Mix Challenge

@hjchjc Solid overall balances and panning of all of the tracks, however none of the synths really pop out of the mix and they somewhat all blend together a bit. This could probably be improved with EQ:ing them a bit more, allowing them to each fill their own space in the sound. The lead piano on t...

I thought of other 80s-inspired pop from the last 15 years or so Carly Rae Jepsen's "Cut To The Feeling" and Tegan and Sara's "Closer" -- the earnestness of this song really struck me and inspired me. This mix is drums-forward but still captured the lovestruck spirit of the origi...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1khszB8QNlrN356Xze8xAr25__VeRx4qW/view?usp=sharing This was a challenge to mix but I ultimately decided to treat it like it's a 70s easy listening track; so lots of reverbs, slap delays, wide panning, distortion. I thought of Melanie's "People in the Front Row&qu...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f184xFPyDgqLS9dG7gdaKUnLvrccvEnd/view?usp=sharing Great song! Love how it evolves. I wanted to go for a very in-your-face but still warm indie rock sound like Bombay Bicycle Club ("Shuffle") or Frightened Rabbit ("Woke Up Hurting"). The biggest ch...

MC089__Hooker_and_a_Handgun__INFERNO__hjchjc.wav This was a challenging song to mix but I also had a lot of fun! LOTS of stuff used here. Went for an early-2000s rock sound and took some appropriately big swings here. Maybe I made the guitars a little too loud? Just made it under the wire at -16.1 L...

I love mixing this contributor's stuff! All tracks were EQ'd, compressed, etc with Scheps Omni Channel unless otherwise noted :) Kick extra: Arturia Juno Chorus Snare has Rubber Band Compressor, H-Delay, an EQ with a low cut at 250 hz and a dip at 5k, as well as sends to a further H-delay and Valhal...

Hi!! First, this is an awesome song. I just got the Elysia Alpha compressor on sale, and found the perfect opportunity to use it on a dance mix. It's hard to think of emotional French dance pop without thinking of Stromae - so I kept that in mind as well as the Mumford reference while I was trying t...

Not to insert too much of my personal life In a mix challenge post haha, but this song really touched me. I'm a member of the Class of 2020 and spent the first year of my post-college adulthood locked inside. this song beautifully captured when the lockdowns began to ease and I could see my friends ...

This was so fun to mix! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RIa0jNLF5jkZoeKNxq-fo8wKbshF7MwI/view?usp=sharing TPdb -1.68, LUFS 16.4 Main vox: DPR-402 Mouth De-Click Spectral Shaper RVOX PuigTec EQ Essence Sweetvox Sends: Abbey Road Chambers, Bus 18 (which I'll get to at the end) all BVs are Maag EQ3, F...

I took a lot of risks on this one - lots of delays and panning https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E6MK9sqOzyzGc3azBaa2wbpkFUetMZnB/view?usp=sharing Vox: mild tuning, Mouth De-Click PuigChild TDR Kotelnikov 3db compression Pro Q 3 sends: 1. H-delay 1/4 > MicroShift > plate 2. H-delay ½ > EchoBoy > Mann...