KVR MIX CHALLENGE - MC14 September 2015 - Winners announced

[Davias]

Ok here is my mix. I'm always late at everything I'm doing but here I am Hope this times I triple checked my mix buss before uploading ^^

About the mix :
Nice track to work with, I tried make a mix between past and modern sound. Using a lot of analog emulations and old school reverb for the vintage feel and giving the whole a modern dynamics and EQ, I hope I made something approaching maybe there's a little lack of low end in the bass (or maybe too much), I have hard time evaluating the bass level in my room, but that can be corrected easily with an EQ. At first I rendered and sent to a friend for listening at his home, and there was too much bass, I applied a correction but that friend was asleep then so maybe I removed too much... sadly I think we can only propose one mix so here it is ^^

FLAC 24 bits :
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xkavzrbg94fa5 ... .flac?dl=0

MP3:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qgprpbppb9g5x ... s.mp3?dl=0

Details :
- on each tracks : gainer > ssl console (satson cm) > analog eq (coolredfree) > tube console (sknote stripbus) > limiter and/or clipper if needed > vu
- on each submix buss : gainer > crosstalk > tesslapro mkii us console > limiter > vu
mix buss : gainer > crosstalk > console (saturn us pre) > fairchild compression (density mkiii) > amp emu > vu

- Kick : EQ > 1176 compression (rocket) > EQ
- snare bot : eq > multiband dynamics > 1176 compression
- snare top : multiband dynamics > eq
- overheads : tape emu
- ride suppl : stereo enhancer > monoizer
- the drums are sent into a old school reverb (rev250 sknote) with short tail

- drum buss : 1176 comp > clipper > dbx comp (c165a) > vari-mu (mjucjr) > tape emu > multiband limiter

- bass : multiband dynamics > gate > multiband leveller > monoizer > bass enhancer > eq > multiband dynamics > compressor (sta limit) > eq

- bass buss : sidechained by the kick

- gt acc x2 : panned left & right > mono low & top > gate > tube > multiband dynamics > analog eq (ochre) > eq > comp (sta limit) > comp la-3a (optron 3a) > console (sdrr)
- gtr fill 1 : eq the highs > eq
- gtr fill 2 : stereoizer
- gtr solos : 1st one is mono, then each new guitar is more stereo with stereo enhancing
- gtr solos sub buss : eq

- lead voc : multibands dynamics > eq > la-2a comp (thrillseekerla) > exciter > multiband dynamics > cl1b compression (modernVCME) > eq > de-esser > analog eq (ochre)
- lead voc dbl : is stereo enhanced then goes into leac voc channel and fxes
- voc bgv mid hi and mid low are panned opposite
- voc bgv sub buss : eq the highs

- instruments sub buss : sidechained by the snare
- instruments + vocals buss : hi pass > tape emu

As always good luck to everybody

[Compyfox]

Friendly reminder:
A bit more than 24 hours left to mix.



Though I did contact the client due to a couple of you folks mentioning "I might not make it in time". Life happens, I can totally relate. Maybe we'll do an extension of one or two additional days in turn for more mixes to listen to. Does that sound fair and offer suitable enough time to finish up things?

[velve666]

Friendly reminder:
A bit more than 24 hours left to mix.



Though I did contact the client due to a couple of you folks mentioning "I might not make it in time". Life happens, I can totally relate. Maybe we'll do an extension of one or two additional days in turn for more mixes to listen to. Does that sound fair and offer suitable enough time to finish up things?

Im on board with this.

[g_liou]

Hello everyone!

Here's my entry for this great song:

WAV: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3oJ-m ... sp=sharing

MP3: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3oJ-m ... sp=sharing

I mixed in Cubase 8 monitoring through headphones.
I EQed, compressed (and on few tracks saturated) almost every channel using the built in channel strip.
Additionally i used Kuassa basiQ and Molot compressor on the lead vocals, Red 3 Compressor on the background vocals bus, TDR Kotelnikov (1dB gain reduction) and the Saturation knob on the mix bus.
On the Reverb busses i have RoomWorks SE and VoS epicVerb for the snare hits.
I also used 2 Delay busses with Steinberg's MonoDelay and Kjaerhus Classic Delay.

Enjoy!

[Compyfox]

Im on board with this.

I can't give any guarantee - but I'll know in a couple of hours.

[erictracks]

Friendly reminder:
A bit more than 24 hours left to mix.



Though I did contact the client due to a couple of you folks mentioning "I might not make it in time". Life happens, I can totally relate. Maybe we'll do an extension of one or two additional days in turn for more mixes to listen to. Does that sound fair and offer suitable enough time to finish up things?

I could use an extra day or two.

[Compyfox]

Good news, everyone.

I just got positive word by the "client" - we can extend the challenge by additional 48 hours in hope to see more mixes. So if you've struggled due to time constraints so far, now is your chance. And if you know somebody that loves to do mixes within a specific time limit, please spread the word.

The new deadline is:
Wednesday, 23-09-2015 11:59pm PDT


Good luck and have fun mixing!

[MaxFell]

Good news, everyone.

I just got positive word by the "client" - we can extend the challenge by additional 48 hours in hope to see more mixes. So if you've struggled due to time constraints so far, now is your chance. And if you know somebody that loves to do mixes within a specific time limit, please spread the word.

The new deadline is:
Wednesday, 23-09-2015 11:59pm PDT


Good luck and have fun mixing!

Cool! Thanks! My current state is about 75% from totally finished mix, so I definitely will post my mixes in two days or so.

[Kolyev]

I just finished mine:

mp3:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5revz6ee0m563 ... v.mp3?dl=0

wave:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/a47gzuamwoz1j ... v.wav?dl=0

Here is what I did:

Drums:
bassdrum: slightly compressed with Cubase Vintage Compressor, EQ and some slight boosts with the waves V-EQ 4 that I used on quite a lot of elements of the mix
Snare: basically the same processing as the bassdrum
Room and Overhead: also slightly compressed
Toms: gated the tail a notch
Apart from that EQ on all channels, Drum Group glued together with IK Multimedia Precision Compressor and a bit of tube saturation.
The big reverb on the snare is CSR Plate Reverb.

Bass:
Compressed with cubase vintage compressor, also sidechained to the kick (but just one or two db gain reduction), a touch of saturation. Parallel distortion to bring out the mids and highs using quadrafuzz 2
Guitars:
A bit of compression on all guitar group channels, EQing and a boost here and there with the V-EQ 4.

Backing Vocals:
tightened the pitch a bit for a more cohesive sound. Heavy compression, gain the V-EQ4, Toneboosters Reel Bus. Pushed back in the mix with a bigger reverb space than the lead vocals.

Lead Vocals:
Compression, EQing, saturation. A slap back echo is added for depth and kind of a vintage feel.

All Reverbs except for the snare reverb are Steinberg Revelation.

Now to the more interesting stuff:
Apart from the usual volume automations on several channels I've added some more movement throughout the mix.
In general the mix is getting wider over time. Background Vocals are widened by a stereo widening effect during the chorus. Lead Vocals get wetter with Reverb and a chorus effect is also added during the chorus. In both cases more of the effect is used in the last chorus as this is supposed to be the biggest one.
The panning of the acoustic guitars is also automated, halfway to the left and right during the verse and getting wider in the chorus. In the last section of the song they are panned completely to the left and right.
Panning of the fill guitars is also automated, however not as obvious as the acoustic guitars.

[davemcisaac]

"Try The WYSIWYG Editor (Experimental)" - Don't do it! My entire post didn't post!
I'll be back later!

[Compyfox]

Dave! So my Tweets came through.
Glad to see you back on the KVR MC!

[polygonsheep]

My submission

https://soundcloud.com/polygonsheep/jef ... lygonsheep

https://www.dropbox.com/s/l944viz2eh1xg ... p.wav?dl=0

Obviously a lot of volume mixing across all instruments. Regarding effects,
Drums - reverb sends as needed, tape saturation, light compression
BG Vocals - reverb, saturation, light compression
Lead Vocals - this was difficult to get the sound I wanted. Spent a lot of time messing with reverbs, chorus, eq, and saturation.
Acoustic Guitars - compression, reverb, and eq. Light touches on all those. Panned hard left/right
Fill Guitars - lots of reverb, a little compression and eq, some saturation
Electric backing guitars - just some reverb and compression
Guitar solos - hard panning, reverb, saturation, eq, compression
Master - compression, eq

Done in Logic, u-he Uhbik for the reverbs. Still learning it.

Fun song, definitely a change-up from last month.

[davemcisaac]

Thanks for the extension! I was going to complain about it, feeling it was unfair to those who busted their buns to get their mix submitted by the deadline, then I failed to get mine submitted because I tried the "Try The WYSIWYG Editor (Experimental)" and my submission didn't post and there just wasn't any time available to me to re-submit before the deadline. So no complaints here!

As far as my mix is concerned, I went for a bit of a hybrid sound - the big snare sound where requested, lush reverb on the harmonies and a considerable amount on the lead vox combined with a bit of slapback delay (retro) and even included a bit of slapback on the solo guitars (they weren't shy on using effects back in the day) and combined that with a modern full spectrum sound with deep lows on the kick & bass.

The primary problem was getting the untreated room sound out of the Lead Vox. I did use the original vocal tracks and did a lot of subtractive EQing using both the MDynamic EQ and the MEqualizer, then did a bit of shaping with the BootEQmkII. For leveling I used the MCompressor and the MAutoVolume plugins along with sidechaining to duck the guitars slightly. I think I was fairly successful in getting a smooth tone on the Lead Vox.

I did a bit of automatic pitch correction on the Lead Voc & Lead Voc Dbl to help tighten them to the song and did the same on all the Solo & Fill Guits to get a tighter sound.

I used Eventide's Ultrachannel on the Kick, Snare, Toms and the Drum Bus along with a bit of Bark of Dog on the kick to add some thump and on the snare to add some body.

I mixed on Reaper using Satsun Channel on all the tracks and Satsun Bus on all the busses for a bit of an analog sound. The I exported the groups as stems (Vocals, Bass & Drums, Acc Guits, BG & Fill Guits, and Solo Guits) to Mixbus 3 to get a bit of their saturation and used (on the master bus) MDynamicEq with a low shelf set @ around 1kHz with around +5.5 dB dynamics and a fairly high Q to add some overall warmth and fullness, Slate's VBC FG-Red for the master bus comp, MSpectralDynamics with a kind of de-esser setting to get rid of any harshness. I exported that mix and did some final tweaking on Wavosaur where I used another instance of MDynamicEq to even out the low end and added a touch of SPL Vitalizer MK2-T to sweeten the mix and add a tiny bit of stereo widening. Then I used an instance of MCompressor set at an extremely fast attack & release to trim some pesky peaks.

It's great to finally be a part of the KVR MC - I hope you enjoy my mix!

mp3:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pnii96bfbta31 ... s.mp3?dl=0

wav:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cwncsp1zlgph3 ... s.wav?dl=0

[Compyfox]

Thanks for the extension! I was going to complain about it, feeling it was unfair to those who busted their buns to get their mix submitted by the deadline, then I failed to get mine submitted because I tried the "Try The WYSIWYG Editor (Experimental)" and my submission didn't post and there just wasn't any time available to me to re-submit before the deadline. So no complaints here!

Even then, I mostly "oversleep" the deadline and people can still sneak in a mix.

But definitely welcome aboard.



Oh and... friendly reminder for the remaining participants sitting on the fence:
A bit more than 24hours left to submit your mix.

[vasdim]

Hi all,
this is my attempt to mix:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3ud63tg0c44fm ... m.mp3?dl=0

Good luck to all.
VasDim