Some Mix Opinions If You Will...

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Member Since: May 21, 2009

Soo.... First post! *eek* here I go.

I made some mixes from some a cappella stuff I had laying around. A cappella means just voices, so check it out, you'll be surprised.. ;)

You may not believe me, but everything is a human voice or originates from a human, fun stuff.

Everything is a little spicy in the upper end (bad monitors for mixing) so turn that treble down ;)

Watch Over You by Alterbridge - Record, Edit, Mix, and Master
Lady by Styx - Record, Edit, Mix (with the help of Bill), and Master
Starlight by Muse [REMIX] - Edit done by Ed Boyer, re-edit by myself, Mix and Master
Viva la Vida by Coldplay [REMIX] - Edit done by Ed Boyer, re-edit by myself, Mix, and Master

Non-A'Cappella:
Only a Dream by Paul Trinca (a Chip) - Record, Edit, Mix, and Master

Some notes:

Lady - Solo is a very very rough draft with no tuning aka just a scratch
Starlight - Solo isn't done, attempted an amateur AutoTune effect


So here you go:

www.thebuffalochips.com/practice

All are in there...

I appreciate comments, I've only been doing this for a few months now, so take that into account... ;)

Thanks all!

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producer
Member
Since: Dec 07, 2006


May 22, 2009 10:12 am

I definitely dig this. is the beat in viva la vida sampled human voices too?

Member
Since: May 21, 2009


May 22, 2009 10:55 am

Yes... everything you hear has originated from a human mouth lmao.

producer
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Since: Dec 07, 2006


May 22, 2009 12:04 pm

Great placement with the vocals as far as mixing goes. all those vox must have been interesting to work with. plus I hear some doubling too to add even more.

Czar of Midi
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Since: Apr 04, 2002


May 22, 2009 03:35 pm

Pretty cool to say the least. Taking into a count the high end you spoke off. But it isn't all that bad really. A little bright but not horrible at all.

Lady was great indeed. The drum machine was a little cheezy but it kind of adds to the feel and doesn't distract from the voices.

I liked the others as well. Nicely done for sure.

Member
Since: May 21, 2009


May 22, 2009 03:58 pm

timexone-

It is a bit tough... WAY more tracks than a traditional piece... this one was 64 tracks with most of them placed in stereo tracks. Two takes were taken of each part adding natural width to the sound.

Noize2u-

No drum machine! That's sampled from a 'beatboxer' although we call it vocal percussion. Compressed, EQ'd and pitch shifted to find the right sound.

Czar of Midi
Administrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002


May 22, 2009 04:25 pm

Well then, that makes it much cooler indeed. It sounds like an older drum machine for sure.

I'm impressed by the sound.

Member
Since: May 21, 2009


May 22, 2009 05:49 pm

Thank you!

Actually if you want to hear stuffed mixed by a guy who knows what he's doing... check out this:

www.thebuffalochips.com/cis.html

That's the album my group just put out.

Czar of Midi
Administrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002


May 22, 2009 07:12 pm

I will give it a listen later or tomorrow. To be honest I thought your mixes were pretty good really.

http://www.unitedmusicians.info
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Since: Nov 11, 2007


May 22, 2009 08:11 pm

Those were some really good vocals! The arrangement style reminds me of something from the soundtrack of Katamari Damacy, which I happen to dig.

The stereo in city recordings are CRAZY good! You guys should tour so I can come watch this happen.

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