I'm Alright by Angels in Amplifiers

In progress. Head bounce will begin at :30s. Enjoy.

Mindfields-TBP and Cain

Pretty much just getting levels set and seeing how the bagpipes transfer with mid-side and some verb on them. This is around the second verse, middle of the song....beautiful flutes start the first part out. 

Mos def open to collaboration with anyone else interested in making an other-worldly type of thing out of it. Hit me up.

Wake

Believe

Mixed entirely in Ableton Live on Audio Technica M50S's. Running a Win 7 64 bit, i7 3770 3.4Ghz with 32GB 1866 DDR3 RAM.

I wanted to stay as true to the original as possible as this is a showcase in mixing, not REmixing. I didn't use anything not provided in the stems.
Punched up the kick with an API-2500 compressor and Chris Lord-Alge plug-in.
Put a Chris Lord-Alge on the snare, gated out (most) of the residual cymbal bleed and finished it with a mastering rack directly on the track.
Panned out the Bass Amp and the DI and put an Eddie Kramer plug in on both.
Duped the Guitar track, put Chris Lord-Alge Stereo on the left, panned it out and added an automated tremolo on the right side. 
Duped the overheads, hard panned them and added Chris Lord-Alge on both sides to keep the high end tight and the mud out.
Put an L3 MultiMaximizer on the vocals, a Chris Lord-Alge, RVox Stereo compressor, Reverb and Echoboy to create a less dry and more spacious sounding atmosphere to sit in the mix. Certain nuances in the vocals remind me (for whatever reason) of Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane. 
Finally put Izotope's Ozone 4 on the Master to tweak individual EQ's, limit and open up the leftover space.
I only hope it translates to the upload! lol....

Anyone interested in exact settings, just ask! As you can tell the Chris Lord-Alge are a favorite of mine. I find that it hairsprays the little things down without burying anything too deeply in the mix and the highs aren't out of control to the point of ear fatigue. I often like to use the SSL plug-in but found that it made the mix a little warmer than I wanted it to sound, so I scratched it.

Best of luck to everyone in the contest!

Cainsmoker

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