MiX iT! 1d – Post It: Mixes + Files [Opens Faster - No EMBEDs]

[Charles Dye]

This thread is a duplicate of the original Post It thread. The only difference is it doesn't contain the embedded QT players, so it loads faster. The purpose of this thread is to make downloading the files easier for people who had difficulty with the original thread.

Hope this helps.

Mix submissions are closed. If you have a mix you want to add please PM either Chris or myself.

If you missed this round, please join us next time. But there is still plenty to learn. Please join in on the discussions in the following threads:

Drums + Bass (http://womb.mixerman.net/showthread.php?t=4378)

Guitars + Keys (http://womb.mixerman.net/showthread.php?t=4379)

Lead + BG Vox (http://womb.mixerman.net/showthread.php?t=4380)

The Big Picture (http://womb.mixerman.net/showthread.php?t=4381) (overall balance, stereo buss processing, automation + misc.)

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This thread is ONLY for posting your mixes, and project/session files, or hardware settings jpgs.

Please do not discuss the mixes here. See the Discuss It Threads section below for links to the discussions.

If you have tech problems posting your files, please post that in the The Big Picture (+ misc) thread (http://womb.mixerman.net/showthread.php?t=4381), or you can PM myself or Chris. Thanx!



MiXiT Event #1 - Post It

We are almost ready to enter the final phase of the MiX iT Event #1, sponsored by Kagi Media (http://kagimedia.com) and Auraleo Advanced Learning (http://auraleo.com), the Discuss It phase.

But before we enter that final phase we need your MIXES. In this thread we want you to upload your mixes, as well as your project / session files and/or jpegs of outboard / hardware settings.

Please read the notes / instructions below very carefully before posting.


Timeframe

This thread will be open for 48 hours, until Wednesday, September 5th 2007.


What You Should Post

1. Attach and EMBED Your MIX.

You must attach and EMBED your mix of Simple Little Bird by Aces High in your post. (Please read how to EMBED a file below.) This is IMPORTANT. It will allow people to hear your song in the thread, without leaving the site or downloading it. It will make things much easier.

Please provide us with a stereo mix in one of the following formats: m4a, m4p, or AAC @ 160 Kbps. (iTunes should be available for all platforms + can create m4a files from WAV files.)

The mix should NOT be mastered (i.e. uncrushed). IOW, please no heavy brickwall limiting. This is not a mastering event. This is a mixing event. The loudest mix will NOT be considered the best sounding. We are all smarter than that.

2. Your session INFO

Please provide us with a zipped version of your project/session file (if mixed with DAW), or jpgs of hardware settings (if mixed on console + OBG)

3. Your Platform

Please tell us the basics of the platform you mixed the song on.


File Labeling

It is VERY IMPORTANT that you prepare your attachments before uploading them to this thread. Please make sure you NAME them correctly. We all know by now that the song you mixed is Simple Little Bird - by Aces High. Essential is that we know WHO mixed it so for convenience sake for everybody participating (79 participants possibly submitting a mix !!!!) we want you to name your MIX by your handle / posters' name followed by -MIX or -INFO.

We also want to know which MiXiT event you did this mix (Like MiXiT1, or 2, or etc...) so in the future we can tell them apart.

So : if your name is 'Mixerman' for example we want you to name your attachments like this :

MiXiT1_Mixerman-MIX.mp4 for your Mix

and

MiXiT1_Mixerman-INFO.zip for your zipped info files

This way we can all easily find the relevant mixes once the discussions start.


Attachments

We want ONE post per participant. This post should contain 2 attachments (your mix & your zipped session info).

In the Advanced Text editor in 'reply' mode, you will see a section called Additional Options and within this section you will find a Manage Attachments button. When you push this button a pop up opens in which you can manage your uploads. Please make sure that all uploads are finished before you submit your post to this thread.


Embedding Files

To EMBED your audio file (so you get the little QT transport) follow these steps:

Make sure you are in the Advanced text editor. (The one with all the emoticons on the right.)
Attach your m4a, m4p, or AAC audio file as outlined above.
Copy the link of the mix attachment by right clicking or CTRL-clicking on the attachment link after you have attached it.
Type the word "mix" on it's own line where you want the QT player to go.
Select or highlight the word "mix".
Click on the little black speaker symbol on the top + right of the advanced text editor.
In the dialog that pops up paste the URL of the attachment link you just copied + hit the OK button.
Here is an example of what the EMBED code should look like in your post:

mix


Discuss It Threads

There are potentially 79 different mixes for us to discuss + if we tried to do that all in one thread it would probably be very hard to follow. Our solution is to create category threads to keep the discussion somewhat organized + more focussed.

Here are the threads:

Drums + Bass (http://womb.mixerman.net/showthread.php?t=4378)

Guitars + Keys (http://womb.mixerman.net/showthread.php?t=4379)

Lead + BG Vox (http://womb.mixerman.net/showthread.php?t=4380)

The Big Picture (http://womb.mixerman.net/showthread.php?t=4381) (overall balance, stereo buss processing, automation + misc.)



Thanx!
Chris + Charles

[CaptainHook]

I'll pop this cherry. You all have 48 hours to get on par.

*cough*

I did a "hybrid" type mix (PT and Outboard) and like an ass, did NOT take
photos of any settings. Oops, i did it again.

[badboymusic]

Mixed on Pro Tools TDM 3 Accel Mac G5 2.3 with 6.5 gig ram.

This song has a beautiful melody and I wanted that to stand out right from the start. I made some production changes, especially to the beginning by editing what instruments and parts were played to get the feel and dynamics I wanted. I also wanted the song to keep building from start to finish so I brought down the distorted guitars during the first half chorus build so as not to tip off the first time listener as to how heavy the song was going to get. That way, when the distorted guitars hit right before the second chorus, they would have more surprise and impact. I also added a small section of guitar picking to the second half of the build during the first chorus to keep the tension rising. Since I backed down the distorted guitars I needed something to replace them and found a nice part in a later section of the song.

The singer has a wonderful voice and I wanted to bring it up out of the mix while keeping all of the other instruments prominent throughout. All the musicians in Aces High did a great job of recording interesting parts and I wanted them all to be heard. I did a lot of fader riding to bring up each instrument as they played their dynamic parts and then moved them out of the way so there was room for another instrument to cut through. I did not cut and paste any kicks, snares. etc... and no beat detective or alignment of parts. To get the snare as loud as I wanted, I put a high frequency shelf on the snare track to reduce cymbal splash so I could crank the snare up.

I really enjoyed working on this song and thanks to Aces High for providing it for us. If this was a normal project, I would ask to have some more guitar parts overdubbed in the chorus to round out some frequencies in the second guitar that I would still like to have. I think working together, we could get the choruses even fuller. Naturally, at this point, the band would give input and we would adjust (more distorted guitar that I backed down :Wink: etc...)

If you look at the last chorus I am muting the heavy guitar between hits and slamming the volume at the start. That way, the guitar goes from zero to sixty instantly at the start of each chord. The volume comes back down, then mutes, volume goes up during the mute and then another chord hits. Watch the fader and you can see it pump.

For Master buss processing, I started with AC1 with an SSL setting then AC 2. Next was DUY's Wide and Waves SSL Compressor. Last was Waves L316. I am not mastering this, I mix through the L316 on from the start. I am leaving room for the mastering engineer to work with at the end. I am using the L316 as I would any other plugin to mix. If you listen to the original mastered reference mix from within my session you will hear there is room to master my mix. I do end up with a very present sounding mix with a healthy volume, but that is how I mix. You can always bypass the L316 to hear it without if you like.

I played my finished mix in the car and my 14 year old daughter loved the song and asked if she could put it on her Ipod? She also asked if they had an album out? When she played it for her friends they also loved it. Very good sign.

Thanks to everyone for letting me participate,
Bad Boy

[SimonT]

Song mixed on Pro Tools LE in my home studio, intel Imac.
Look forward to hearing everyones

[chrisj]

This is basically the Airwindows entry. Platform is Logic Express entirely ITB, every single plugin or effect is Airwindows with the exception of one 'Gain' used to swap channels on a stereo track :)

Enjoy!

[Watershed]

OK, here's my "token gesture"
Certainly not expecting to set the world on fire. Just looking forward to see how the "real" engineers did it :Wink:

Mixed on PTLE7.3 XP Digi002R with the MPT.
Main plugs were Massey CT4 and TapeHead, Digirack EQIII, TL Space.

Thanks for the opportunity.

[gbacklin]

PTLE 7.1.1 on a 1.83ghz Core Duo Mac Mini with 2GB RAM running OSX.4.7.

[MicTayler]

This mix started on my Mbox Mini with Digirack plugs in my bedroom. I pretty much got it to the point where I was happy calling it finished. Then a couple of spare hours on an SSL 9000k fell into my lap so I spat my Mbox mix out into into 16 faders (there was another mix up on the board so had to work round it!) and added a tiny bit of board eq to things like the kick, snare, bass, guitars and vox... ok so everything got a little board eq! Not much though only a couple of db mainly in the high end and low end. Did a little automation on the board and and mix buss compression and thats it!
So it's pretty much 90% digirack eqs and comps with a small amount of SSL eq. Oh I also changed the Dverbs and Digirack delays to revibe and echofarm.:Thumbsup:

[MKZ]

PT 7.3LE/ mac G5 2gigs of RAM/ Waves Musicians II/Oxford Dyn-Infl-EQ/demo of massey tape

There are two PT session files in my "info zip": one normal pt7.3 and the other that i saved "as a copy" for 5.1-6.4 versions, so PT people on 6.x can view it. There's also a pic of an outboard device that i decided to use for some reason..


btw, why is it that every time i burn a disc, get a file done etc and listen to it, i noticed millions of obvious "mistakes" but didnt before? there must be a scientific name for this condition...

[danbee]

This is my submission, mixed in Reaper using just the built in plugs and freebies. Hope you all like it!

I tried to stick closely to the brief, and made sure the harmonies came through well in the mix, as I felt these made the vocals somewhat. I clip fixed the top snare track, which brought the dynamics of the snare to life a bit. I also copied the second 'oooohs' from the first build and put them in place of the first 'oooohs' as I felt they were a bit weak.

There's a little bit just after the first build where the cymbals seem to drop out a db or two, which I only noticed when I had a last listen before I uploaded! Bit of character I suppose!

More details about the process behind the mix are available on my website: http://www.pixelhum.com.

[SuicideNote]

Mixed in Nuendo 3, Windoze XP, Athlon64 3200+, 1.25GB RAM.

[KPHayes]

Here's mine. Cubase, all ITB except for a RNLA on lead Vox. Will edit post when I figure out how to zip session file.

[jdub]

I used PT LE 7.3.1 using a 002r w/BLA mod. Pretty much used URS CSP for everything, but also used Colortone, Massey, Waves REN.

Thanks to Aces High for a great song!

[st robert]

well, here they are, a mix done in cubase sx3 and the project file. the computer is a basic dual-core xp machine with 2gigs of ram with some waves plugs, psp vintage warmer in one instance, fishfilets, etc.

2846
2847

the middle section is where i probably did most of the thinking but the rest was all done with no real tomfoolery, lots of automation and rides. i am using this project to acclimate myself with the way things sound in the new room setup here.

it's slightly dark, but feels good.

enjoy!

rob

[IntelDoc]

Original content moved to the other pages...

Mixed in Pro Tools HD / API DSM Summing...

All and all I am happy.

[Daunt]

Mixed in Cubase SX3. Focusrite LiquidMix, Waves Musicians Bundle II, Audio Damage Reverence etc. Basic stuff.

I don't normally do stuff like this so it was a real challence to me.

[magicchord]

Here's mine. Mix notes are in the ZIP.

p.s. This thread is taking a loooooong time to load!

[DirtyGirth]

Mixed in Cubase SX3... plug-ins used were SSLComp, RComp, REQ, PSP StereoController, and Izotope Ozone 3.

I mixed through a set of Sony AV speakers and Sony MDR 7506 headphones... not much else to say...

[Baddo]

Ok, here's my stuff

And the info is below.

I used Digital Performer 5.11

[tonewheels]

Here is my mix, all done in Cubase LE.

Here are the plugs I used,

classic plugs, delay(loop section drum parts), compressor(all sorts of shit), phaser,(loop drums), eq(side sticks and 2 bus )

glaceverb,(bass drum out, overheads and loop section drums)

jb-ferox tape sim,(bass amp, and 2 bus)

guitar suite,JCM900(bass di)

cubase plugs, step filter(distorted vox), dynamics(gate for kick snare and toms) and da tube(snare bottom) and the stock channel eq's

The mix may may be a little bass heavy as I mixed it on shitty little M-audio studiopro 3's.

Cheers,
Ronnie B.

[Ashley Smith]

Here goes nothing! Lol

Mixed in PT LE 7.3.1 cs2 on a Digi 002 (Control Surface) with the Music Production Toolkit, all done ITB with various plugs, and through Cambridge SoundWorks monitors (£40 a pop back in the day and I love 'em).

Hope you like it, can't wait to hear all yours.

Tc,

Ash

:grin:

Edit; Used a Powerbook G4 1.5GHz with 2GB RAM

[Evil Jack]

100% ITB - Pro Tools HD3 Accel - Waves/Digi/Massey plugins etc

[C_F_H_13]

I included a text document with all my system info, but the basic setup was PTHD3 7.3.1, SPL Mixdream, Apogee Converters, a TD4 and a pair of distressors.

[waterboy]

This was mixed inside of Logic Pro 7.2, using my computer speakers (I know, I know) .... it's kinda like a female putting on makeup in the dark ... she think's she'll know what the end results are going to be, and then WHAM!!!! She looks like a fuggin' clown!
That pretty much sums up my mix. Thanks!

[dikledoux]

Hey Yall,

Here are my files. The embed thing is being such a pain in the ass that I just decided I'll also put a link to my URL so that people can listen immediately even though I'm having issues with Quicktime. Honestly. The site just became unuseable as soon as installed quicktime on my machine, which is why I waited til today and this event to install it in the first place. Quicktime hates me... I don't know why.

Hope this doesn't disqualify my entry or whatever.

Linkistan in lieu of the embed thingy (http://dikledoux.com/mp3_files/mixit_dikledoux-mix.mp4)

Thanks to WombPowersThatBe and AcesHigh for the tracks and the event even though I'm being a whiny wuss right now.



dik

[southboundloco]

here's my one without samples using pro tools m-powered 7.0, AMD dual core DAW 4.2 ghz, 4 gig ram, monitoring thru yamaha, krk, m-audio and el cheapo pc speakers...uugghhh for some reason my QT embed is not working properly,there must be something i've done wrong,i'll edit my post when i find out for now here it is...

sorry folks but for some reason .m4a was not working for me when i do my QT embed so the mods allowed me to use high quality mp3 instead and now its working anyweyz here's the mediafire link to the m4a file anyway

http://www.mediafire.com/?6edttb8j2w3

this was done using protools 7.1 yadda yadda yadda...

enjoy

[IntelDoc]

For those interested... I uploaded my session (all files) since I cut, etc. Figured it would better explain it.

http://www.tbrstudio.com/milar/SimpleLittleBird_CA_Mix.rar

You will need to set the outputs though. I labelled everything the best I could though.

There is a stereo summed track that can playback the mix too.

Hope this helps?

Doc

[knightsy]

Here's mine, I forgot to get the slowtools mix onto my flashdrive though, so I'll post it later.

Can't figure out the embedding thing I'll have to do that later too.

[esteso]

Here's one done in DP 4.6. Lots of URS Pro Strip, Waves SSL and Oxford stuff. Lexicon and TC for outboard reverb.

[meLoCo_go]

My platform is PC, WinXP, Core 2 Duo 6600. I mixed in Reaper, with built in plug-ins and some free stuff too. There are two session files in the archive - one is actual mix and other is for post processing (not for loudness maximizing, so I'm not guilty:)) - mostly to correct the effect of rather radical antiailas filter in cyanide 2 plug-in which I used.

[zooloop]

Here is my mix. I didn't have time to do a full mix as I'm working on other projects that occupies all of my time.. I spent roughly 3 hours on this mix, so it is far from perfect. Mixed in Pro Tools M-powered 7.1 WinXP, Core 2 Duo 6600, using plugins from urs, waves (for some reason the waves demos don't work properly on my machine, the only ones that didn't crash PT was RBASS and RVOX.), mcdsp, sonnox, duy and more.

As time was limited I tried to get a decent overall sound, but to my ears this mix sounds wee bit to cluttered for my taste. If I had some more time, I would have spent more time cleaning the induvidual tracks, doing more automation and offcourse getting a better overall balance.

[Skwaidu]

Ok, my mix is here...

I mixed it with PT HD 7.3.1, session file included with recall photos of outboard used: Vintagedesign SU-1, Knif Vari-Mu (http://www.knifaudio.com/), UA LA-610, UA 2-1176 and EMT 140. (Accurate recall of the plate is only as an audio file, it was a fairly long setting)

[Normie]

I thought it would be a good test to see what sort of mix you could get just using the standard plugs EQIII, Comp Limiter, Long Delay II, Expander Gate.

Also nothing on the master nor any attempt at mastering

Mixed on PT 7.3.1 MacBook Pro

Had great fun with this especially the live drums thanks for the opportunity

Cheers
Normie

[billins]

Here goes - mixed totally ITB in PT 7.3.1 on a 002 in XP. I'm not totally happy with it but can't spend any more time on it.

[Dr. Bob]

OK... only as fast as the slowest old fart, right??

Actually I was gonna mix in Reaper, but the soundcard in the box basically sux rocks for any real mixing and the Lynx card ain't here yet... I had signed up and I always do what I say I'm gonna do, so... Song transferred to HD24 and mixed OTB... yeah... there's always one, huh?

Console: A&H GS3000

Comps: dbx160X, dbx160XT, dbx166, Distressors, Meek VC1, Meek VC1Qcs, Drawmer DL251, RNC, Symetrix 501, Waves L2.

FX: H3000 - Chorus, SDE1000 - 25mS, PCM81 - Drum Plate

Pretty much a conventional mix environment... except that the basement ain't exactly the best environment... (Think the low mids are a bit off)... meh... it's gonna suk... but wtf...

It was fun... and I was horny to mix sumpin' anyway...

I snagged a few shots but I gotta resize and zip em' up for "lookie! lookie!" a bit later.

2909

[Brendo]

same mix as before, in m4a format this time since people expressed difficulties with mine - charles, please delete my previous post.

ptle7.1.1/macbookpro/1.83ghz/2gb/10.4.8

[ryst]

Attached is my mix.

Platform - Mac, Pro Tools 7.1, completely ITB. At least 5 plug-ins per track. :lol: :lol: :lol:

I haven't got a chance to listen to anyone else's yet but I am sure I will like mine the best. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I'm kidding!

[EyreSpace]

Mixed on PT LE, ITB, Mac Dual 2gig with 4 gigs ram.

[dgbt]

Pro Tools 7.3 LE
Plugins:
waves C1 Gate, TrueVerb, RBass
TL Space
SoundToys Filter Freak, Crystallizer
Smack LE
Analog Channel, FilterBank
MoogerFooger Delay, Phaser

[Dino]

Wow, was this fun. Great song to work with and a ton of material...almost too much for a rookie.

Mixed in Sonar 6.0 Producer, Mackie Control Universal, Behringer B2031A Truth monitors, MOTU 828MKII interface to a custom built Core Duo 6600 PC with 2 Gig of Ram.

:Thumbsup:

[prschmitt]

Oh well.. here goes.
I know my product sounds wretched compared to some of the stellar product I've already heard submitted so far, but hey, I signed up for this, and I believe in following through on my commitments.
This was my first mix EVER, so be gentle, guys :Uh oh:
My DAW of choice was Ardour. I WAS originally gonna go with Reaper, but I have this thing about using commercial software I haven't paid for, even if the author says it's ok. It just doesn't feel right.
My hardware is mucho feeble.
AMD 1.8ghz sempron, 1 gig ram, sblive (blech!) soundcard that necessitated samplerate conversion to the card's native 48khz.
Monitoring via harmon kardonish Soundforce 2 way computer speakers and a Dynaco pat4 preamp feeding ancient sennheiser 420's.
Linux flavor is Slackware 12.
All I did, basically, was go for what MM calls an 'audibility' mix where you can kinda hear all the instruments and get a feel for the dynamics of the tune.
I did no automation at all.. hell, I didn't even ride the faders to speak of... as a total n00b I don't know how yet... :Roll eyes:
I just bussed everything to submixes, and tried to get a balance.
I used a couple of plugs.. RoomMachine on the vocals, T-Sledge on the drums (I didn't get down with it too much though.. you might not even hear the difference).
I also used a clipping plug, state variable filter , and a very generic verb (Gverb) on the distorted vocal part, as well as a 10 band eq on the output channel, all of which come from the linux audio world.
Like many others, I lost the loop-* and squash-* tracks, and just used the rooms, overheads, etc.
It's a pretty static mix, but I don't think it sounds *too* muddy.
YMMV
I know I should have selectively compressed and eq'd a bunch of stuff, too, but due to family issues, I just didn't have the time to do it right, so I didn't do it at all. Like in High School, I just wanted to 'get something in' before the deadline, cuz I committed to it.
I'll be going back over this project when I get a chance.. there's a lot of yummy sonic meat and just enough serious problems with these tracks to make getting the clean sounding mix I hear in my head a real challenge, even without major surgery.

Thanks ever so much to Aces High for their neato tune and to Charles and the whole womb gang for kicking this whole thing off.

I'll post my mix files once I figure out how to do so in a manner that non-linux people can use :Wink:

[Mikey MTC]

Well here it is ... finally.
Mixed all ITB on a pretty big HD system.

The hardest part of this task is whole point of it - the amazing fact that so many people are mixing the same song. What can one do to make their version different/better than all the others? After hearing several of the versions already posted, I think they're all closer to each other than I initially expected.

Statistically it's virtually a given that the majority of people will do a decent, usable job. There'll probably be very small number of sub-par mixes and conversely there'll probably be a very small number of exceptional mixes. It goes without saying that most of us want to see what the guys who did the exceptional mixes actually did to shape things the way they did.

Thanks a lot to Charles and Chris for administering all this, because it's unique in allowing us all to have an intimate knowledge of the components prior to the "lessons."

Let's see where this goes!

[nobby]

Sonar 6PE, XP pro Pentium D dual core 3.4/2.6 gig & 3.5 gigs of RAM.

Used all stock plugs except for a few free plugs.

Thanks Charles D, Chris L, and Aces High for making this possible :Thumbsup: :Thumbsup:

[seawell]

Mixed ITB with Pro Tools HD 7.1(Powermac G5 Dual 2ghz, 2GB RAM, Mac OSX 10.4.9). I test drove some new plug ins for this mix(URS CS Pro & Waves V Series), using presets and then tweaking from there. The presets were decent starting points. I'm really impressed with the CS Pro. I also used the CS Pro on the 2 buss where I would normally use MCDSP Analog Channel. I made a few production changes such as taking out the BGV in the opening verse. Also, I muted one of the guitars for the first half of the 2nd verse. I really dig the song so this was a lot of fun to mix.

[fedelien]

Mix it ProTools LE 7.3.1, DIGI002r, MacBook Pro.
Various Plug Ins used:Waves, MCDSP, DUY, Sony... and all I learned from Charles...
Thank you Charles, Chris and Aces High.

http://womb.mixerman.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=2937&stc=1&d=1189024570

[Charles Dye]

Mix submissions are closed. If you have a mix you want to add please PM either Chris or myself.

44 mixes... that's AWESOME!!!

Killer job, guyz + galz. :Thumbsup: :Thumbsup: :Thumbsup:

[Mixerman]

Not so fast Charles!

Hey All,

Here's my mix. It was done a week ago, but what can I say? I like to make an entrance.

I found this mix to be exceptionally challenging. There are quite a few issues that were pretty much unsolvable, other than to do the best I could with it. Frankly, had I mixed this in one of my favorite analog facilities, this mix would have been difficult at best.

I mixed this song using Logic ITB with 22 stems through the Radar converters and clock,into Dangerous 2-busses for summing, through an an SSL stereo compressor. The mix certainly took me longer ITB--I mixed it twice, the first time with privately disastrous results having more to do with learning curve of this new room and methodology--but would it have come out better on an analog console? I'm not sure about that. Possibly. But the bigger issues, those having to do with production decisions, arrangement choices, and less than stellar recording quality, are just too overbearing for it to matter. At this point, all I can do is the best I can with the tracks at my disposal.

To me, this song proves, you can only mix the production of a song to it's fullest potential. Did I do that? Hard to say. I think so. It's unusual to pit your work against 50-70 other mixes. And I realize that's not the purpose of this exercise, but one can't help to search out if someone was able to nail it better.

In some ways, I was hoping someone would. In some ways, I was praying that someone could just kill it and pull out a stellar mix. But I haven't heard that yet (from myself included). Of course, the other part of me, the unsporting one, was hoping that my mix was the cream of the crop. Unfortunately, when the cream of the crop is porridge, well, whatever. It's just porridge.

To me, this mix falls under one of my 10 Steps to Better Mixing: If the song sucks, the mix is irrelevant. And while this song doesn't exactly suck (not crazy about the lyric, but the melody is quite catchy), the production of the song falls well short in my estimation, and so we discover a similar kind of irrelevance. Perhaps I will have to amend that particular Better Mixing step.

Now, mind you, I'm not trying to make any excuses here. I'm fine with this mix. If I wasn't, I wouldn't put it up. But as one of the full-time professional mixers here who did a mix, I think it's important that everyone understand that I struggled mightily with this and never acquired the satisfaction and excitement I get when I feel I've just killed it. I will discuss the specifics of my struggles in the coming days and the appropriate threads.

Oh, one more thing. Attached to this post are two mixes. You must forgive me, because I am still ironing out the kinks in my system of mixing ITB. I have a mix that I can't actually get back to, because I printed the mix, but didn't save it until an hour after making more tweaks. A rookie ITB mistake.

There are some things that I really like about this first mix which I can no longer tweak. Perhaps that's one of the things I like about it. I can't fuck with it, other than processing the stereo files. Further, I can't decide whether I like my "elusive" first mix better than the final. I've listened to this song way too much to tell any more. Therefore, I'm going to put them both up and let you decide. After all, you've hardly listened to it at all.

Ahem.

Lastly, I'd just like to take this moment to thank Charles and Chris for running this event and for their great work with this forum. What a blast!

Enjoy,

Mixerman

Mix 2

The Elusive Mix 1

Download attachments below.

[Charles Dye]

This thread is a duplicate of the original Post It thread. The only difference is it doesn't contain the embedded QT players, so it loads faster.

The purpose of this thread is to make downloading the files easier for people who had difficulty with the original thread.

Hope this helps.

[Pimp-X]

One of the advantages of resting my feet on the server, aside from having nice warm feet, is that I get to put my mix up all tardy like.

And for that I apologise.

But here it is - I didn't have long, but there y'go.

I echo the sentiments of my esteemed colleage Mixerman about this track and the mixing thereof.

Thanks Charles for tolerating me invading your closed thread :)

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