.

[Drannob]

Here's my mix for round 3. Unfortunately, I only had about fifteen minutes to make it, no time because of my crappy day job!
@strange: I didn't understand the request to "cut off at the beginning"?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U5yUBy ... sp=sharing

Hi Drannob,
thank you for your work inspite of your crappy day job!
You cut off the first milliseconds of the first whistle at the first beginning of this song.

greetings
Peter

Ok thank you @Strange

I quickly updated my submission: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WvICHZ ... sp=sharing

[JeroenZuiderwijk]

Thank you Peter that I can participate in round 3.

I almost missed the R3 announcemend because I was working on my SWC song ;-)
I am glad that making the adjustments didn't took much time.

Here is my R3 voor the MC103.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hzpmmc8h ... yq196&dl=0

I simply followed your directions and I think the balance is better now,

Cheers,

Jeroen

[Mister Fox]

It's the 24th May 2025, 00:05 (UTC+2) - the 3rd Mix Round has officially ended.


STATISTICS

• Everyone has sent in an edit (I count 07 out of 07)
• No Wild Cards were possible to be used for Mix Round 3

I will reach out to @Strange and forward all entries/statistics by sometime tomorrow (Sunday, 25-MAY-2025). Please have an eye on this thread for more feedback and an announcement of the final results.



I'm now opening up the room (again) for Q&A's and giving each other feedback.

Please check out all other games on the community. Most notably our Songwriting Competition - which runs for another 24 hours.

Please also consider becoming a Song Provider. Our Song Pool is dry! We have no more content after May 2025! No more material means no more Mix(ing) Challenges. The genre is not important -- but it must be a finished production.


See you on the flipside.