Again man, my initial thought for this 'Mix It' thing, was to give opportunity for members here (old and new) an opportunity to see exactly what we record/mix/deal with on a regular basis. Not to compete on any level of gear, nor expertise. Just having the ability to find out where others are at with recording tracks with their gear, would mean much more than words for me when I was getting started. Hell, I am still learning every day that the spelling of each ends in 'day'. Moan-day, 2's-day-fried-day...
I look forward to learning from both those that submit tracks, as well as the members that give their own take on the songs that are submitted. Hell, I cant wait till someone completely mutilates someones tracks into a whole new song.
It may take a while...
I hope for this forum to become a place where we can all learn from each other, and possibly collaborate with each other. More than just the MP3 clinic that is asking opinions of a particular mix, we could possibly get direct results by experiment, from designated source material, and have honest results from the experiment. I hope that we will all learn from each other, by doing what we know from the same sources. Like science class for recording geeks such as ourselves.
It is easy to judge someone elses mix, but I think we could learn much more by working with each others mixes directly, without feeling like we need to compete for the 'Best Mix', nor the submissions of songs for this forum.
Competitions IMO, are for those who have big ego's, or have self conscious issues about themselves. My vision for the 'Mix This' forum, is that it has nothing to do with any personal agenda. Just a place to learn from each other.
Dammit, I may have placed this in the wrong forum.....
I just want members to have something cool to play with, that does not involve a level of expertise to be involved in.
A place to learn from each other is what I hope this 'Mix This' forum to become...