P.S. I know. I mixed the drums a bit too loud vs everything else, and the slide guitar is quite quiet. 😂 I wish I'd waited another day before sending off the mix, but oh well! It's really the experience that counts the most. I've learned a LOT from mixing this track. Mixing techniques I would never have thought of using before, like reducing the vocal FX on a drop before it builds up again, or drum snare reverb automation. The little things you don't necessarily think of when mixing a track. Also, the fact that I should listen to the tracks in isolation while mixing, and mute/solo tracks often. It's great hearing the whole thing, but sometimes you need to hear things in isolation, or in combination with other isolated tracks. Anyway, I hope everyone else also has a great time mixing this track. I've had an amazing experience mixing it! Good luck to you all out there. Thanks so much to the contest creators. Much appreciated!
This mix sounds fantastic to my ears. I've listened to quite a few and this is definitely my favourite so far! Which saturation plugin do you use? Everything sounds so powerful and clear. Great work! 🤘👌
Thanks! I use quite a few saturation plugins but tend to go easy on them most of the time, unless doing parallel saturation. FabFilter Saturn if I want to add presence by doing multiband saturation. I also use SSL X-Saturator on some things. That one sounds amazing! Newfangled Saturate is another good one. Shape and bias features on that are great. Voxengo Tube Amp is also great, especially since it can be run in linear phase mode. Great for parallel saturation. Also Waves Kramer Tape has occasional use. One of the best tape ones I've found (need to use more often) is Chow Tape, and it's FREE, which is a huge bonus. 👌 I have many more (too many 😂).
@@PrincipalAudio Haha sounds like you plenty of options when it comes to saturation plugins. I recently picked up the Waves MAGMA TUBES channel strip which includes a nice saturation effect. Think I'll try using it on this project. Thanks for the recommendation of the free Chow Tape. I'll take a look. Good luck with your entry for the competition!
