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Mixing contest?

WOuld anyone be up for a mixing contest?
We each get a multitracked song with no fx on the channels, and everybody mixes it to their liking and people vote on who's the best mixing engineer? Get some prizes up in here and shit.. I dunno, any takers?

sure...

sure mixing/mastering contest seems interesting
I'm in

well i've no equipment so i'd join just for fun

Are we talking just a pure MIXING excercise, is it also a compositional competition?

Would guess just a # of full lenght stems, no cutting chopping or adding/dreplacing content allowed?

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Originally posted by Raphie Would guess just a # of full lenght stems, no cutting chopping or adding/dreplacing content allowed?

I'd prefer pure mixing alone, no moving parts etc, but fx we have free reign in terms of dynamics, compression fx, delays etc.

I wont be interested if it's a standard remixing contest - far too many of them around.

Sign me up.

I reckon it will be easier to manage if don't allow compostional edits (engineering edits fine, for things like any inaccuracies in timing etc). Obviously some time based FX and layering could change the composition in technical terms but no remixing as such I think is the way to go.

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Originally posted by DJ RANN Sign me up. I reckon it will be easier to manage if don't allow compostional edits (engineering edits fine, for things like any inaccuracies in timing etc). Obviously some time based FX and layering could change the composition in technical terms but no remixing as such I think is the way to go.

My thoughts exactly.

Okay then, good to see there's a slight turn-up at least. I'm gonna see if I can get some assholes to sponsor some prizes and stuff.

Anybody got hookups on some stems that would work well for this contest?

I'll join

I heard DjRyan has some stems you can use.

we could pick stems from free royalty samples such as vengeance or something better, you can find riffs,guitars,string loops and obviously kicks,snares,hats there. The riffs could be done by yourself if you wish same as bass.

Sound selection is the main part of the mix process.
After the sounds have been chosen and appropriate levels have been set, the mix should sound pretty close to "done".
Sure, you can get creative with aux effects, reverb etc, but really there shouldn't be much difference between the resulting mixes - they'll generally be predicated on the sounds selected.

I'd say, maximize the potential for pure mixing:

As others have said:
no sound replacements
no tracks can be moved around - that is, the composition is set in stone

I'd also recommend:
using full-range sounds rather than sounds which have been reduced, either in level, dynamics or frequencies, so people can set their own levels/compression/ filters
using mono sounds so that people can apply their own stereo treatment

So what would be best is dry tracks, like the packs Stephen Wiley used to send out for remixing.

All individual tracks, no FX, no limiting/compression etc.

Then the competition comes down to just mixing them in the purest sense.

Anyone got full track packs for this? Maybe a well known track or recent release?

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Originally posted by DJ RANN So what would be best is dry tracks, like the packs Stephen Wiley used to send out for remixing. All individual tracks, no FX, no limiting/compression etc. Then the competition comes down to just mixing them in the purest sense. Anyone got full track packs for this? Maybe a well known track or recent release?

let's do fresh unreleased track so we can have a chance to push for release in the end

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Originally posted by Dj_Kile let's do fresh unreleased track so we can have a chance to push for release in the end

Not bad idea. Needs to be a good track though.

MSZ? You got anything you're willing to part with?

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Originally posted by DJ RANN MSZ? You got anything you're willing to part with?

This.

queen another one bytes the dust.

Sounds fun. Would be good to mix stuff other than my own for once. I'm in.

I shall donate the three Sylenth banks I did maek for the winner.

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Originally posted by DJ RANN Not bad idea. Needs to be a good track though. MSZ? You got anything you're willing to part with?

Sorry mang, dont really have anything worthy, well maybe one thing I have but, it will take forever to reassemble the pack, go into the project, dry everything up. I have to meet some deadlines at the end of this month on shit i'll probably never see a penny from but its still stressing me, so I cant help.

This sounds like something I wouldn't miss.

This sounds like something I wouldn't miss.

too bad to let this one go

I can supply the stems if no one else can

This is something I put together



Its Pre Mix, Pre Master, Pre final Edit

If people are interested I can put a rush on it

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