Boris Spasov Mix for Gearfest Puremix Contest

Artist: Liza Colby Band         Song: Oh Baby

After watching the live recording session, I set out to bring out the energy and rawness of the song; just simple rock n' roll music played and performed all live.
I've aimed for a Rock and Roll drum sound and a warmer bass tone to really provide the low-end support for the song; big-sounding guitars to drive the rhythm section. Since it's just a 3-piece band, everything needed to sound big without getting in the way of the other instruments .

DRUMS:  

The Kick was treated with a R EQ (Waves Audio) and R Comp (Waves Audio) 

The Snare have a Two tracks : One with less comp. and one with more comp. to bring the attack.
Snare was treated with Gate (Waves Audio) to reduce spill R EQ (Waves Audio) and R Comp (Waves Audio) 

The Overheads  had a URS Mix EQ to filter out some low-end and adjusted to taste to fit the whole drum kit in picture, and R Comp (Waves Audio) 

The Drums Mix have a two tracks. One dry and one Heavy Compressed with Analog Chanel ( Mc DSP ) and R Comp (Waves Audio)  

BASS

 The Bass DI was treated with a Sans amp at the top of the insert chain followed by an R EQ (Waves Audio) R Bass (Waves Audio) and L2 (Waves Audio) R Bass to bring a Low end of Bass Guitar
The Bass amp was treated with a L2 (Waves Audio) Sans amp with drive and URS N EQ with Hi pass filter to bring a Mid range of Bass .

GUITARS 

The Guitars had a URS N EQ With Hi pass filter 

VOCALS

 C 4 (Waves Audio) followed by a R Voc (Waves Audio) DeEsser (Waves Audio) and URS N EQ 

EFX

 I used a variety of effects on all the instruments ranging from Room Reverbs to Hall Reverbs and a touch of Delay on both the guitars and Vocals. Different Reverb units are used for each instrument with different settings. Some of the effects plugins used are as follows

B Reverb (Room 1) TC Electronics Mega Verb (Room 2) and TC Electronics Classic Verb ( Hall ) Delay (Waves Audio) 

MASTER

 I had a Analog Chanel (Mc DSP) the top of the insert chain followed by SSL Comp (Waves Audio) to glue it together  TAPE ( DUY ) and L2 (Waves Audio) hitting the end of 
the signal, barely limiting the signal after to give it more punch in the mix.

I used :  

Pro Tools 10 - DAW
Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 - Interface
Alesis Monitor One mk2 - Nearfield Monitors
Samson Resolv 120a – Subwoofer 
Akg K 55 - Headphones
