14-09-2016, 04:04 PM
After hearing Jeff's mix of this track I downloaded the files for the track and started to go to work on this track. As Dave has mentioned numerous times this set of multis is squashed beyond recognition, needless to say I didn't touch any sort of compression here at all besides a Waves Linear Multiband Comp to even out the low end when """""""Mastering"""""""" this.
For this mix I went for a Video Game Chip Tune vibe with alot of the instrumentation, the bass, rhythm guitars, and the synths were all run through a bit crusher via Guitar Rig. Really since pretty much everything was pretty mangled it only made sense to roll with it and I actually liked the way it turned out.
The drums were pretty interesting as well, The stereo drum loop I ended up muting out for most of the song with exception for the intro and the middle section and mangling with some telephonic eq and distortion for effect. On the "acoustic" drums I added a stereo reverb to the snare to give it some width and on the drum buss I used an upwards expander to give the kit some more punch and drive the track a little more.
There was a shout added by me at the build to the final chorus to give it that late 80's/early 90's vibe an towards the end I moved the Lo-Fi recitation towards the end of the solo guitars so that it could be heard easier.
I did use some Eq and saturation in mastering and a limiter just to bring it up to level but otherwise it's the mix turned up abit.
Cheers,
Dcp
For this mix I went for a Video Game Chip Tune vibe with alot of the instrumentation, the bass, rhythm guitars, and the synths were all run through a bit crusher via Guitar Rig. Really since pretty much everything was pretty mangled it only made sense to roll with it and I actually liked the way it turned out.
The drums were pretty interesting as well, The stereo drum loop I ended up muting out for most of the song with exception for the intro and the middle section and mangling with some telephonic eq and distortion for effect. On the "acoustic" drums I added a stereo reverb to the snare to give it some width and on the drum buss I used an upwards expander to give the kit some more punch and drive the track a little more.
There was a shout added by me at the build to the final chorus to give it that late 80's/early 90's vibe an towards the end I moved the Lo-Fi recitation towards the end of the solo guitars so that it could be heard easier.
I did use some Eq and saturation in mastering and a limiter just to bring it up to level but otherwise it's the mix turned up abit.
Cheers,
Dcp
Mixing is way more art and soul than science. We don’t really know what we’re doing. We do it because we love music! It’s the love of music first. Eddie Kramer
Gear list: Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, Mbox Mini w/Pro Tools Express, Reaper, Various plugins, AKG K240 MKii, Audio Technica ATH M50x, Yorkville YSM 6
Gear list: Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, Mbox Mini w/Pro Tools Express, Reaper, Various plugins, AKG K240 MKii, Audio Technica ATH M50x, Yorkville YSM 6