Mix Challenge

Hi all, Ok here we go. I think this challenge was a good exercise in whether or not to use effects. I had a bit of a hard time deciding what to do. There were 2 worlds presented; the demo mix and the spotify playlist with 1 preferred track (Flicker). I went for the latter because I liked it best too...

Hi everyone, A very dense arrangement with lots of conflicting frequencies. M/S eq and track spacer were my best friends :smile: Drums: Basically a transient designer on all tracks, a good amount of tape saturation, some HP eq and here and on the bus an eq to tame the building up of resonances. I ga...

I choose the T-RackS ONE

Thx,
FP

Hi Chris and everyone, What a great surprise, thank you so much! Now the competition is over, I just wanted to post another version of the mix. From the beginning I felt the kick didn't fit the arrangement well. I replaced the BD and to be honest, to my ears at least, it opens up the mix a lot. The ...

Hi again Christoph :smile: I adjusted everything to my best abilities. I must say this mix was a bit of a head scratcher for me. Just as a reference, I ran the mix through 2 AI EQs and both called for a boost at about 400-600 Hz (see screenshot). Anyhow, I cleaned up the bass and the guitar at these...

Hi Christoph,

I tried to adjust the mix in line with what you asked for.

My best,
FP

https://www.dropbox.com/s/l9mx7ppdwguza ... 2.wav?dl=0

Hi Endicott, Round 3. I have done what you asked as best as I can. I understand your comment e. piano vs bass and I listened to your mix again carefully. The piano in my mix has a different eq and thus it relates differently to the bass. Changing it altered the interaction between all the other inst...

Hi Chris, everyone, This is my contribution. I made a mix you can dance to, 4 to the floor with some pockets of rest and subsequent energy. The kick was a bit of a trouble child, it might have been better to have another one suiting the low-end punch "better". Something like this maybe? ht...

Hi Endicott,

I tried to adjust the mix more to your liking/comments.

Endicott wrote:Whole mix just little wild regarding the balances.

Megalomaniacs are wild-charactered people!

Cheers,
FP

https://www.dropbox.com/s/074yznsqq2r2v ... 2.wav?dl=0

You’re right it is very subjective. Having listened to other mixes there are things I would change but I’m reasonably happy except for being disqualified for going over -1db. Dumb thing is I knew I’d forgotten that as soon as I posted Yes, that's a bummer. Next time better. I've been kicked out for...