Mix Challenge

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Fri Nov 22, 2024 18:07 CET

@Mister Fox My apologies for being a little dumb on this, but I am not sure how to request the use of the wildcard, so obviously here is a heads up that I would like to use it now ;0)

As mentioned in the corresponding Addendum, if your entry was marked "tagged disqualified", yet the Song Provider offers you to advance into Round 2, by deciding to advance into Round 2 you automatically use up one of your Wild Cards (from 2 available per user).

Good luck during Mix Round 2.

Thanks JeroenZuiderwijk for your feedback. That was a tremendous amount of work. Cheers!

Many thanks for this huuuuuge work @JeroenZuiderwijk and @Mister Fox!!
Good luck to all the 2nd round mixes!!
See you next contest!!!

I'm amazed how incredibly dedicated you guys are to this community. More than 100 reviews released! Awesome! Thanks for the feedback! Till next time!

Hi all!

Thanks again @JeroenZuiderwijk for the feedback, here's my R2 mix. I've tried to be subtle with the changes, and added mostly automation, which was what I had not done thoroughly in the first round. So, this would be the polished version, I've lowered the snare a couple of db's in the verses, raised the vocals in the choruses and made some room for them in general; perhaps this was the biggest change, I used a bus for the entire band and other for the vocals and made room via sidechain. In the original mix I had not made this that way, because of (my idea of) the genre and the fact that I was aiming for the vocals to blend in the mix.
There's also automation in the guitars and I've added a bit of saturation in the whole band bus, which is also automated in order to lift in certain parts, specially towards the ending. And the last "trick" is a bit of Oxford Inflator, which is also automated! A tiny little bit.
One last (not too little) detail: I've adjusted the master compressor's threshold knob; it was barely doing nothing. And I've adjusted the Faichild compressor in the guitars bus, same thing. This way I feel there's more cohesion, and I've raised the output knob on UAD's Manley Varimu which I think adds something else (at least in a homeopathic way )

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19w5JuD ... sp=sharing

Best wishes to all of you!