GearFest Mixing Contest

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hueseph said:
You're probably right. I guess I'm just overreacting to the pictures of dudes sitting in front of their expensive consoles or just pics of expensive consoles in connection with the Soundcloud profiles. Probably scooped off of the internet.

....Scratch that. This guys monitors alone are worth more than most peoples home studios:

Seriously, those are worth $9000.00. Just the monitors. Each.


Actually, if you go through some of the descriptions, there's at least a few out there (three already in the past 5 minutes I've been looking) that are mixing on Avid HDX rigs. That's a 10 grand minimum investment.
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Doesn't mean they own all that equipment. Maybe they work at a studio and are able to use the gear during off hours.

Besides, a good mixer can produce an excellent sounding mix with just about any DAW these days using just the included plugins.

Not saying it will sound just as good as something produced on high end gear but I think when it comes to picking the winners that Fab is quite capable of discerning how good the mix is.

A good mix is a good mix regardless of the equipment used.

I'm sure that's one of the reasons they ask you to list the gear you used.

Best of luck...
 
Hey. would love any fee back on my mix

For this mix I used Logic 8

Plugins used:

Voice:
CLA – 76
Waves Doubler
RdeEsser
TrueVerb

Guitar:
PanMan
Ozone 5 eq
SSL Channel
TrueVerb

Bass:
Rcompress
API-550A

Drums:
CLA-76
SSL Channel

and Ozone 5 on the whole track.

My aim for this mix was to give a true representation of live recording and not to loose any dynamic and to focus on portraying the energy captured in the performance of the song.
I spent most of my time on getting the vocal sounding nice. I wanted a punchy vocal but not to compressed. I also had trouble get the guitar sound full in the mix, so I used Sound Toys Pan Man to give it shimmer and it seems to work nicely filling out the track.

Hope you enjoy :)

soundcloud.com/craig-lowe/ooh-baby-liza-colby
 
hueseph said:
I figure I'm doing somebody a favor. There is this:
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Hey Hueseph sorry to trouble you. I must be crazy dumb because I searched and searched to find the rules of this but couldn't find them. Would you please direct me to where they are at? I'd like to see where these were posted.

Thanks in advance.
 
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QuintaQuad said:
Doesn't mean they own all that equipment. Maybe they work at a studio and are able to use the gear during off hours.

Besides, a good mixer can produce an excellent sounding mix with just about any DAW these days using just the included plugins.

Not saying it will sound just as good as something produced on high end gear but I think when it comes to picking the winners that Fab is quite capable of discerning how good the mix is.

A good mix is a good mix regardless of the equipment used.

I'm sure that's one of the reasons they ask you to list the gear you used.

Best of luck...
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Fair enough. I don't think nor do I expect to place the top 16 much less the top 100 but I'm hoping I don't hit the bottom 500. Not that I would ever know. I'm happy with my mix regardless of the contest.
 
Do you mind listen this one also ?



Main DAW: StudioOne 2.05

Workflow:
importing and editing in StudioOne
routed to
Harrison MixBus for mixing
routed to
StudioOne for rendering

Plugin:
Alloy2
Kramer master tape
SSL bus compressor
TR 670
GVerb+ (demo)
Native StudioOne
Harrison MixBus channels

Monitor: NS10M
Laptop: MacBook 13' 8g
 
Lowe_cra said:
Hey. would love any fee back on my mix

For this mix I used Logic 8

Plugins used:

Voice:
CLA – 76
Waves Doubler
RdeEsser
TrueVerb

Guitar:
PanMan
Ozone 5 eq
SSL Channel
TrueVerb

Bass:
Rcompress
API-550A

Drums:
CLA-76
SSL Channel

and Ozone 5 on the whole track.

My aim for this mix was to give a true representation of live recording and not to loose any dynamic and to focus on portraying the energy captured in the performance of the song.
I spent most of my time on getting the vocal sounding nice. I wanted a punchy vocal but not to compressed. I also had trouble get the guitar sound full in the mix, so I used Sound Toys Pan Man to give it shimmer and it seems to work nicely filling out the track.

Hope you enjoy :)

soundcloud.com/craig-lowe/ooh-baby-liza-colby
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This mix rocks, don't do anything anymore, it's perfect :D

Seriously... I like the vocal in its space, very cool! The guitar in the verses for my taste is a too loud, it takes to much attention. The punch and the space of the snare and overheads is where I really would work more harder!

Check out this or this on drum levels and spaces.

Cheers,
Andy

 
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Hi guys!!

Here is my mix for the contest!!
Please write your opinion!
Thanx and good luck to everyone!!!!

 
Im hoping it goes to least crony like. BTW I report every post I make now, to save you sensitive folks time.
 
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Hi everyone, great contest! Here is a mix done in Sonar X2. I focused on space and dynamics and worked hard to carve out frequency ranges for each part. Although I don't use them all the time, I thought that the Slate console emulations really brought this mix to life. I was also demoing a new eq by DMG audio called Equilibrium and can't recommend it highly enough! Good luck to everyone!
 
It seems I will need to post 10 reply's before I can post my link on Soundcloud.
 
I just want to add that most mixes are just too loud. In the instructions it is mentioned that all mixes will be normalised but keep a level of around -16dbfs. I think most mixer here are flat 0dbFS
 
F13Bubba said:
Anyone else having some massive phase issues? When I use sum/diff on the Dorroughs, I'm getting almost 15db of drop off. I also noticed once I move to the left or right of my monitors sweet spot, the bass and kick come out much stronger.
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No phase issues, since I reduced relative output with multiband comps. I learned a while ago good players don't need eq. The drums are very dull, the snare hi hat mic is tricky but if you work with it It pops good when coupled with a treatment to OH mid boost, that boost is handy to bring the toms out. Id rather one tom mic in this situation than a bass mic. But it's a popular option, why not. Good band, great MIX this competition, it's no holds barred. GReat Job, HR.com.
 
demaarten said:
I just want to add that most mixes are just too loud. In the instructions it is mentioned that all mixes will be normalised but keep a level of around -16dbfs. I think most mixer here are flat 0dbFS
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I think you confuse peak with RMS.
 
guiltman said:
So many inappropriate vocal delays, listen to the style of the song!
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Lots of Brittney mixes for sure. Kick pumping the vocal processing. I'm liking your mix andy! You didn't fall for the kick in your balls approach. I'd think a little vocal wetness could make it jive, That electric guitar has a spring verb and they recorded in a hall. So if the brain wants to jive those two instruments it needs a touch of verb. I do think your mix is master ready. You give lots of options since the mix is balanced. If not properly trimmed there is a bad bass bottom out at 2:14. Not alot of mixers had addressed that. You did.
 
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