A little confession : if you have listened to my mixes before (if not, please do), my confession is I made every single one of them in Garageband, using only stock plugins and free VSTs. Everyone knows Garageband isn't for professional mixing, but hey I think my previous mixes are fine and got nice feedbacks, thanks to this supportive community (again, if you haven't checked them, click my username, Find All Threads, and check my mixes out!).
Anyway, this is my first EVER mix in a full professional DAW. After struggling to find a good and free DAWs, I settled with Cakewalk by Bandlab. I was so impressed by how well they managed to emulate analog consoles and put them in a free program. Every single plugins sounds and works TEN TIMES BETTER than that of Garageband (well duh..). Some features that didn't exist in Garageband like Sends, Busses, and Routings are very new to me, so if you got some tips, help me out!
TLDR: This is my first mix on a real DAW, so it might not sound very good. I would really appreciate critiques and feedback!
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December 2018 UPDATE : NEW MIX FROM GROUND UP!!!
As I said, that was my first project on a full DAW. In hindsight, I agree it doesn't sound good. This time, though, I am a lot more experienced now. I now use Logic Pro X instead so the learning curve between Garageband and Logic was very short and smooth. This time I aimed for a better sounding version of the previous mix. Therefore, the overall tone is still familiar, but it sounds MUCH more upfront and clearer. Things fall together almost instantly. What I also did this time is editing (vocal tuning& time alignment, drum phase, tightening up the instruments, etc.), which surprisingly took way longer than mixing and mastering. Please check it out. Comparing how far I've come, I am really proud of this new mix!
Anyway, this is my first EVER mix in a full professional DAW. After struggling to find a good and free DAWs, I settled with Cakewalk by Bandlab. I was so impressed by how well they managed to emulate analog consoles and put them in a free program. Every single plugins sounds and works TEN TIMES BETTER than that of Garageband (well duh..). Some features that didn't exist in Garageband like Sends, Busses, and Routings are very new to me, so if you got some tips, help me out!
TLDR: This is my first mix on a real DAW, so it might not sound very good. I would really appreciate critiques and feedback!
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December 2018 UPDATE : NEW MIX FROM GROUND UP!!!
As I said, that was my first project on a full DAW. In hindsight, I agree it doesn't sound good. This time, though, I am a lot more experienced now. I now use Logic Pro X instead so the learning curve between Garageband and Logic was very short and smooth. This time I aimed for a better sounding version of the previous mix. Therefore, the overall tone is still familiar, but it sounds MUCH more upfront and clearer. Things fall together almost instantly. What I also did this time is editing (vocal tuning& time alignment, drum phase, tightening up the instruments, etc.), which surprisingly took way longer than mixing and mastering. Please check it out. Comparing how far I've come, I am really proud of this new mix!