[norman_nomad]

Originally Posted by u b k

NICE! alright, i've decided to list my most favorite and least favorite things about each mix. the cool thing is that every mix gave me cues to how i would approach something differently because the treatment strikes me as particularly creative, or effective, or both. every mix was in some way inspiring.


js vega, what i liked most by far was the keyboard treatment. you took an otherwise static element and imbued it with life and motion, and it seemed to live just under the surface of the music like an alligator biding its time. very cool. what i liked least was the degree of compression, which seemed to rob the sounds of their life and dimension. in particular, the kick gets lost on the one of most measures, presumably because the bass is swallowing it.

norman, i loved your treatment of the backing/filler vocals, the uhh-uhh's. this was a part that i shied away from in my mix because they felt uninspired, but your stereoization and bold placement really gave them a spark they didn't have in any other mix. lovely! what i liked least was the synthetic, processed tone of the drums, and how everything in the song seemed to lose its tonal glue. things sound like they were separated with eq then forced together with compression, when to my ears they simply fall together better when the natural tone did all the work.

bcgood, well, on first blush i thought your mix sounded extremely similar to mine. but a moment into it i realized that you actually nailed it in a way i didn't. you made sure every single moment was dialed, every placement came and went in exactly the way it wanted. my hat is off to you, i bow to your superior kung fu. if i had to come up with something i like least, it'd be the fact that i like your mix better than mine.

well done everyone!


gregoire
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ubk
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Nice sum-up!

I didn't hear Bcgood's until just now.

Bcgood - I really like the compression on the vocal. Care to share your treatment method?