Hi,
Its not my genre, i usually mix Rock and Metal stuff for friends, but i had to give this a chance, even if its just for practise.
Here´s what i´ve done:
Mix organization is the key, so all track have been arranged in that manner by routing stacks of instruments to subgroups and single track treated if there is need for it. All of these subgroups are fed into a mixbus, where i have the chance to make adjustments before it hits my main main chain, this mixbus contains eq correction, waves vitamin for saturation and stereo field correction, WA Production Detroubler and an SSL HF Comp. My main chain usually consists of an ssl channel simulation, a britisch channel strip 33609 with slight compression, a slate red compressor that actually only added some saturation via its drive knob, and a tape emulation. there is compression going on, but usually not more than 2-4 db (depending on the genre) all together.
Drums: the snare proved to be quite difficult as its tail was too long for my taste - changed with an envelope follower. As it was supposed to be mixed with the intent of a 80s mix in mind, i left all the rest as much as i could as they came, removing too much lowend from the bassdrum and treated the sum with an ssl channel, fed this into a small room reverb and a clipper in the end. the snare is also being routed to a gated plate send.
Bass: nothing special, at times it created resonsances in my system that needed to be addressed as it had too much sub energy for my taste... i used a dynamic eq to take care of it. after another eq that added a little more mids and a lowcut its sent through a LA2A and Trackspacer to give it a chance besides the bassdrum. i also added a very soft chorus with a lowcut at 200 Hz to let it a little more shine.
Keys/Guitars: nothing special, removed a little lowend and adjusted the mids for this subgroup
Vocals: the usual low-cut and send through an eq, followed by an 1176, LA2A and a 902 Deesser, send inparts to the plate i mentioned before and the delay with the settings that were provided via the screenshot.
All tracks get their share but only minimum amounts of a Room IR Reverb file (which i cant remember i got from, its a comfy studio room that Rupert Neve designed if i remember correctly), to them in a little space and glue things together. All sends are also routed to the mixbus.
I usually mix with headphones, Hifiman Ananda, its a planar magnetic, sent through a profile correction eq and the Hears Plugin, which basically compensates for my age induced hearing loss
but i also take breaks from time to time to listen to the stuff i´m doing via Tannoy PBM Monitors.
Hope this description is detailed enough. If not, feel free to ask. But formost, enjoy mixing and thanks for this opportunity!
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bjebz3dv ... psxn5&dl=0
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