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Okay, here's my version of this tune.

This was a pretty well recorded, pretty well orchestrated tune. Sounded like it was gonna be a breeze. Then I started to get into it. The gang vocals were a challenge and Melodyne was of limited help. Got it sorted, mostly, but 't'weren't easy. The bigger problem for me was the guitars. I wanted them panned hard right and left but the fact that they were so tonally different made if feel unbalanced so I had to spend some time with EQ trying to even them out and then followed up with the "FX return panned opposite" thing for verb and delays. In the end, it worked out but it was a challenge.

The vocals also got a good amount of automation to try to preserve as much energy as possible after compression. I also rode the fader on the kick drum to make it more dynamic so the song would groove better. Also, effects were not simple on this one. On many tunes, I find that I can generally set the post-fader send and forget about it. This time, I had to automate the reverb and delay returns to keep them tucked behind the music because of the fairly dramatic contrasts this tune presents.

Anyway, I think it came out pretty well. Please do share your opinions and critiques. I think it's good but it can almost always get better.

Hope you enjoy!
I believe that lack processing the drum kit!