10-09-2014, 06:18 PM
Hi!
My first mix here so don't hesitate to give me some feedback (I truly appreciate creative criticism).
When it comes to mixing I often use parallel processing on most instruments.
In this particular song I've created parallel tracks for compression, delay, reverb and my favorite – distortion (usually all of them where additionally equalized).
The number of tracks grown to nearly 50 including Reapers folders tracks (I'm not sure if this is right or wrong, maybe You can tell me? :)
My main aim was to bring some life into the mix (with a little sweetening like reversed piano before the choruses and some reverb on particular vocal phrases) but also keeping the balance (especially between verses and choruses). For this task volume automation came rally handy.
I've also made some little arrangements changes including additional (copied) voice in the choruses as well as keeping the synth (the track original name was “13_Synth1”) for the final chorus.
For the mastering I've mainly wanted to concentrate on grueling the whole mix with compression and reverb adding it a touch of sparkle by slight boosting the high frequencies. Also putting low frequencies more into mono (using M/S equalization) was a good catch in my opinion since the kick drum was jumping like crazy through the stereo image of this one.
The sad thing is that the whole mix and mastering toked me nearly 20 hours (17 on mixing and 3 on mastering).
Here is the list of plugins that I've used, maybe You'll find something useful for yourself since all of them are free (some require registration on producers sites):
Eq: ReaEq, PTEq-1a, T-Rack CS Classic EQ
Compressors: Molot, jsCompShaper, MSI Stereo Bus Compressors
De-esser: Spitfish
Vocal tuning: ReaTune
Distortions: TSE 808, TSE B.O.D.
Saturation: Ferric, Tessla
Exciter: Modern Exciter
Transients: BitterSweet v3
Delay: NastyDLA
Reverb: GlaceVerb
Stereo enhancers: UpStereo, JS Sstillwell/stereowidth
Clipper: GClip
Limiter: Limiter no6
Meters: TT-DR-Meter, Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst v2
And here's the mix, hope You'll like it :)
My first mix here so don't hesitate to give me some feedback (I truly appreciate creative criticism).
When it comes to mixing I often use parallel processing on most instruments.
In this particular song I've created parallel tracks for compression, delay, reverb and my favorite – distortion (usually all of them where additionally equalized).
The number of tracks grown to nearly 50 including Reapers folders tracks (I'm not sure if this is right or wrong, maybe You can tell me? :)
My main aim was to bring some life into the mix (with a little sweetening like reversed piano before the choruses and some reverb on particular vocal phrases) but also keeping the balance (especially between verses and choruses). For this task volume automation came rally handy.
I've also made some little arrangements changes including additional (copied) voice in the choruses as well as keeping the synth (the track original name was “13_Synth1”) for the final chorus.
For the mastering I've mainly wanted to concentrate on grueling the whole mix with compression and reverb adding it a touch of sparkle by slight boosting the high frequencies. Also putting low frequencies more into mono (using M/S equalization) was a good catch in my opinion since the kick drum was jumping like crazy through the stereo image of this one.
The sad thing is that the whole mix and mastering toked me nearly 20 hours (17 on mixing and 3 on mastering).
Here is the list of plugins that I've used, maybe You'll find something useful for yourself since all of them are free (some require registration on producers sites):
Eq: ReaEq, PTEq-1a, T-Rack CS Classic EQ
Compressors: Molot, jsCompShaper, MSI Stereo Bus Compressors
De-esser: Spitfish
Vocal tuning: ReaTune
Distortions: TSE 808, TSE B.O.D.
Saturation: Ferric, Tessla
Exciter: Modern Exciter
Transients: BitterSweet v3
Delay: NastyDLA
Reverb: GlaceVerb
Stereo enhancers: UpStereo, JS Sstillwell/stereowidth
Clipper: GClip
Limiter: Limiter no6
Meters: TT-DR-Meter, Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst v2
And here's the mix, hope You'll like it :)
Love for music in the world devoid of feelings.
https://www.youtube.com/user/exotrio
https://www.youtube.com/user/exotrio