Mixing Contest 2018 - Preliminary Voting

[RefinedRough]

Ich fand eigentlich nur der Gitarren-KLANG nicht so gut. Das war so brizzelig und ohne Substanz. Was rausgedreht um die 4kHz und sie sind fast verschwunden.
Da hätte ich mir ein echter Amp, schön eingestellt & mit Mikro davor gewünscht Hab glaub ich 80% von der investierten Mixzeit da dran rumgeeiert.

 

[Bassmacher]

Voted!

 

[SameOh]

Voted!

 

[Anastasia_Solonko]

Voted

 

[KIGI]

Voted.
I noticed that, when judging mixes, you tend to select the most bright and "smiley eq'ed" ones. Then the correct ones become dull.
So I chose to listen to a reference track while I voted.
Mine was too medium and I preferred other mixes (great mixers here). But it still sounds pretty good to me as long as I do not listen to an overexcited mix before.
Good luck everybody!

 

[SilentWarrior]

My Mix was my Reference, not to bright and not to dull, not overprocessed, good low-end, not harsh as hell, no 80s Reverb, good depth, good vibe, a mixing engineer without stinkfoot, enough espresso during the mixing process...

 

[KIGI]

lol

 

[SilentWarrior]

 

[synthpark]

Mine was too medium!

too mediocre

 

[KIGI]

Just enough.: p

 

[SilentWarrior]

Mine was too medium!

too mediocre

No, no...his Mix is good, but my Mix is a masterpiece

@KIGI
JOKING

 

[KIGI]

That's how I got it, no problem (yet).

You will have to send me your mix numbers in private if you want me to confirm you assertions.

 

[SilentWarrior]

After the Voting Phase

 

[SilentWarrior]

What I'm interested in:
Mastering Engieers also participated here, how will the jury vote and who has the better room and speakers? The jury or the participants???

 

[Synophon]

The jury or the participants???

The jury, of course!

 

[andy_g]

I found it quit difficult to get rid of that brittle upper midrange on vocals and guitars without pushing them to much in the back

 

[SilentWarrior]

I solved it

 

[sts]

I found it quit difficult to get rid of that brittle upper midrange on vocals and guitars without pushing them to much in the back

Just mute the vocals and guitars in the main mix and render them as a separate song, so you get the best of both worlds and double your chances of winning a prize.

 

[andy_g]

Cool idea but now its just to late. What I did is I striped in backward played very dark messages almost unnoticeable to move away the listeners attention from the brittleness. Seem to work although I couldn't believe it myself

 

[RefinedRough]

I've worked with saturation on the guitars, after eqing the upper mids down.. to fill the gap.