FileName: MC079_Javi_Ramallo__Lo_siento_por_Sevilla__Pistolpete.wav
8-6-2021
Software: Cubase 10.5 Pro
Monitoring: Sennheiser 280HD headphones, Checked mix in old Foxtex PM-5 monitors, as well as through Astro A40 gaming Headsets.
Plugins: Waves, Valhalla, Steinberg
Track Statistics - "MC079_Javi_Ramallo__Lo_siento_por_Sevilla__Pistolpete.wav"
Date;Friday, August 6, 2021
Loudness_Value;-20.17 LUFS
Loudness_Range;3.51 LU
Max_True_Peak_Level;-5.97 dBTP
Max_Momentary_Loudness;-16.77 LUFS
Max_Short_Term_Loudness;-18.29 LUFS
Sample Rate;44.100 kHz
Average RMS (AES-17) Left;-20.19 dB
Average RMS (AES-17) Right;-20.05 dB
Max. RMS Left;-16.83 dB
Max. RMS Right;-16.82 dB
Max. RMS;-16.82 dB
Min. Sample Value Left;-6.20 dB
Min. Sample Value Right;-5.98 dB
Max. Sample Value Left;-6.02 dB
Max. Sample Value Right;-5.97 dB
Peak Amplitude Left;-6.02 dB
Peak Amplitude Right;-5.97 dB
True Peak Left;-5.97 dB
True Peak Right;-5.97 dB
DC Offset Left;-oo dB
DC Offset Right;-84.61 dB
Bit Depth Left;24 bit
Bit Depth Right;24 bit
Estimated Pitch Left;1923.7Hz/B5
Estimated Pitch Right;1910.3Hz/A#5
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Hey Everyone! I appreciate this forum and for the artists who allow us to mix their work. I worked mostly in the hiphop industry, so 95% of the projects were composed of 2 track instrumentals and mixing live vocals into the 2 track. I needed more experience actually mixing music with full instrument data, which is why I love this opportunity. I joined last months project and learned about ducking/side chaining as I rarely needed it with 2 track beasts, so to say the least I am learning and inspired! This is probably the 3rd or 4th full mix I have done involving all of the instrumentation. I can tell my 6 year old AMD x6 1090T CPU needs to be updated badly, as near the final edits I was squeezing out any CPU I could and pushing the mix to the max.
Anyhow, enough with the sappy stuff... LOL Here is my mix details.
MixProcess Overview:
I copied all of the datafiles into a project, set 44k, 24 parameters, and brought all of the track volumes down to a nominal level. I didn’t listen to the references or anything to influence my mix prior, and just let my ears and creativity guide me. I did read the artists description of the song and notes.
For visual Monitoring, I set my VU to -18db, my Waves WLM PLus EBR 128-18 LUFS 18, I use Waves PAZ Analyzer for spectrum and Stereoscope and set the main channel VU to K-14 scale to help leave plenty of headroom for mixing up the volume and for the mastering engineer.
Generally I start with importing the tracks and just giving the song a listen. Then generally, I will start with Drums/snare/kick to set my levels, however since this track was more acoustic/live sounding and a love song I wanted the guitars, bass and vocals to be my focal points, with most of my focus on the vocals and building the emotion. I wanted the claps to play a more background role, almost like the singer and a few band members were playing live in a city square, and the crowd was clapping along. Mainly I wanted the vocals, guitar and bass to drive the momentum.
After volume leveling, panning, I focused on each instrument for clarity, presence and placement in the 3d field. After everything was clear and placed I added delays, reverbs, flangers as well as some saturation and additional compression to push instruments into the sound field.
I did a few revisions as my original mix was a little to hot for the contest parameters, so I dropped it down a bit, adjusted a few other instruments and here is the final mix...
I also wasn’t sure if the “squeeky toy” sound at the very end was a significant part of the song (such as a memoir of the girl) or if it was a possible recording background noise…?? so I went with the Memoir, and accented it with a reverb at the very end of the song, to carry off like it was message to the girl sending off to silence as it as it drifts off.
I also had a lot of trouble getting the Percussion (kick) to cut through loud and thumpy, so I sidechained the bass, and some of the guitar channels to the kick, to duck the kick. I also tried to add some harmonics and compression to really get a good Thump… almost like a heart is beating…
This was a fun song to mix and I hope it is enjoyed by the artists and forum.
Mixing Details:
Channels:
Shaker L: Scheps OmniChannel (Pre, EQ, Comp), Panned L21, Routed to Shaker Group Channel
Shaker R: Same as L, but panned L21. Routed to Shaker Group Channel
Percussion: I duplicated this track, and on 1 track I cut out all of the kicks, and left the Hits, On the duplicate I left all of the kicks, and cut out the hits. This way I was able to work with each sound profile separate.
Percussion (Kick) Scheps Omnichannel, CLA Drums (EQ, Compression, reverb, Gate), and Abby Road Saturation. My goal was to really add a nice Thump to the kick with some good low end, but still wanted to keep it more subtle at the same time. Routed to Percussion Group Channel,
Percussion (Hit): Scheps Omnichannel: (Pre, comp, eq, gate), Panned R31 and sent to Percussion Group Channel:
Clap L and R: Both used Scheps Ominchannel, Pre, EQ, Desser, Comp), Panned L44 and R46, send to Clap Group
Little Drum: Scheps Ominchannel (Pre, EQ, Comp, Deess, gate) Sent to Percussion Group, no panning
Bass: The bass I really wanted to give a nice solid end with a good presense in the mix, since it seemed to drive the lowend of the mix with minimal drums present, so I pushed it pretty hard on the low end, and wanted to give it a almost slight grungy feel to add emotion. I used Scheps Omichannel (Pre, EQ, Compress, Comp and Gate) and then CLA Bass ( adjust the tone and bring it up in the mix). Routed to Bass Group Channel. No panning I also set a side channel to the Kick to duck and make sure the kick sat well.
Reverse Cymbal: I really liked the placement of this, and wanted it to be more of a “glue” to the transitions but also to tie in some of the silence too as a distortion, so I tuned it with Scheps Omichannel, and followed up with a huge reverb using Vahalla Supermassive. This was sent to Main stereo bus.
Little FX better: I left this center channel and sent it to my shaker group channel
Little FX L: this was panned R69 and I used Scheps Omnichannel to eq out unused or unliked frequencies and to enhance its sharpness to cut through in the mic. Sent to FX Channel
Guitar Channels: Im not going to list each separately, for the sake of time, but each guitar channel used Scheps Omichannel (Deess, Gate, Comp, EQ). All guitar channels were sent to the guitar bus.
Rhythm guitar, I added additionally Maserati Guitar which is a harmonics, effect, saturation plug as I wanted this guitar to really have a nice tone and presence over the others. Panned R45
Spanish Guitar 2 I added CLA guitar (EQ, Comp, Reverb and Pitch) as this was panned hard L71 and I wanted it to “sing” out in the mix.
Synth: This was a pretty cool sounds and really was a nice compliment to the silence in the track, so I wanted to keep it spacy and give it some movement, so I left it center pan, added Scheps Comichannel ( Gate, Pre, Eq, Dess, Comp), added a Melva Flanger to give it some motion, and CLA Effects (EQ, Distortion, Reverb)
Vocals I really wanted to spend time on, as it was a love song, and I wanted it to set the tone for the rest of the song. Each channel I did add pitch correction to, however it seemed like the main vocals may have had some type of pitch correction already on them in the very beginning of the song.
Main Vox: Scheps Omnichannel (agte, pre, eq, deess, comp). I added CLA vocals for a tone eq, slight reverb and slap delay. Vocal Rider to help give the vocals some life and movement in the mix. Butch Vig Vocals for some tone and air, and H-Delay to give a filtered Telephone type slap to give almost a 2nd backup. With the song being about a relationship that happened over the phone I believe (I don’t speak the language) I wanted to play into that a bit with the vocals, not overdo it ,but just give a slight ode to that element. Sent to a Main Vox Group
Lead Vocal Supports: Both were sent to a Backup Vox Group Channel. Each track panned L63 and R63, On the left channel I added a “telephone” type filter with Butch Vig Vocal. On the group channel for this, I added Pitch correction, Scheps Omichannel (, pre, eq, comp), Vahalla Spacial and Vocal Rider sidechained to the main vocal to fill in when the Mains were also getting louder.
Backup Vox: Send dry to a Backup Vox Group Channel: On the group channel I added Pitch correction, Scheps Omnichannel, Valhalla Supermassive with a large reverb and Vocal Rider side chained to the main vocal to interact with the loud vocals and fill in the quieter parts.
Group Channels: I used group channels mainly for combining like tracks/instruments for easier “batch” volume control, and to add saturation, tonal EQ changes, reverbs and sometimes strictly as a secondary volume fader when balancing the overall mix. Here are some of the Group Channel plugs I used:
Guitars: CLA guitar, Maserati Gutar (eq, compression, reverb, delays, saturation)
Shaker (I wanted a nice fat reverb on this and since it shared similar frequencies as vocals, I used CLA vocals (eq, comp, delay, verb) as well as added additional reverb with Valhalla supermassive.
Percussion: Again I wanted the percussion to be clear, present, but also have nice presence, so I used CLA drums to help slam the kick and add harmonics, but also give a nice tone shaping to the overall percussion.
BASS: I used Abby Road Saturation for helping the bass give an nice thick warm presence.
Other than the above mentioned, most other group channels were used for volume balancing only, or a slight additional tuning with Scheps Omnichannel.
Main Buss: No plugins added other than a Brickwall Limiter Set to -6 db.
. I just click on the link and listen the mix
yes....hmm... my bad 
I simply keep tweaking until the very last moment and i write my post in the very last minute fighting with seconds while im rendering my audio. Apparently i missed the deadline here and there. This is not good. Not because i miss but because i cannot share my full idea of my conception, thoughts, problems....only a few lines.