Hi this is my first Mix Challenge! Hoping I didn't break any rules.
MP3:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/an1iaw009ouno ... T.mp3?dl=0
WAV:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1ps71syn9oy4t ... T.wav?dl=0
Here's a pretty detailed breakdown of what I did with the mix. It was interesting to read how others approached this recording, it's obviously loose and some felt that it added to the feel of it. I felt that it was too loose to leave as it was; it was distracting the ear from the lyrical content, in my opinion. So, I opted to align things to some degree. Not fully quantized though, so it still has some ebb and flow to it.
DAW - Reaper
Drums
Bass Drum D112: 9db cut of 232hz, low pass filter at 3200hz, Bass Drum sample also mixed in about 6db lower than D112.
Snare 57: 8.4db cut at 247hz (ringing tone), 4db boost at 4200hz for attack
Overhead: Lots of compression, high pass at 368hz, 6db cut at 500hz, 1.5db cut at 935hz, 5db boost at 6125hz, mixed fairly low in drum mix.
Tambourine: extra reverb
Bus: 5db boost at 12k, Light compression (about 2db reduction), medium attack/release; small hall reverb
Bass Drum and snare back beats quantized to quarter notes = 186 (tune starts at lower tempo, but kind of settles into this one). Most of the snare filler notes rushed the tempo, so those were adjusted as well.
Bass
Bass D112 is primary sound, with DI mixed at 9db lower. DI signal split for parallel processing. This has EQ - high pass at 500hz, 9db boost at 1040hz, and high shelf to trim top end, making a bell shape EQ. This was sent to mild distortion and mixed in at -35db for a little grit and presence.
Bus: heavy compression (about 5db reduction, fairly high ratio), and bass chorus for some width.
Bass part was almost unusable, with wrong number of beats being played in a lot of measures. Luckily the player didn't deviate from the few patterns used throughout. I found 5-6 usable patterns and liberally copied and pasted them (after small fixes to timings).
Guitars
Intro guitars: panned hard left/right, boosted 300hz 5db, cut 487hz -12db, cut 2425hz 6db (SDC track only). LDC track has high end boost. Added extra space before start of other instruments.
Both Acoustic 1 tracks panned hard left.
Both Acoustic 2 tracks panned hard right, High pass at 325hz, Light distortion to add some aggressiveness.
Bus: 2db cut at 350hz, 3db boost of 4200hz, 2db boost of 12k, medium compression about 1.5db reduction. Medium spring reverb.
Guitar phrases moved to line up with drums, minor changes.
Guitar volume reduction to start the B section to break up the intensity.
Keys
Heavy compression to add sustain to the notes
4db cut at 600hz
Long reverb tails
Moved sections accordingly, to line up with drums
Vocals
Used all tuned parts
Lead Vox: Delay of 350ms, 2 repeats, 7db boost at 6875hz to boost consonants
Background Vox: Panned gradually left to right (nothing up center or hard left/right), 14db lower than lead
Bus: EQ 3.6db cut at 640hz, 3db boost at 2600hz, 7db boost at 5500 hz. Light compression, 2nd light compression, Small church reverb
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