I made an instrumental version of "Little Numbers" by Boy.

Download here: bit.ly/1e2geS2

Check out the original:
https://soundcloud.com/groenlandrecords/boy-little-numbers

Boy -  Little Numbers - Instrumental

Songwriting Demo
Writer/Performer (guitar)

Insert Creative Name Here

mixing/mastering/digital editing/additional production

Mixing Demo: Hard Rock

An alternative way of mixing drums. Before/After comparison.

No samples were used. All sounds are from the raw tracks. No transient designers or compressors were used (except for 0,5dB GR on the master buss). No real room tracks were used. Only kick, snare and overheads. Huge, yet natural sounding drums. All mixed ITB with Reaper.

If you want your mixes to sound like that, drop me a line ;-)


Drum Processing Without Samples

mixing/mastering demo: Pop/Rock
No drum samples used.
"I'm Alright" by Angels in Amplifiers.

Mixing Demo: Pop/Rock

Mixing Demo. No samples.
Mixing, Mastering, a little editing.

Mixing Demo: Funk/Pop

Mixing, mastering, claps, some editing.
No drum samples.

Download for decent quality.

"Spacestations" by Strand Of Oaks.

Mixing Demo: Indie

Mixed ITB with Reaper on Focal Twin 6Bes.
I replaced the kick sample with one of my liking, but the snare and all other drums are actually the real ones.

#bdl2015mix - I Am Cassettes - Believe - 140dBspl mix - bdl2015mix

"Let her know" by Ivo for Mix With The Masters Mixing Contest #MWTMCONSOLE1

Mixed ITB with Reaper on Focal Twin6 Be.

Ivo - Let her know - 140dBspl -  #MWTMCONSOLE1

Mixed ITB with Reaper 4.4 on KRK VXT8

I went for a natural, open, yet energetic sound. A very dynamic mix with a big bad rock snare and a serious kick drum. No super upfront lead vocals or crippled bass range in trade for loudness. Mostly "classic" mixing techniques and (almost) no secret trickery.

Having only one guitar track was of course a challenge. Putting it in the center was "too mono" so I panned it slightly left and put some ADT/delay/EQ mixture hard right to get some width. It's a rock song  after all! Also, some reverbs and delays and the bass distortion are panned to the right to balance out the guitar.
The vocals needed a lot of automation to sit in the mix
Getting the guitar and vocals not to fight in the upper mids was a challenge.
Volume and pan automation all over the place.

PlugIns used: VOS BootEQmkII, DensityMkIII, ThrillseekerXTC, ThrillseekerLA, RescueMkII, TesslaPro, BaxterEQ, Waves REQ, RComp, RBass, RAxx, Vladg/Sound Molot, TDR Feedback Compressor II, Cockos ReaEQ, ReaFir, ReaVerb, ReaGate

Some details:

Kick: EQ -> Comp   into ambiance reverb
Snare: gate -> limiter -> EQ   into ambiance reverb
Snare copy: -> EQ -> comp/limiter w/ massive GR
Snare Bus: Comp
OH: EQ -> Saturation -> M/S EQ

Parallel compression from kick, snare and some OH.
Drum bus: M/S saturation


Bass:
Bass-DI: comp -> EQ
send to: bass pre amp sim
send to: MXR distortion pedal -> EQ
Bass bus: EQ -> RBass


Guitar:
Original track: EQ -> comp -> EQ -> super secret stuff -> saturation -> EQ -> tremolo
send to: ADT -> saturation -> chorus -> EQ
Guitar bus: M/S saturation -> EQ
=> into reverb and delay


Vocals:
EQ -> EQ -> comp -> comp -> EQ -> saturation -> Deesser -> EQ
=> into reverbs and slap back delay

Master bus:
saturation -> EQ -> comp -> tape sim -> M/S Saturation

Liza Colby - Oh Baby - 140dBSPL mix for GearfestPuremixContest - Winning Entry

What I can do for you:

Mixing
Production
Songwriting
Digital Editing (Quantizing, Pocketing, Tuning,...)

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