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I bought a Behringer compressor from Mark. Like a well made cheese sauce this transaction was extremely smooth and very tasty. Cheers Mark!

Yeh I would have the mid level all the way down. Sweep from the bottom to the middle of the range to find the right cut. It should only take a second or two. Deffinitely have the low cut engaged. I wouldn't bother boosting lows.

ouch, 3 hours of listening to country music and 0 votes Nevermind, I didn't like my mix on re-listening. Well done to the winners! I'll try harder this month.

I would prefer to have a "flat" amp and cab set-up, and then a nice big graphic EQ to get lots of different sounds. If you buy a new amp every time you want a different sound, you have too much money

[quote name='Wil' timestamp='1369233217' post='2086672'] EQ with your ears and not with your eyes. [/quote] Yes, FFS your eyes are for seeing, your ears are for listening! I'm so sick of people trying to judge sound by looking. I did a little test on myself when mixing the other week. I wanted a high pass filter to cut out any unnecessary subs. I put the filter on but I was convinced I could hear it, even though it should be mostly below what I can actually hear. So, I got a friend to turn it off and on while I closed my eyes - I had no idea when it was on or off!

I've had very little time - can't listen at work - so I listened on my mixing set-up (NS10 copies and a sub) and my TV. The three best were obvious on both systems, but I'm not sure E was one of them. I just kept listening to a bit of the intro, then skipping to a loud chorus. [quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1369075590' post='2084614'] I don't understand how saying his mix is "too good" amongst a bunch of rookies is harsh? I didn't want to vote for the pro, because I thought the hobbyist might appreciate the vote more. [/quote] I just thought we should be voting for the best mix, and it should be anonymous... I guess the voting is as subjective as the mixing!

[quote name='MiltyG565' timestamp='1369072935' post='2084583'] I deliberately didn't vote for Simon's mix, because it was too good [/quote] That's a bit harsh, I hope you're joking!

OK, just voted, no idea if it's mine or not, I just kept comparing the mixes and chose my favorite. There were 3 that sounded great for me

I haven't had chance, moving house at the moment but will do my best to vote tonight. I hope I can tell which one mine is (and it sounds the best!) I'm deffinitely happy to handle the uploading any time, even though i'm very busy, I can do it from work, just set up a queue at the end of the day and upload over night while no-one's here.

I don't mind doing it one month?

[quote name='Skol303' timestamp='1368788715' post='2081469'] I think I can speak for everyone here by saying a massive CHEERS for sorting this out!! [/quote] absolutely! I'll check them out and vote over the weekend I hope mine made it and wasn't one of the loud ones - I did my best with the K Metering!

I bought a rack tuner from Andy, no problems at all, couldn't have gone better!

You're using the pre-amps in your desk, so ideally all you want from the interface is line inputs, no pre-amps. Unfortunately these tend to be more expensive. This looks perfect: http://www.thomann.de/gb/echo_audiofire_12.htm Not used their stuff before though so I can't recommend it. I do the same but with PCI cards which have loads of line inputs. I also have a Tascam USB audio interface which is great, but the first 8 inputs are all mic inputs with pre-amps so to do the same thing I'd have to make an insert loom with XLRs on one end. Not a big deal I suppose.

dirt is the most important for me. I've not actually found a pedal which would suit all my needs without coupling it with a blender and/or EQ but i'm sure there's one out there.

Just bought an SD-2 from Shep, couldn't have gone better!

Si I've submitted mine via email, let me know if you've not received it I think I compromised a bit. Basically I tried a few different sounds but then got utterly sick of the song. Why is it that a lot of country singers sound almost auto-tuned? Are they way more accurate with pitch than singers of other genres?

that's interesting, I used a sidechained gate for the first time ever on this. It works pretty well! I've only ever used sidechained compressors before.

I think the roger linn box in the effects for sale forum might be what you're after!?

It seems to me that there must have been a lot of processing on the way in to the box on this one, so I don't have much to do. Turn everything up and it sounds good! The snare did seem very compressed though, or maybe it's just badly tuned, I really don't like the sound of it and it's taken me ages of messing about to get a sound with a bit of "crack".

I have it on K-14C and the level meter on the right hand side isn't going above 0, is that right? If so I'm pretty much done, just need to reference it on some other systems.

Trust your ears Kev, if it sounds right, it is right. I would recommend you record some stuff yourself and listen back on a good system or headphones, just to double check.

If I was watching a band and they stopped mid-song to start again 'cos of a mistake, I'd think it was laughable. It would ruin the gig.

arrrgh, I need to get my act together. I've only done my standard tidying up so far (group tracks etc) no "mixing" done yet at all.