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[shminkydj]

After Discussing the pros and cons of Mixing stems totaly in the box and analogue summing in a Mastering Studio, I am uploading my Mixes to be judged by you all.
Here is the "in the Box" version. No outboard processing whatsoever, I used the Waves L2 to maximize the track.

I am taking the Stems to a Mastering Studio today i will post this mix tomorrow.
Firstly let me hear of what you think of the Production and then tell me if you think the Studio Mastered version is any better.
Please be gentle!!!

[dossisman]

Dude. I'm speechless. That sounds fantastic.

[izzme]

geeee whiz, i emphasize the WHIZ!i'm listening on 2$ earphones and it had a spacious,airy sound.the drums sounded a little raw at first and distracted me a little but it had a lot cool sound monkeys in your musical jungle! very very interesting.it's not my normal musical thang,but it copped a nice r&b groove by the end.i just heard it once so this is my first impression.maybe some flocks of percussion parrots would work too.i would like to know more about how you made it. eqiuipment[musical and recording]?stuff like eq, compression ect. ect. would you tell us puleeeze,huh would you??

[izzme]

well,i just heard it for the second time!!!!my oh my it got me again!!!!!!forget what i said about the parrots,i really like it how it is!!i found it to be very sensual and hypnotic.i started to fantasize you were female cause it was turning me on.if your not don't tell me,leave me to my fantasy.well gotta go now,i have to hear it afeww more times.if you have more show it to us puleeeeeze.

[brandondrury]

Sounds good. The mix is solid.

It sounds more like something that would be a on a Soda or cell phone commercial than I would be more inclined to listen to. I don't think they would use it on drug commercial yet.

Interesting tune.

Brandon

[shminkydj]

Originally Posted by izzme

well,i just heard it for the second time!!!!my oh my it got me again!!!!!!forget what i said about the parrots,i really like it how it is!!i found it to be very sensual and hypnotic.i started to fantasize you were female cause it was turning me on.if your not don't tell me,leave me to my fantasy.well gotta go now,i have to hear it afeww more times.if you have more show it to us puleeeeeze.

Thanks a lot for your kind words mate.....It has given us loads of confidence...
It is a remix project, so we were given audio files with the melody parts, which are all synth parts.....We took these and stuck them thru amp modeler software to make em sound like guitars....{ we hope }

The drums are a live 60s drum loop which we chopped in Cubase and tightened and slightly rearranged then we beefed it up with kik Drum Samples and sampled Snares.
The bass is the vb1 bass module in Cubase with some other synth bass sounds on top of it.

We kept on searching the internet for tips on eq and compression settings, then we did about 5/6 mixes checking it on different systems.

today we took it to the mastering studio to get it maximum loudness and hopefully ensure that it sounds even on every system.

For instance the mastering engineer was telling us that there are certain frequencies that he pushed when eqing the track that realy work on ipods.
Anyhooo thats basically it
Have a listen to the mastered version and tell us if you can hear the difference positive or negative
Nufrespect Shminkydj

[izzme]

wow,wow,wow it's like they blew the dust off it.you guys are scary.i love your wok. it's cookin real good.well i gotta go again,i'm gonna see if i can dig up some glowsticks and groove on it somemo!!!!!!whatever you do don't stop now,go!go!go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[shminkydj]

Originally Posted by izzme

wow,wow,wow it's like they blew the dust off it.you guys are scary.i love your wok. it's cookin real good.well i gotta go again,i'm gonna see if i can dig up some glowsticks and groove on it somemo!!!!!!whatever you do don't stop now,go!go!go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You funny you are....Crack me right up!!!!what stuff you working on???

[muzuki65]

I really like this tune, its movie soundtrack to me, just my opinion, and I mean that in a good way. I look forward to hearing more of your music. Good luck with it. Would love an autographed CD if you ever put one out lol.

[shminkydj]

This is a remix of a popular tune in england around 1992....which in my opinion was part of the birth of a new genre in music called "ambient" or "Chill out" which is now very popular in Ibiza where i live!!!
Which is probably why it sounds Movie Soundtrack
Cheers mate