Helping you to get your music made
I’ve thrown my hat into the ring for the mixing contest being run by Mixnotes.TV The song is “Flattery & Lies” by Caitlin Eadie. It’s an interesting combination of sampled drums playing against acoustic and electric guitars, with a double bass in place of a bass guitar or synth and some tasteful keyboards to underpin the vocal.
A little Scandanavian indie rock for you with this one, by Swedish band Scarlet Blue. It’s take from their new EP, “Burgundy”, available now.
Momentary Max: -13.8 LUFS, Integrated:-20.3 LUFS, Range 11.1 LU, True Peak -1.8dB
This is my mix of “Invincible”, a new song from LA-based singer/songwriter Daniel Sobrino. It features more synths and electronic drums than other mixes I’ve included on the site, but is still driven by an acoustic guitar that runs throughout and some nice harmony vocals in there as well.
Momentary Max: -11.5 LUFS, Integrated: -16.4 LUFS, Range: 8.3 LU, True Peak -0.5dB
This mix is something a little different – no guitars! “Thanks For Breakfast” is a song by Jessica Ripka and is driven by her piano playing, supported by some very nifty strings – there are only two string players on the song, but they overdubbed themselves repeatedly to create a full string section.
Momentary Max: -11.2 LUFS, Integrated: -16.2 LUFS, Range 7.4 LU, True Peak -1.4dB, no buss limiting
This is the mix of a song by Graham Cochrane, whose blog at The Recording Revolution is well worth checking out – he’s very much a ProTools user, but he posts a lot of material that is not limited to ProTools, but can be applied in any DAW. I’m a subscriber and you should be too, if you’re serious about improving the quality of your recording and mixing.
Momentary Max: -11.0 LUFS, Integrated: -15.6 LUFS, Range 13.6LU, True Peak -0.5dB, no buss limiting
This is my [re]mix of an old hymn recorded by Joe Gilder for his new album, “Help Of The Helpless”, a collection of hymns reworked in a more modern style.
Momentary Max: -9.6 LUFS, Integrated: -15.7 LUFS, Range: 7.9 LU, True Peak: -0.2dB
This mix of “Ava’s Song” by Sean Hebert was done using only the stock plug-ins in Cubase 7, as I got to grips with the new MixConsole and other features. I didn’t run it into a compressor when I mixed it, instead opting to keep the levels well below 0dB at the output, so it has a wide dynamic range. One of the features in Cubase 7 is an EBU-complaint loudness meter and, for those interested, I’ve posted the loudness details below.
Momentary Max: -11.4 LUFS, Integrated: -17.2 LUFS, Range: 18.5 LU, True Peak: -1.8dB
A touch on the quiet side, perhaps, but as the man said, you can always turn it up.