01-09-2013, 10:30 AM
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UG Recording Bi-Weekly Mixoff #1: Wallpaper by Worm (recorded by Kyle62)
Its time, bring on the first Mixoff of 2013!
What is it? Just expand the Spoiler: show
This first mixoff comes from Kyle62. This is a band he recently recorded named Worm. Original Mix: http://www.soundcloud.com/facemeltstudio/wallpaper Downloadable Stems: http://rightontime.vilayer.me/music...ORM%20STEMS.zip Finish by January 17th to be elegible to be crowned this weeks winner! Mix on!
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01-09-2013, 10:48 AM
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MELTING FACES SINCE 1865
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Awesome. If people want, I can get the band to have a listen to the each entry and give everyone feedback, help decide the winner.
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As far as the CLA stuff? I tend to use some of the instruments mixed in with other SSD drums. Is that better than just shoving a preset on there?
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01-09-2013, 11:07 AM
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I've never seen those CLA plugs before. They do look a bit 'mixing by numbers' don't they?
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01-09-2013, 11:17 AM
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Yay I was worried this wasn't going to get off the ground. Why oh why does it have to be almost midnight here, and I'm going to be out until 10 tomorrow
 I'm going to have to wait until Friday.
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01-09-2013, 11:28 AM
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King of Bacon Pancakes
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I'm in reference to the CLA pack for Steven Slate Drums  The presets require next to no work to get them to sound good.
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01-09-2013, 11:38 AM
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I didn't know about this kind of stuff, even if I lose it'll be fun to try.
BTW the original mix looks crazy loud, in a bad way. Last edited by tukk04 : 01-09-2013 at 11:39 AM. |
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01-09-2013, 01:01 PM
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King of Bacon Pancakes
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What's the bpm? Just for reference.
Man you weren't kidding about that timing and I'm rather interested in some of these instrumentation choices... ie the 3 guitars parts and the random harmonics... Think I'm gonna fake a double take with guitar 1 and mix that in too.
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01-09-2013, 03:56 PM
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Cool idea. I may or may not participate. Very busy with my orchestra sequence and sample libraries.
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01-09-2013, 04:49 PM
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As long as its not a straight CLA replacement, I'm okay with it. Its way too easy to shove the CLA drums on something and call it good. Quote:
They're interesting to say the least. There are more than the CLA ones (like the Eddie Kramer one is amazing as well. Great if you're looking for that Hendrix or Zeppelin style mixing quickly) Also, I'd love to get feedback from the original band on my mix. If they love mine, they can use it as long as they give me credit :p
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01-09-2013, 05:11 PM
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In the end I'm going with 0 replacement, though the kick could possibly use some.
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01-09-2013, 06:35 PM
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Generally I master conservatively using the K-system but there's not much in the way of dynamics in the track itself, and the band have a 'loud as hell' vibe, so I just smashed it with a limiter. It's at a pretty standard level for commercial rock (about -9dB average I think), but the lack of dynamics make the waveform look comically flat! Not a clue about the BPM, sorry. I didn't think the harmonics were out of time at all though, I'll check it now. It's a weird syncopated rhythm. As for the three guitar parts, 2 and 3 are essentially the same part played with slightly different rhythms, you can use em interchangeably our just ditch one completely. |
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01-09-2013, 08:58 PM
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Ah, ok then. You're right, now that I look at the waveform it's kinda funny to see so flat. |
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01-10-2013, 08:20 AM
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Awwww.... NOW what?!
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Downloading. I might do this if I can find time.
I have the Waves vocal bundle. I find it makes some vocals (a lot of vocals) sound thin, compared to using just my other compressors, EQ, etc. Other times, it is just what the doctor ordered. Obviously, the answer here is "honesty" but if it sounds good, who is to know who used what? In the end, if CLA himself used an off-the-shelf preset from his CLA bundle from Waves, as long as it sounded great, who would know? And more to the point, who would care? I mean, hey... if one person can get a better sound with a paint-by-numbers out of the box preset from a plugin than the next person can get with a rack full of effects processing, I'd say, have at 'em. Don't get me wrong. I'm not moaning, "Whaaa.... I want to use my vocal bundle and the mean UG people won't let me." Fine, I'll make a note not to use it. I don't care. I'm just throwing it out there why those rules might be unnecessary if you want to make this an "if you were a real-world mix engineer" kind of scenario. CT
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01-10-2013, 10:51 AM
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I have a quick mix done, but it sounds too cluttered, so I'm not going to upload it xD
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01-10-2013, 11:34 AM
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So....how many of you keen-eyed gents noticed that the drums are MIDI?
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01-10-2013, 11:46 AM
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King of Bacon Pancakes
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They are?
You're ****ing with me right? Was it the band that decided on that snare sound?... cuz I honestly hate it And that pedal noise made it very hard for me to do any sample replacement using the basic methods I had available. Here the first mix I'm even a little happy with, I'm gonna come back and upload one with louder bass and some automated guitar volumes at some point when I can be assed to master it. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/19504966/A...20-%20Worms.mp3
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01-10-2013, 01:37 PM
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I'm on my phone now but looking forward to hearing your mix, man. Snare sound was mostly my decision. My tastes are generally toward big, live sounding snares....probably because I'm a massive Chad Smith fan! |
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01-10-2013, 01:41 PM
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King of Bacon Pancakes
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I like a nice thick snare sound. I found that adding the snare wires in made it sound too trashy and the top was too well... I dunno. Like hitting a block of wood.
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