Download and Mix Contest

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timthetortoise said:
I might do one more mix. XD
My REAL final
Is that allowed? :D
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You can do as many as you like until the deadline, that's kinda the point of the exercise. It does get harder and harder to improve your mix as you go though :)
 
WOW!!! Lots of great mixes. This is going to be a tough one for the judges.

Thanks NL5 for the awesome tracks. :cool:

Well after much slaving over them, here is my:

Final Mix
 
Fishmed_Returns said:
WOW!!! Lots of great mixes. This is going to be a tough one for the judges.

Thanks NL5 for the awesome tracks. :cool:

Well after much slaving over them, here is my:

Final Mix
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Sounds good man.
The kick is nasty though. You could replace the kick with some nice samples.
The vocals are a bit mid rangey compared the rest of the mix, and the dynamics of the vocals are a bit too much at times. Id compress the vocals more.
Overall the dynamics are a bit flat IMO. Sounds like you didn't use much volume automation.

Good stuff though, nice big snare.

Care to critique my mix please?
http://download.yousendit.com/7D6EF08D6ECB36F9

Eck
 
ecktronic said:
Sounds good man.
The kick is nasty though. You could replace the kick with some nice samples.
The vocals are a bit mid rangey compared the rest of the mix, and the dynamics of the vocals are a bit too much at times. Id compress the vocals more.
Overall the dynamics are a bit flat IMO. Sounds like you didn't use much volume automation.

Good stuff though, nice big snare.

Care to critique my mix please?
http://download.yousendit.com/7D6EF08D6ECB36F9

Eck
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I'll admit, I did not use any volume automation. I thought about it on the spots where he holds those longer notes. I'll save that for the next contest. :D

I did not feel that the guitars drove this song. The bass, snare and lead vocals are the heart of the music, everything else just supoorted that core.

The only things I can really commit on your mix are the vocals seemed buried in the mix and the drums do not sound balanced (the kick and snare are too low in volume).
 
Fishmed_Returns said:
The only things I can really commit on your mix are the vocals seemed buried in the mix and the drums do not sound balanced (the kick and snare are too low in volume).
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Thanks for your critique. I am in the process of boosting the vox but I'm not going to boost them much as I prefer the guitars to be bigger. Yeah I think my cymbals are a bit loud rather than kick and snare being too low. I just love the sound of the OH and room mics recordings so I had them up pretty loud to get the crack of the snare and to get the natural room ambience rather than adding any unnatural reverb. Gona fix that also.

Cheers,
Eck
 
ecktronic said:
Thanks for your critique. I am in the process of boosting the vox but I'm not going to boost them much as I prefer the guitars to be bigger. Yeah I think my cymbals are a bit loud rather than kick and snare being too low. I just love the sound of the OH and room mics recordings so I had them up pretty loud to get the crack of the snare and to get the natural room ambience rather than adding any unnatural reverb. Gona fix that also.

Cheers,
Eck
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Cool. :cool: From what I can tell, the tones are pretty good.

ecktronic said:
The kick is nasty though.
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BTW... if that is what nasty sounds like to you, then I was going for NASTY. :D

Since the kick was not a constant instrument in the song, I did not want a HUGE sound from it that would distract the listener from the rest of the song when it poked its "head" in during its parts. At the same time I did not want the “high–end”, beach ball sound either.
 
Fishmed_Returns said:
Cool. :cool: From what I can tell, the tones are pretty good.


BTW... if that is what nasty sounds like to you, then I was going for NASTY. :D

Since the kick was not a constant instrument in the song, I did not want a HUGE sound from it that would distract the listener from the rest of the song when it poked its "head" in during its parts. At the same time I did not want the “high–end”, beach ball sound either.
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lol.
Yeah man I get ya. I hate the "bouncing on a space hopper on concrete" sounding kick also. :)

Eck
 
What's the closing date? I think I'm going to have to wait till Saturday to submit my mix... Having trouble lol I have no idea really how to mix drums.... Got a long week at work this week as well so doing a bit every night. :o
 
Gandalf said:
What's the closing date? I think I'm going to have to wait till Saturday to submit my mix... Having trouble lol I have no idea really how to mix drums.... Got a long week at work this week as well so doing a bit every night. :o
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end of the month/new year am sure I read in here somewhere
 
Woo, I've been wanting some experience mixing a full band. I've never done real drums before. Mostly just acoustic stuff.

I think I'll give this a go. Probably won't be any good, but whatever.
 
This is a request to those who will be judging.

To help all of us learn from out mixes, would you write down what you liked or disliked from each mix as you listen and then post your comments at the end of the contest?

This way, we will know what we did right or "not-so-right".

Thanks!
 
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