25-06-2015, 06:59 PM
First off I would like to say I enjoyed listening to some of your mixes though many seemed to miss the mark. I have uploaded my mix and will take you through a step by step process of how I got there
Drums
Drums came in with a lot of samples already. The first thing I happily did was trash all of them. I replaced the kick with a cleaner sample and put in my snare sample with a little natural ring in it to help fit in. Kick and Snare both got a touch of SSL comp and Neve 2254 comp. Next was the toms. Left and Right people! the overheads were in tact pretty well so no compression there. The rooms were destroyed by someone who that it was cool to put a sample kick in there. (high passing was my friend here unfortunately taking away from some of the stereo field) Kick and snare were ran through my Sony DRE2000 on a 1 second room setting with a high Resonance to help the samples out. The drums as a whole were also parallel compressed.
Vocals
Vocals started through my SSL EQ. From there it was sent to my 1176 Rev A at 4:1 quick release for some abuse to get the character to really sit. Backing vocals were handled by knobs to the wall on my VacRaks.
Bass
Bass was ran through the SSL EQ at first with some warmth added by my Pultecs. Then sent out to a 1176 Rev D at 4:1 for about -7 dbs off. When the chorus kicks in, A distorted channel of the bass kicks in to add some grit.
Guitars
Guitars got the usual treatment of SSL EQ and LA3A action. No verb was used except for a couple of lead channels with some filtered delays. When the chorus hits, my Eventide H3000 kicks in to widen the stereo field of the guitar to give it that huge anthem feel.
Drums
Drums came in with a lot of samples already. The first thing I happily did was trash all of them. I replaced the kick with a cleaner sample and put in my snare sample with a little natural ring in it to help fit in. Kick and Snare both got a touch of SSL comp and Neve 2254 comp. Next was the toms. Left and Right people! the overheads were in tact pretty well so no compression there. The rooms were destroyed by someone who that it was cool to put a sample kick in there. (high passing was my friend here unfortunately taking away from some of the stereo field) Kick and snare were ran through my Sony DRE2000 on a 1 second room setting with a high Resonance to help the samples out. The drums as a whole were also parallel compressed.
Vocals
Vocals started through my SSL EQ. From there it was sent to my 1176 Rev A at 4:1 quick release for some abuse to get the character to really sit. Backing vocals were handled by knobs to the wall on my VacRaks.
Bass
Bass was ran through the SSL EQ at first with some warmth added by my Pultecs. Then sent out to a 1176 Rev D at 4:1 for about -7 dbs off. When the chorus kicks in, A distorted channel of the bass kicks in to add some grit.
Guitars
Guitars got the usual treatment of SSL EQ and LA3A action. No verb was used except for a couple of lead channels with some filtered delays. When the chorus hits, my Eventide H3000 kicks in to widen the stereo field of the guitar to give it that huge anthem feel.