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Hah, I can't remember if I voted for D or E now! I think it was E I've really enjoyed this, it was great to hear so many different takes on our song. Hopefully I'll be able to take part in the next few mix competitions to show what I can do!

I have to admit I've been mixing with a limiter on the main output. I can always take it off if it's going somewhere else for mastering, but I feel it gives me a clearer picture of where it'll be as an "end product". I guess the best way to approach this is to get the mix sounding as good as you can before you start doing any master compression at all, but this method does have me working a lot quicker. More experience required!

did you think the drums sounded distant on my original mix? I thought the intros were all very good actually. It was the one part of the song where everyone put something creative on to it, and where I initially thought I'd differentiate between them, but after listening at home (adjusting my fader as I went :-p ) I had to go for the one which had an OK drum sound and was well balanced overall.

What about with the OC-2 on it's own? I wonder if it's cos the bottle rocket is true bypass where the other pedals have buffers. I know you said it wasn't an issue of the order of the pedals, but when you have the bottle rocket before the OC-2, so there's always a buffer at the end of the loop, do you get the same problem?

[quote name='moonbass' timestamp='1364656393' post='2029301'] I think some of the vocal and other parts were recorded incredibly quietly so they were easily missed(!) I had to normalise some stems to get them to a usable level. Cracking tune though. [/quote] Sorry about that, he has such a range, going from quiet breathy parts to mental screaming. After watching the video Si linked I'll be recording two tracks at once, 20db apart, and then editing those together.

I've voted... B does have a good drum sound, but it's all drums! While it's a nice ego trip for me being the drummer, I didn't think it was as well balanced as some of the others. There's some really creative stuff on these mixes. It makes me regret not playing about more, especially with the intro.

OK, I have a short list but don't want to vote yet. I have to say, I'm not a big fan of 'A' but jesus what a massive bass sound! Nice one whoever A is! How long do we get to vote?

We shipped out a parcel containing 2 boxes a couple of weeks ago. The customer got a parcel with one box in it. The courier has re-packed the parcel after f***ing it up. To get any recompense I had to spend half an hour on their online claim form, explaining to them that they damaged it themselves and the damaged remains were probably in their depot. No reponse yet. I guess they make it as difficult as possible to put people off claiming

I'm not really aware of the theory, it's just I've been told in the past that changing the wires round on one end of a jack cable would flip the phase... and I honestly thought I'd had it off a lecturer at uni. Oh well, it's not the first time I've found out something I learned at uni was bollocks.

good call Bigwan Why wouldn't flipping the wires around on one end of a jack lead work to flip the phase?

I don't think that's the case at all. It must be more to do with what's interesting to talk about. The beauty in music - how it makes you feel personally, is not easily expressed or shared, where as comparing gear and "chops" is...? could be talking bollocks

could be a phase thing? EDIT: Oh, beaten to it. It's an easy test anyway, if you have an old jack lead you can take apart.

Thanks for the George Massenburg video Si, I got around to watching it yesterday, it's very interesting

I've always used my dirt and comp pedals in the loop of the NS-2 with delays after it

It's not just about price. I've seen people regurgitate advice they've read online, on forums like this, without even trying it for themselves. Judge your gear with your ears, or in the case of a bass with your hands too. Obviously durability is important too, but if you take care of your gear, it should be fine. Apparently the behringer plastic pedals are very durable indeed, but I don't own any so wouldn't know. I would buy them if I allowed my pedal addiction to grip me again

I don't know any blenders with a phase control built in but I'm sure there are some specialist ones around. So, in that respect, the LS-2 will be on a par with all common blenders. The LS-2 allows you to mix two chains of effects together (among other functions), which is sometimes a lot more useful than just a clean blend. I have a barge concepts blender, and a SFX mixer thing, they all sound similar to me! edit to say - I'm not sure a phase inverter switch would be that much use, you might as well just make a jack lead that flips the phase

oh dear, I hope everyone else has submitted their mix, they're getting some great tips here! I'll have to play about with a hat mic once i'm in my new space, which should be nice and dry

I always got the impression you were more bothered about how cool the bass looked, rather than how good it sounded? I like a bit of both, but yeh, not bothered about minute details as long as it makes a big noise, who cares?

[quote name='mcgraham' timestamp='1363783808' post='2017498'] I'm all about simplicity. Just ask Shep! [/quote] Obviously you need another 2 levels of dirt at least, plus an envelope filter and a couple of delay pedals. That would be simple!

very sw***y mcgraham but you've not left much room for expansion!

it's ont of the Red Audio overhead thingies that come with the drum set... always sounded fine as an overhead. I wonder, would a dynamic mic work better on the hats? What do you use?

If you've got the money it's a good mantra!

I don't think I used the hat mic at all Si. In fact for the whole album I recorded a hat mic but didn't use it 'cos it didn't add anything. Is that my positioning do you think?

well I love the sound, but I record a lot and it took me about 6 months in that room to get happy with my mixes. Now i'm looking at moving to a smaller/drier space and that's scarey - I'll have to find reverb plug-ins that I like for drums!

yeh it's a massive room with huge reverb sorry!