Below is my submission for MC053.
This is my 1st run at a more "heavy" sound. It's not usually in my wheelhouse, and I learned quite a lot in the process. Thanks for submitting this tune! It was really fun to work with and I enjoyed listening to it. I listened to Foo Fighters, Audioslave, Nirvana, and Rage Against The Machine for reference. There is quite a lot of compression and saturation in those mixes, so it was a challenge for me to learn how to push it to that level. I recently got Soundtoys Devil-loc plugin, so it was a perfect opportunity to try it out on the drums on this mix.
Good luck to all participants!
MP3:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ti2Nn ... uyvYbARShY
WAV:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wJ524_ ... sp=sharing
Pic of Mixer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19nE51t ... sp=sharing
Here's my process in Reaper somewhat in order:
1. Created all Buses and folders and organized tracks.
2. Set up my Mix bus with a tickle of Waves SSL Compressor, Kramer Tape saturation, and high pass EQ at 30 hz.
3. Worked on drums:
a. Overheads: EQ to work out overall sound, but concentrated on hats and cymbals - used a small amount of MJUC comp.
b. Kick: SSD as main sound w/EQ and Comp, and SD as more of the click w/Fabfilter Saturn to add distortion. Both fed into Kick folder with another parallel Saturn plug and Waves MV2 in parallel to compress and push up the low level.
c. Snare: SSD as the main sound, and SD as the "knock" both w/EQ and compression. I used just a little Soundspot Orbit on the knock to add more transients. I copied another track of the SSD and used Devil-Loc to make a bottom snare mic sound and blended it in. (I just got Soundtoys Devil-loc, so it was a great opportunity to try it out on the drums. It worked perfect for this!) All 3 tracks were sent to a snare folder with EQ and parallel FF Saturn.
d. Room: I used the SD Room track w/high pass eq. I made another track and sent OH, snare and Kick to it to create a faux room w/room verb. Blended and sent both track to a folder to crush it w/waves CLA-76 and lo and hi pass EQ.
e. Hats: Used both tracks and sent to folder w/EQ. Mixed just under OH's.
f. Drum Bus: Parallel comp using Devil-Loc.
4. Bass: Duplicated bass into 3 tracks: Reamped one w/Softube Bass Amp Room, another w/Waves CLA Bass, and the another to use as parallel compress and distort w/Saturn.
5. Guitars:
a. Intro Left: Saturn into Waves GTR Stomp fuzz pedal into Waves GTR amp into hi and lo pass eq into Echoboy delay. intro R: EQ and Waves GTR stomp using just a little Overdrive and distortion and lo/hi pass. Auto panned the L & R to move center at end and used volume automation to build up for center end note.
b. All other guitars: Used all tracks but tried to eq to differentiate tones. DI's were all reamped differently using waves GTR amp & eq. All were sent to a folder w/FF Saturn to add more grit and just a little compression.
6. Vocals: I wanted to further differentiate the chorus and verse, so I used only 3 "smooth" tracks and a few of the shout tracks for verses. Chorus I blended most all tracks. EQ and comped. Vocal bus has Saturn and SSL comp.
7. FX: Snare verb send w/lo/hi pass eq and CSR Plate verb with a fairly hi predelay. Delay send for vocals and solo guitar w/Echo Boy and lo/hi eq.
8. Mix Bus EQ: subtle tweaking to taste.
9. Volume automation to try to add more dynamics for verse and chorus, and tweaked panning to taste.
