Mix Challenge

pjsmixedit wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 21, 2025 23:58 CET

Hey all! This is my first Mix Challenge, and I'm excited to be a part of this! Here is my submission: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16C2uZu ... sp=sharing

I mixed this on a pair of VSX Slate modeling headphones (in the NRG room if anyone else uses this software) and used Pro Tools as my DAW. I tried to keep this one simple, especially since everything had been recorded well and the tones were already there.

I used the Slate Virtual Mix Rack on most of the tracks that I did processing on. Generally, I do bus processing on the instrument groups but I did directly process the kick, snare, acoustic guitar, and lead vocals.

Drums - I was trying to get the drums and rhythm guitars to match the energy of the lyrics and convey the anguish that the singer is conveying. For the drum bus, I used Slate's FG-Grey compressor, as well as the Decapitator from SoundToys to give it an extra smack.

Bass - I loved the tone of the bass given and just wanted to cut a little bit out of the low end to make room for the kick.

Acoustic Guitar - Nothing more than some light EQ and compression.

Electric Guitars - I bussed the rhythm guitars and the FX guitars separately, with the rhythm guitars getting slightly more shaping. Again, just some compression and EQ.

Synths - These I actually left unprocessed and did more panning and leveling to get them to sit and blend in the mix.

Vocals - All of the background and harmony vocals got a variation on the Lead Vox processing, with slightly more compression. I also have them sending to a delay/reverb combo and have those send levels automated up in the choruses.

Master Bus - I have the mix running through a Slate FG-MU (Fairchild emulator) and have the Ozone 11 Exciter after to give slight tape saturation to the whole thing.

Overall, I had a great time mixing this song and I appreciate the band for letting us use it!

Edling wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 22, 2025 22:20 CET

Hi everyone and big thanks to everyone who submitted their version of "The person that you see". My goal is to give feedback to each and everyone that submitted a mix, and given the amount of submissions I hope to be done middle/end of next week. It was also very interesting and fun to read everyone's comments, thoughts and different approaches to the material, especially since it was recorded 20 years ago

I'll also try to keep my feedback as objective as possible, even though mixing is highly subjective!