For those interested in winning some plugins and/or a PRS guitar:
http://www.bozdigitallabs.com/mixing-contest/
http://www.bozdigitallabs.com/mixing-contest/
I think I'm going to have to give this a shot. I've never mixed anything like this before. And I don't stand a chance against some of you guys!
Glad to see more people taking a crack at it. It's starting to feel like an engineering forum again, haha.
Don't know about you guys but I found it really difficult to lock the kick and bass in on this one. I think a large part of it is due to the bass performance being so dynamic, the tone being so awkward and.... well, the runs are out of key. Also, to those who didn't notice it, they edited the bass transients right on top of the kick, so the two clash by nature. Offsetting the bass by around 30ms lets your lows breathe a lot more naturally.
Nice Gonna do an entry, but jesus this source material is a mess.
The flipped polarity on one side of the overheads and the awkward sounding room mics were also a nice touch. Ended up blending in some kick, snare and tom room samples just to get things to breathe a bit more.
Ermz, did you notice the pumping and glitching from time-stretching on the overhead, ride and snare tracks? That was a weird one.
Well, there is always 4th place, we all have a chance at that one.I think I'm going to have to give this a shot. I've never mixed anything like this before. And I don't stand a chance against some of you guys!
Better than 95% of the self-tracked stuff I usually get from bands, and better than a LOT of studios around here