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Magghy Ji
Dec 05, 2023
🔔 MIXDOWN TRAINING ROOM - New MIX for the WEEK!! (Read the instructions! ⬇️)

👋 Hello guys!
The New Mix for This Week is a “Country Rock” song from Cambridge site! Hands on the faders! 🎛️ 🎸 🎶

📌 Here is the link:
Long Wait – “Dark Horses”
https://cambridge-mt.com/ms/mtk/#LongWait

⌛ Posting date is any time on this coming SUNDAY December 10th (EVERY SUNDAY)
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How to participate:
✔️Download the Full Multitrack session
✔️Post your link here in Mixdown Training Room
✔️ If you use Soundcloud set the link to “Private”
✔️ Don't forget to share your ideas or workflow!
✔️ Don’t be shy, leave comments and feedback! Active listening is fundamental when it comes to improve our mixing skillset!
✔️ Upload your song here if you want to take part in the video comparison!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ieJrF_WPsMRCqOOlZNf_muoqFnGO7wTZ?usp=share_link


🔃 If you can’t manage to post your mix on Sunday, don’t worry you can do it on Wednesday under the Revison’s Day post where we share the last version of our mixes, revised according to the feedback received from the other partecipants ;P
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Let’s GO!!! 🎵🎛️
POST your MIX anytime on SUNDAY December 10th.
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Magghy Ji
Dec 05, 2023
REFERENCE AND COMPARISONS
Here are some reference tracks:

https://open.spotify.com/intl-it/track/5FsP7cqdqICurWaquUVj6l?si=b16d034531c745b2


https://open.spotify.com/intl-it/track/2lWbxOhsJBE9eYyW79suI9?si=794992f953004a41

https://open.spotify.com/intl-it/track/5N01wAO6OblWWhrsv2Wvma?si=fac93ea6762e4d18

P.S. Everyone can choose the reference tracks he/she wants to mix the song but in order to have a same starting point to evaluate and compare our mixes, for the video, we’ll need to use the given references and rough mix so actually we do not judge each other but we compare our versions to songs that were professionally treated.

P.P.S. Please, consider doing additional researches regarding the reference tracks, using also different platforms, what I do it’s just give general suggestions ;P
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Minyu Zoltán
Dec 05, 2023
Hello! I may have a question: Does ElecGtr3 play falsely between 1:44 and 1:47, or does it just not work for me? 1:48 - 1:51 in the Youtube video.
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Jason Cardin
Dec 06, 2023
I think so, but I question if it's on purpose following the bag of dope line
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Tyson Arp
Dec 06, 2023
Also there's a section were the vocal double track is not a double track at all, but an exact copy of the lead vocal line. Can't say I'm inspired much by this production. I may dabble a bit out of technical curiosity, but I don't see getting this one to the finish line.

What do you all make of the guitar recording technique? Why bother with 2 mics on every amp that sound almost identical? I'm likely gonna scrap half of those tracks unless someone can convince me what I should be doing with them.
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Ron Allen
Dec 08, 2023
@Tyson Arp I left that identical section in. I was thinking about using it for a delay throw or something. I had to tune some of the guitar performances as well. I also just picked the mic i liked better on each guitar and dropped the other one. I'm down to so few tracks now, that I think I'm going to get something decent without too much time. I overlooked the loose bass/kick timing. It's a mix rescue for that. I did run the bass through an amp sim and that helps. We shall see.
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Aart dB
Dec 08, 2023
I think I'll try Melodyne to see if it's possible to even out those slipping guitar notes.
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Aart dB
Dec 08, 2023
Done that, with satisfactory result.
The double guitar tracks usually make for a fuller sound, so mostly I leave them both in. In this particular case as well, only not sure about the quadruple guitar track.
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Aart dB
Dec 08, 2023
I just hope nobody's gonna imitate that distasteful drum treatment that is in the full preview. It's so genre inappropriate.
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lychhay lim
Dec 08, 2023
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Ron Allen
Dec 09, 2023
@Aart dB - i got OK results with Melodyne in polyphonic sustain mode on that guitar. I also eliminated some of the scratches and crap. I might have done a similar drum treatment. I was thinking 1980s John Cougar. Prepare to cringe a little.
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Jason Cardin
Dec 10, 2023
@lychhay lim & @Roberto Salgado - you folks may want to repost your submissions to separate threads as it gets a bit messy to provide feedback here