Here is mine:
https://soundcloud.com/asylum_sound/mc22-june-2016
MIX CHALLENGE - MC22 June 2016 - Winners announced
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 14738 posts since 19 Oct, 2003 from Berlin, Germany
Hello to the new faces, and a friendly reminder for everyone:
Including today, 7 days left to submit our mix for Mix Round 1
Including today, 7 days left to submit our mix for Mix Round 1
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- KVRer
- 20 posts since 20 Apr, 2016
Hi All! 
Here we go for round one. Nice work Bjulin btw.
https://soundcloud.com/kevin-gobin/bjul ... evin-gobin
https://soundcloud.com/kevin-gobin/bjul ... -gobin-mp3
Here we go for round one. Nice work Bjulin btw.
https://soundcloud.com/kevin-gobin/bjul ... evin-gobin
https://soundcloud.com/kevin-gobin/bjul ... -gobin-mp3
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 14738 posts since 19 Oct, 2003 from Berlin, Germany
A friendly reminder:
Ringing in the bells for the last 72 hours (3 days).
Ringing in the bells for the last 72 hours (3 days).
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- KVRist
- 61 posts since 10 Jul, 2010 from United States
In keeping with the Soundtrack theme of this challenge, I felt there needed to be massive low end (for the theater experience) with a lot of shimmering highs to fit the genre. Since all the tracks were stereo and included their own FX & panning, I did very little there. Mainly just a balancing act and giving everything their own tonal place in the mix. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed mixing it!
https://soundcloud.com/dr-audio-labs/sets/kvr-mc22
https://soundcloud.com/dr-audio-labs/sets/kvr-mc22
Dave McIsaac
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- KVRAF
- 3817 posts since 8 Mar, 2006
hey peeps! 
here's the mp3: https://app.box.com/s/ry4ovi1ddj5cuo7d933i13vm704zritk
here's the wav: https://app.box.com/s/rn0iomkb1z4yzjxsv1x5ynywe935wh97
After setting init levels, begun mix in mono with the drums, then backed off to about 75% mono merged to get a bit of an idea about the stereo image... mixing like this, after returning to normal, I immediately reached for the stereo width knob or M/S eq on individual drums.
Song was a bit too "spacious" for me so I had to get all the tracks where what I thought was the norm to begin with.... Not to mention the printed reverb on the piano especially (on the harp too but not so much trouble) was always getting in the way so I created a "de-verber" from a multi-band expander made out of FF Pro-MB + notched out some resonant hangs with eq so that helped a bit.
(anyway, I suspect Bjulin won't like that the piano is now at a lower volume/level from his version
)
Subtle 2bus processing includes:
Presswerk doing about 1-2db GR tops mostly when the drums hit
FF Pro-MB taming some bands, very subtle use though...
TB ReelBus for glue and to smooth out the very tops
Waves L1 doing "nothing" ... well almost (it's adding 24bit dither)
here's the mp3: https://app.box.com/s/ry4ovi1ddj5cuo7d933i13vm704zritk
here's the wav: https://app.box.com/s/rn0iomkb1z4yzjxsv1x5ynywe935wh97
After setting init levels, begun mix in mono with the drums, then backed off to about 75% mono merged to get a bit of an idea about the stereo image... mixing like this, after returning to normal, I immediately reached for the stereo width knob or M/S eq on individual drums.
Song was a bit too "spacious" for me so I had to get all the tracks where what I thought was the norm to begin with.... Not to mention the printed reverb on the piano especially (on the harp too but not so much trouble) was always getting in the way so I created a "de-verber" from a multi-band expander made out of FF Pro-MB + notched out some resonant hangs with eq so that helped a bit.
(anyway, I suspect Bjulin won't like that the piano is now at a lower volume/level from his version
)Subtle 2bus processing includes:
Presswerk doing about 1-2db GR tops mostly when the drums hit
FF Pro-MB taming some bands, very subtle use though...
TB ReelBus for glue and to smooth out the very tops
Waves L1 doing "nothing" ... well almost (it's adding 24bit dither)
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- KVRist
- 65 posts since 25 Aug, 2014
Here is my mix.
mp3:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wtbvy4dw2yhv3 ... v.mp3?dl=0
wave:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6llvh8es6wu7b ... v.wav?dl=0
Very nice track. Sounds great already even with no processing, so I focused on giving each sound its individual space with little processing.
I focused the song on the piano and built the rest around it, aiming at a big and clear sound. Secondary elements were the harp and the arps.
FX are quite low in volume as I wanted them to add interest without drawing too much attention from the melodic elements.
mp3:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wtbvy4dw2yhv3 ... v.mp3?dl=0
wave:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6llvh8es6wu7b ... v.wav?dl=0
Very nice track. Sounds great already even with no processing, so I focused on giving each sound its individual space with little processing.
I focused the song on the piano and built the rest around it, aiming at a big and clear sound. Secondary elements were the harp and the arps.
FX are quite low in volume as I wanted them to add interest without drawing too much attention from the melodic elements.
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- KVRist
- 320 posts since 16 Mar, 2005 from Nürnberg, Germany
Please make your mix downloadable.
Thanks!
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 14738 posts since 19 Oct, 2003 from Berlin, Germany
A friendly reminder:
We're in the last 24 hours. Please finish and submit your mix now!
We're in the last 24 hours. Please finish and submit your mix now!
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- KVRer
- 9 posts since 19 Jul, 2015 from Huntington, WV
Great track to mix. Really great sounds. Didn't really do a whole lot. Tried to find a good balance. Tried not to hide the bass and beef up the drums a little. I also moved the snare a little. I just liked it there. I had the Klanghelm MJUC on the mix bus from the start with a tiny bit of compression. I also used parallel compression on the drums. Also parallel compression on the bass on cello on the same aux. I didn't bury the effects because i thought it made the track seem more dynamic with all the stereo panning already there. I high passed most of the tracks. Thanks to Bjulin for the track and Compyfox for running the show. Cheers.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/je9ock39iwi1m ... z.mp3?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1tnnxtf6v3zuh ... z.wav?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/je9ock39iwi1m ... z.mp3?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1tnnxtf6v3zuh ... z.wav?dl=0
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- KVRist
- 49 posts since 17 Jun, 2015 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hey, everyone.
So this is my mix:
https://soundcloud.com/smartmix/bjulin- ... thiagoam88
WAV: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_g4B ... DhmNEh6WHM
MP3: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_g4B ... FlndUcwU1U
IMO the original mix was already very good so my job was just to NOT screw things up
. I just lowered the gain on some tracks to give me more headroom to work and focused in creating space for every instrument using EQ and compression.
Some highlights:
- To me, the leads in terms of melody were the piano and harp;
- On the intro, some instruments were automated (specially the bassline) to build up and create even more movement to the song;
- I tightened up the drums with a gate and added some reverb for more impact. Also used parallel compression to give it more body;
- The FX were also automated to maintain its support role in a consistent level.
- Buss processing included console and tape saturation, minor EQ moves and an SSL-style compression.
Good luck to all!
So this is my mix:
https://soundcloud.com/smartmix/bjulin- ... thiagoam88
WAV: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_g4B ... DhmNEh6WHM
MP3: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_g4B ... FlndUcwU1U
IMO the original mix was already very good so my job was just to NOT screw things up
. I just lowered the gain on some tracks to give me more headroom to work and focused in creating space for every instrument using EQ and compression. Some highlights:
- To me, the leads in terms of melody were the piano and harp;
- On the intro, some instruments were automated (specially the bassline) to build up and create even more movement to the song;
- I tightened up the drums with a gate and added some reverb for more impact. Also used parallel compression to give it more body;
- The FX were also automated to maintain its support role in a consistent level.
- Buss processing included console and tape saturation, minor EQ moves and an SSL-style compression.
Good luck to all!
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- KVRian
- 1172 posts since 21 Jul, 2012
Thanks for the reminder as it had totally slipped my mind. It's downloadable nowBjulin wrote:Please make your mix downloadable.
Thanks!
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- KVRian
- 784 posts since 3 Apr, 2013 from Belgium
Mix incoming !
[MP3]
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5ik1skan2fsas ... s.mp3?dl=0
[FLAC]
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5lhmsegzmy33p ... .flac?dl=0...
[MIX NOTES]
Nice track, and excellent quality of stems ^^
I saw this mix as to be cinematic/spatial/aquatic and this is what I tried to achieve. Since the stems were clean already I just eq a bit here and there to remove some lows or highs, and to unmask a bit instruments. I used some saturation on some tracks to make them more audible. Finally I tried to glue it all a bit with tape. compression only used on 1 instrument and on drums. a slight reverb on some drums to give them a tail. stereo almost untouched as it was already there.
Good luck to everybody ^^
[MP3]
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5ik1skan2fsas ... s.mp3?dl=0
[FLAC]
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5lhmsegzmy33p ... .flac?dl=0...
[MIX NOTES]
Nice track, and excellent quality of stems ^^
I saw this mix as to be cinematic/spatial/aquatic and this is what I tried to achieve. Since the stems were clean already I just eq a bit here and there to remove some lows or highs, and to unmask a bit instruments. I used some saturation on some tracks to make them more audible. Finally I tried to glue it all a bit with tape. compression only used on 1 instrument and on drums. a slight reverb on some drums to give them a tail. stereo almost untouched as it was already there.
Good luck to everybody ^^
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- KVRer
- 4 posts since 15 Sep, 2014
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 14738 posts since 19 Oct, 2003 from Berlin, Germany
We're now having the 22nd June, about 4pm - the first Mix Round has officially ended.
We have 11 submissions prior to the given time limit, and one additional that arrived a couple of hours late. As usual, we're now going into the evaluation phase of Mix Round 1 - please watch this spot.
We have 11 submissions prior to the given time limit, and one additional that arrived a couple of hours late. As usual, we're now going into the evaluation phase of Mix Round 1 - please watch this spot.