MIX CHALLENGE - MC051 February 2019 - Winners announced

[Henrik Hjortnaes]

• IMPORTANT: please use the following naming convention:
  MC000_-_ArtistName_-_TrackName_-_ContestanttName.wav/mp3 and
  MC000_-_ArtistName_-_TrackName_-_ContestanttName_R2.wav/mp3 for Mix Round 2.

Respectfully, I suggest you make the above rule easier to read and thus easier to understand and remember.

With simplified underscores + renaming + consistent naming, it could look something like this (scrapping mp3):

• IMPORTANT: You must use the following naming convention:
  MC000_ArtistName_TrackName_YourName_R1.wav (for Mix Round 1)
  MC000_ArtistName_TrackName_YourName_R2.wav (for Mix Round 2)

[Koki21]

First of all, I wanna say hi to everyone! I’m not really sure what’s going on here, but I’ve just found out about this and I think it’s amazing. I’ve gone through the rules kinda quickly, so I’m not 100% sure if I’m doing everything correctly. So if I should be doing something differently, please do let me know.
Also let me say something about myself, I have a degree in Audio Production and I’ve started doing sound engineering professionally (mostly small stuff, like editing/mixing audiobooks, podcasts and that sort of thing), however I am aspiring to become a mixer, which is why I thought this would be an amazing opportunity to get better ( i do need to get a lot better!), since I don’t like mixing music all by myself, without any purpose.
For monitoring, I use Alesis 520 M1Active (pretty bad if i may say) in an untreated room and a pair of AKG k72 headphones, which I use for referencing. But I prefer working on monitors and my setup is far from ideal.

Here's my submission:

WAV: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tku6tp6ad2gvx ... 1.wav?dl=0

MP3: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jxybcvf4i0xel ... 1.mp3?dl=0

Okay, here’s what i did, I won’t go into too much detail, if you’re interested in something don’t hesitate to reach out:

The Drums:
Pretty standard stuff, I ended up sending the top snare mic to the Aphex Vintage Exciter to get a little bit of that crispy top end. I added some plate reverb on there as well. I sent OH’s to the flanger to make them a little bit more interesting, and then I used BF-76 to parallel compress the drums (everything except the cymbals, i think).

The Bass Guitar:
I duplicated the DI track and added SansAmp, I think I settled on a preset "hollow bass", before readjusting it a tad bit. Then I mixed the two together. After that I sent the mix of the two to the compressor (MV2) and that’s all.

The Guitars:
Didn’t do much here. Some basic eq, a little bit of compression, and a lot of parallel compression. I really like parallel compression on rock guitars. Also, I added some echo to the Solo Guitar.

Lead Vocals:
Again, standard eq, compression. Then I took some eq and made a bandpass filter, without any lows or highs. I added some Manny M distortion to it, since I felt like they needed something and added two Valhalla echos, one synced to 1/16 and the other to ¼.
Backing vocals:
I left pretty much the same chain, except for the bandpass filter, which I removed. And I added some reverb on the Falsetto one. Since I found about this forum yesterday, I didn’t have too much time to mix this song, so there’s not almost any automation done, but I think automation is important, especially on vocals.

I think that’s it. Please feel free to check out my mix and let me know how you feel about it. I think I’m gonna join you guys and become a regular here. Have a good day!

I apologize for the inconvenience, I too have changed the name of the file to match my account name.

[Mister Fox]

• IMPORTANT: please use the following naming convention:
  MC000_-_ArtistName_-_TrackName_-_ContestanttName.wav/mp3 and
  MC000_-_ArtistName_-_TrackName_-_ContestanttName_R2.wav/mp3 for Mix Round 2.

Respectfully, I suggest you make the above rule easier to read and thus easier to understand and remember.

With simplified underscores + renaming + consistent naming, it could look something like this (scrapping mp3):

• IMPORTANT: You must use the following naming convention:
  MC000_ArtistName_TrackName_YourName_R1.wav (for Mix Round 1)
  MC000_ArtistName_TrackName_YourName_R2.wav (for Mix Round 2)

Noted, will be implemented with MC052 (sans _R1.wav)

[OctopusOnFire]

Hi Octopus, pleasure to meet you!

Nice to meet you too! I also love the MV2, but don't usually put it on percussive stuff, mostly bass and voice, and I was wondering why would you use it in each mic instead of on the sum of both in/out and top/bottom mics. It makes sense, anyway.

@Moa22 71 mixes?

Holy I feel for you man. Take care and take your time.

[Michael Schneider]

Hi,

my first mix for the mix challange! Seen it today and done it in 3 hours.

wav
https://soundcloud.com/michael-schneide ... pe/s-BUjSq

My documentation will be postet after sending for keeping in time :-)

edit 22.02.2019 0:20Uhr:
=> Documentation:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/15m8gds8iteohy1/1-14.PNG?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g8jg4gzq39p4i ... R.PNG?dl=0

Sorry, I changed the name in Soundcloud, but the Downloadname still remains the same. Now the new link with the corrected name.

https://soundcloud.com/michael-schneide ... r1/s-HoZwy

[Koki21]

Yeah, that makes sense, as well. I think I'm too biased towards that plug-in. If I could I'd put it on every channel!

Hi Octopus, pleasure to meet you!

Nice to meet you too! I also love the MV2, but don't usually put it on percussive stuff, mostly bass and voice, and I was wondering why would you use it in each mic instead of on the sum of both in/out and top/bottom mics. It makes sense, anyway.

@Moa22 71 mixes?

Holy I feel for you man. Take care and take your time.

[MOA22]

41 of 71...

[Mister Fox]

No rush

[MOA22]

58 of 71...

[UprightJoe]

You're on the home stretch now!