Here it is! Practice your mixing skills - Page 3

Colonal J · 19th February 2009

Cool Thanks....will dig to stick some vocals in there sometime....
Anyway, I agree, it could do with some more ReVerb on the Snare.....
Anyway, was fun...will get on to your ballad soon soon....

D0pehat · 19th February 2009

I love this song and a cool idee to post raw tracks.Love to hear it with vocals though.I love the intro that stevedresser did.Can someone tell how you do that? I did a quick mix with waves mercury and drumagog lemme know what you think

Thnx

skidwasted · 19th February 2009

Hi D0pehat, thank you for enjoying my song!
Well, about your mix, I only think you should tweak the master volume up

Dim the snare treble a little bit.
Cya

Colonal J · 20th February 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by D0pehat

II love the intro that stevedresser did.Can someone tell how you do that?

It sounds like a Filter on the master bus....Cubase has a filter called Tonic would be able to achieve this....But I suppose best for Stevedresser to explain exactly what he did?

TheLoud1Please · 20th February 2009

Cool idea! Here's my attempt. Going from .wav to 192k mp3 drops alot of the highs... I didn't account for that very well, but I'm sharing anyway...

bgomez15 · 21st February 2009

cool, thanks. i'd love more of this

bgomez15 · 21st February 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by skidwasted

Heavy Metal song such as Hammerfall, Accept, Mercyful Fate etc...
All .wav files are named
Tempo:164,8

Drums
****ing Chosen Drums.rar

Bass
****in Chosen Ones bass.rar

Guitars
****ing Chosen Ones guitar1.rar
****ing Chosen Ones guitar2.rar

Any doubts, PM me

i dont get it. what kind of files are these? how can i mix with these?

TheLoud1Please · 21st February 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by bgomez15

i dont get it. what kind of files are these? how can i mix with these?

They are archives of the wave files. You need winRAR to uncompress the files.

skidwasted · 21st February 2009

Supernosher, thanks for sharing your mix!
My impressions:
The cymbals are too loud and there's too much reverb.
Tweak the EQ a little bit, I think it's bass
Cool L and R idea on the solo, but I think it should be only at the beginning.

TheLoud1Please · 21st February 2009

skidwasted - Thanks!

Also, what instrument were you referring to with the EQ tweaks? I know I went a little overboard with the lows on the guitars. Is that what you mean?

I can't figure out how to get my automation of the effects to work, it turns the volume on the solo down for some reason. I'm using Reaper, if anyone can help me out.

bgomez15 · 21st February 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by supernosher

They are archives of the wave files. You need winRAR to uncompress the files.

Im on a mac so, is there a mac version?

dkelley · 21st February 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by bgomez15

Im on a mac so, is there a mac version?

LoL, I like that question :-)

wav files will work fine in any mac app that supports multitrack mixing. They just need to be imported by your app however it says in your instruction manual.

I can't download the files - I'd love to give this a shot.

maybe I should settle for the acoustic one instead?

Don

skidwasted · 21st February 2009

Dkelley, have you tried unrar the files with the UnRarX - Mac OS X RAR Extraction Utility Sport posted?
The acoustic song files are .rar as well...
I found this program to unrar on Mac
RAR Expander

Well Supernosher, then I guess the low excess is coming from the guitars.

megasound · 21st February 2009

Nice song

here is my mix

Send big files the easy way. Files too large for email attachments? No problem!

skidwasted · 21st February 2009

Megasound, I enjoyed your mix!
The guitars are good and everything is on the right place.

thanks for sharing!

superspuds · 12th March 2009

Here's a rough mix of mine. Still have to sort some levels and a slight bit of snare and kick blending but nearly finished it.

Mix - eSnips, share anything

starfighter · 12th March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by FeatheredSerpent

(...) lossless compression

Am I the only who thinks that's the worst contradiction in terms our industry ever invented?

lerone · 12th March 2009

cool thread....I'd love to give it a shot but I've got an album to mix and the pressure is on atm. The band are hanging out with Kate Nash tonight, hopefully strings will be pulled

Toby

superspuds · 13th March 2009

Mix2 - eSnips, share anything

think thats a little better

Addni · 13th March 2009

Done with headphones trough MBP output.

Done in logic, Used Toontrack Drumtracker to convert the drum to MIDI and then Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0 to redo the drums (did it mainly for the Snare and Ambient mics) some minor EQ on kick and toms, running the entire kit trough multicompressor

Doubled the bass track, put the first one trough a pretty harsh EQ-ing into a multicompressor, the second one trough EQ and guitar rig (some heavy metal guitar-preset) for more growl

Lo cut a lot of the guitars, like everything below 150hz or so.

Guitars were panned hard right/left and mid left/right, solo guitar track was trough PSP lexicon 42 with double preset

Then did some 5-min mastering (well, loudening), using mostly the Flux solera II plugin.

Link:
www.shefakedt

alo.com/studio/fco.mp3

porieux · 14th March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by starfighter

Am I the only who thinks that's the worst contradiction in terms our industry ever invented?

Why? It is what it says it is.

ryanojohn · 14th March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by porieux

Why? It is what it says it is.

Compressing by it's very nature is throwing out data. For certain the lossless codecs are removing data to save space, the idea that they are recreating that data flawlessly on the output would be a hard one for me to believe...

porieux · 14th March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by ryanojohn

Compressing by it's very nature is throwing out data. For certain the lossless codecs are removing data to save space, the idea that they are recreating that data flawlessly on the output would be a hard one for me to believe...

Well sorry but lossless compression is lossless and your assumption is incorrect.
Making theories based on what you think a word means is not scientific

Read this.

mikeynyuk · 14th March 2009

Addni,

nice drum replacing job but I can't hear them!! Turn them up!

Addni · 14th March 2009

Here are the drums a little bit up (also opened the HiHat a bit more and turned up the Ride cymbal)

http://www.shefakedt

alo.com/studio/fco-moredrums.mp3

7161 · 15th March 2009

am i the only one hearing REALLY duff notes in the bass parts? there's a bad harmonic clash in those climbing up/down bits, like at at 0:16 & 1:27 - it sounds badly out with the guitar to my ears

(i aint heard the individual tracks yet, just 2 of the mixes posted here)

I mean in the studio i'd be going "whoah whoah guys guys stop a minute!"

am i going nuts? cos i didnt see anyone mention it (didnt read whole thread tho)

mikeynyuk · 15th March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by Addni

Here are the drums a little bit up (also opened the HiHat a bit more and turned up the Ride cymbal)

http://www.shefakedt

alo.com/studio/fco-moredrums.mp3

Nice!!! Thats the stuff, good job!

starfighter · 16th March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by porieux

Well sorry but lossless compression is lossless and your assumption is incorrect.
Making theories based on what you think a word means is not scientific

Read this.

Well... To me the term "compression" is the exact opposite of "lossless"... If you're not allowed to throw anything out then it, by the sheer nature it's not compressed.

I'm not gonna get into an argument about what anyone tries to convince you; like mp3 sounds just as good as wav, a Peluso 2247 sounds just like a U47, my girlfriend is just as good looking as Heidi Klum etc etc

This is purely a semantic issue... Lossless and compression don't go together. Period.

M

starfighter · 16th March 2009

And sorry for hijacking the thread...

porieux · 16th March 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by starfighter

Well... To me the term "compression" is the exact opposite of "lossless"... If you're not allowed to throw anything out then it, by the sheer nature it's not compressed.

I'm not gonna get into an argument about what anyone tries to convince you; like mp3 sounds just as good as wav, a Peluso 2247 sounds just like a U47, my girlfriend is just as good looking as Heidi Klum etc etc

This is purely a semantic issue... Lossless and compression don't go together. Period.

M

I don't really have anything else to say, there is nothing to argue about.
My post is based on fact and yours is based on superstition.

If your theory was true, compressing an application with ZIP would mean
after you unZIPped it, it would no longer work anymore.
The word compression doesn't mean what you think it means.
You don't have to take my word for it, do some research for yourself.

19th February 2009	#61
Colonal J Gear interested Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Cape Town Posts: 17	Cool Thanks....will dig to stick some vocals in there sometime.... Anyway, I agree, it could do with some more ReVerb on the Snare..... Anyway, was fun...will get on to your ballad soon soon.... __________________ "I might not be a Barista, but I make a damn fine cuppachino"

21st February 2009	#74
megasound Gear interested Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3	mix Nice song here is my mix Send big files the easy way. Files too large for email attachments? No problem!

13th March 2009	#80
Addni Gear maniac Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Akureyri, Iceland Posts: 200	My mix Done with headphones trough MBP output. Done in logic, Used Toontrack Drumtracker to convert the drum to MIDI and then Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0 to redo the drums (did it mainly for the Snare and Ambient mics) some minor EQ on kick and toms, running the entire kit trough multicompressor Doubled the bass track, put the first one trough a pretty harsh EQ-ing into a multicompressor, the second one trough EQ and guitar rig (some heavy metal guitar-preset) for more growl Lo cut a lot of the guitars, like everything below 150hz or so. Guitars were panned hard right/left and mid left/right, solo guitar track was trough PSP lexicon 42 with double preset Then did some 5-min mastering (well, loudening), using mostly the Flux solera II plugin. Link: www.shefakedtalo.com/studio/fco.mp3

14th March 2009	#85
Addni Gear maniac Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Akureyri, Iceland Posts: 200	Here are the drums a little bit up (also opened the HiHat a bit more and turned up the Ride cymbal) http://www.shefakedtalo.com/studio/fco-moredrums.mp3

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19th February 2009	#63
skidwasted Gear Head Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Brazil Posts: 74 Thread Starter	Hi D0pehat, thank you for enjoying my song! Well, about your mix, I only think you should tweak the master volume up Dim the snare treble a little bit. Cya

21st February 2009	#66
bgomez15 Gear maniac Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 168	cool, thanks. i'd love more of this

21st February 2009	#70
TheLoud1Please Gear addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 331	skidwasted - Thanks! Also, what instrument were you referring to with the EQ tweaks? I know I went a little overboard with the lows on the guitars. Is that what you mean? I can't figure out how to get my automation of the effects to work, it turns the volume on the solo down for some reason. I'm using Reaper, if anyone can help me out.

12th March 2009	#76
superspuds Gear interested Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 10	Here's a rough mix of mine. Still have to sort some levels and a slight bit of snare and kick blending but nearly finished it. Mix - eSnips, share anything

12th March 2009	#78
lerone Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: London Posts: 1,088	cool thread....I'd love to give it a shot but I've got an album to mix and the pressure is on atm. The band are hanging out with Kate Nash tonight, hopefully strings will be pulled Toby

14th March 2009	#84
mikeynyuk Gear maniac Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Tenerife, SPain Posts: 177	Addni, nice drum replacing job but I can't hear them!! Turn them up!

15th March 2009	#86
7161 3 + infractions, forum membership suspended. Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,096	am i the only one hearing REALLY duff notes in the bass parts? there's a bad harmonic clash in those climbing up/down bits, like at at 0:16 & 1:27 - it sounds badly out with the guitar to my ears (i aint heard the individual tracks yet, just 2 of the mixes posted here) I mean in the studio i'd be going "whoah whoah guys guys stop a minute!" am i going nuts? cos i didnt see anyone mention it (didnt read whole thread tho)

16th March 2009	#89
starfighter Lives for gear Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 500	And sorry for hijacking the thread...

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