KVR MIX CHALLENGE - MC08 February 2015 - Winners announced

[wesleyt]

I'm curious if anyone is working on some more mixes?

I'm getting close with mine. This has been a fun one. At first, I was at a loss for what to do with the guitars, but a couple guitar-playing friends have helped and I've learned a lot.

[3ee]

Much work to do atm, but who knows?...
cool song and I never mixed metal before... so that'll be interesting!

[PALU]

Good to hear that. I'm really interested in what you guys will make.

I will give my feedback on every mix - I know I want it when I'm a participant.

[westcoast2]

My mix entry...
WAV
https://soundcloud.com/dwgh/palu-matsum ... stcoast2-1

mp3
https://soundcloud.com/dwgh/palu-matsum ... westcoast2

Mixed in Reaper

A nice track and very challenging.

All tracks used VOS preFix for HP/LP filtering
Guitars and Distorted Bass were reamped using NI Guitar Rig 5 (GR5)

Unless stated, Eq - ReaEQ, Verb - Ambience, Compression - Klanghelm DC8C2.
In addition to preFix the following were used:

Bass Distorted - Eq, GR5, NI Transient, verb
Mellotron - NI SOlid Eq, verb
Bass - Eq, Compression, Verb
Guitar L & R - Eq, GR5
Guitar C - Eq, GR5, Alex Hilton A1StereoControl, verb, Pe4eneg Tremolo
Guitar Shred L & R - Eq, NI Solid Eq, Compression
Amb Drums - Eq, Verb

Drums
HiHat - Eq,
Snare Top & Bottom - Eq, Compression
Kick-In & Out, Eq, Compression, NI Transient
verb applied across this group
Toms - Eq, verb
Overheads - Eq

[PALU]

Thanks westcost2!

[ThePresent]

I'm curious if anyone is working on some more mixes?

Mine is on the way :roll

[PALU]

I'm curious if anyone is working on some more mixes?

Mine is on the way :roll

Good to hear that

[ThePresent]

I'm curious if anyone is working on some more mixes?

Mine is on the way :roll

Good to hear that

Still referencing to several tracks, last time I joined here, I forgot and it messed up my mix completely

[geroyannis]

I'm curious if anyone is working on some more mixes?

I've been struggling with 2(!) viruses for the last 10 days but I hope I'll be OK soon and find the time to give it a shot.

[ThePresent]

I've been struggling with 2(!) viruses for the last 10 days but I hope I'll be OK soon and find the time to give it a shot.

Watch out for his wav.files

[PALU]

I've been struggling with 2(!) viruses for the last 10 days but I hope I'll be OK soon and find the time to give it a shot.

Watch out for his wav.files

I'm sure he meant a Virus TI and a Virus B Rack

Nonetheless I'm looking forward for all the mixes!

[PALU]

Not very in-depth knowledge, but some good advices about mixing rock/metal guitars:

http://www.musicradar.com/tuition/tech/ ... daw-616277

[Compyfox]

Public Service Annoucement
We are extending the KVR Mix Challenge 08 by additional 4 days until next Wednesday, the 25th February.

This is due to another low participation amount (we do not want to make this into a habit!). So please spread the word about the challenge to your friends and fellows. As of this moment, you still have 6 full days (GMT+1!) until the challenge is over. One starting point is the Twitter hastag #kvrmixchallenge .

Should the challenge go into round 2, the schedule is as usual. Though we also got note of a very happy event on behalf of the song provider coming up the next weeks. So things might slow down a bit. But szalonykp is so far one of the most active "clients", and he'll let us know what's up.


So I say - enjoy the "extended" submission period (also directed at those struggling with PC issues). Spread the word (keep in mind, we still have great prices to give away!). But don't wait too long for your submission.

[Aditya.inHim]

Good Track..
Here my mixing detail with DAW REAPER :

DRUM :
Kick Snare, HH, Ambience : SSL EQ, SSL Comp/1176
Toms : SSL EQ, 1176, Rough Rider

BASS :
Ignite SHB-1, Boost the edge, sub enhancer, EQ

GUITAR (Re-amp using ignite Emissary, Nadir, and Tomato pre-amp:
Center : Compress, Tape emu for softening hi, Delay ping pong
GTR L & R : Comp, Stripbus
GTR Shred L & R : IVGI, Stripbus, send to mono bus
GTR MONO BUS : SSL COMP, TDR Slick EQ

MELLOTRON : ADT, ReaEQ

Reverb : Valhalla VintageVerb

I using so many automation volume, fx, and others to give some excitement

MASTERBUS : Still my secret recipe.. not only about fx chain. thanks to flexibility in reaper.. and 50% my mix done by this..

sorry for my bad english
God bless..

https://soundcloud.com/inhim-production ... im-std-wav

https://soundcloud.com/inhim-production ... im-std-mp3

[g_liou]

Hello everyone!!

Thank you for giving us the chance to create the guitar tones ourselves. It was very constructive and i enjoyed mixing this great song!!

Here's my entry
WAV: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/cit ... u.wav?dl=0

mp3: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/7jd ... 3.mp3?dl=0

I mixed in Reaper monitoring only through headphones and checking the balance on my smartphone speakers.

I used ReaEQ on all tracks
Guitar C: i used Poulin LeCto and NadIR with a Mesa cabinet impulse and ReaDelay
L&R Guitars: Poulin's HyBrit with a Fredman IR
Shred Gtr L: Ignite Amps Emissary with Orange IR
Shred Gtr R: TS-999, Poulin Legion, Mesa IR
For the Guitar Reverbs i used Voxengo OldSkoolVerb for room and VoS epicVerb as a long reverb effect

Dist Bass: ReaComp and IVGI for some drive
Bass: IVGI and Molot compressor

For the drum tracks i only EQed, compressed the individual tom tracks and used VoS FerricTDS on the bus
I only EQed the Mellotron track (by the way, how did u record the mellotron track??)

On the master bus i used subtle Eq, very little compression with TDR Kotelnikov and i controlled the low end by compressing about 1,5 dB up to 220 hZ with ReaXcomp.

Enjoy!!