CURRENT CHALLENGE - GENERAL INFORMATION
Time Frame: Sunday, 01st March 2020 to Saturday, 21st March 2020 (21 days)
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Song Provider: CeZar
Song Name and Length: Scars, 3:45 min
Song Information: 126 BPM / Signature: 4/4, Key of C# min
File Format: WAV, 44kHz, 24bit
GENRE: Pop-Rock
Preview of the Song:
Link to Reverbnation:
https://reverbnation.com/CeZarPage
A word from the song provider:
CeZar wrote:The song was written and recorded in autumn 2017 and was featured on my debut album “2005” which was launched in April 2018 and signed by Universal Music.
The recording was done in our home studios, I did the voices, synths and the acoustic guitars at my place, the drums, bass and electric guitars were at each of my band mates places.
This lyrics are about a past relationship I had that turned very toxic and i decided to move on.
Opinions;
This is was the last song that I’ve included on an 8 track LP called “2005”, my debut album.
I’ve done the mix twice throughout a period of 2 years as I was learning more stuff about mixing, I did this for the whole album. While the other tracks seemed to work out better, I felt that this song has never reached its’ full potential. something about the way I’ve done the production just didn’t work out the way it should have.
Do feel free to add your own mojo to the tracks!
(more technical details in the Mix Pack bundled TXTs)
A few words by the Mix Challenge staff:
Staff (Mister Fox) wrote:This is one of the rare chances, where we get access to a production that has already been released. So this challenge is purely for educational purposes. For both the participants, and the songwriter himself.
The source material offers a nice balance of "printed" sounds (guitar amps, edited vocals), and clean recordings - so you can easily mix / match to your needs (as in: either the blended mics, or go with the "clean" mics/DI tracks and then go from there).
Please keep in mind, no drum sample triggering (see rule set). The source material has been recorded so well however, you can easily build upon that with regular FX usage.
There is really not much more to add this month, other than get acquainted with the Pop/Rock genre (Wikipedia is a good start), and have fun editing.
Please also consult the TXT files that are bundled in the source files package below. There you can find more information about the individual files and changes to the time signature.
Rule Summary / Add-On Rules:
- try to create a mix that complements this production (in your own style)
- Clean / Alternative versions can be used if you need more flexibility over a certain sound (if present for this production)
- make the best out of the provided audio material (EQ, compression, transient tools, etc), no "drum sample triggering / replacement"!
- summing bus processing is allowed, as long as the dynamic range (average signal strength to maximum signal strength) doesn't suffer - use of this method is artistically!
- try to not(!) pre-master the track - the focus of this game is "mixing" - NO MASTERING
- provide the material in the same sampling rate and bitrate as originally provided. Do not convert/dither down
- ADD-ON RULES - PRODUCTION RELATED: <no special rules declared>
Please consult the official
Rules and Guidelines for a more detailed set of rules.
Failing to adhere to the rules will result in instant disqualification
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Source Files:
Main Mix Package - Mirror on the Mix Challenge Homepage (650,24 MB, LZMA compressed, zip)
IMPORTANT NOTE: file unavailable after 21-MAR-2020
The provided files were packed as ZIP with LZMA compression.
File size extracted: 1531,76 MB, packed 650,24 MB (ZIP, LZMA)
In order to extract the files, we can recommend these programs:
Macintosh:
The Unarchiver -
get it here
Keka (open source) -
get it here
Windows:
7zip -
Installation /
Portable
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Mix Challenge - Official Rules and Guidelines
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