Boz Digital Mix Competition, The Wookiee's version #bdl2015mix

I'm not sure how that all works.  They give you tracks, obviously.  Anyway, the mix sounds good to me except the overall volume seems very hot.  It could be me.  It's a beautiful song. 

Hi Warren the link to Boz provides you with links for the stems.  I am surprised that you say it sounds hot, was that playing back the soundcloud MP3 or did you download the wave?  I did not squish this at all the average is all around the -6dB mark.
 
Thanks for listening and commenting.

Mix sounds good to my ears Wookiee... Makes me think I should have a go myself. I promised myself that I'd get back to my own stuff after that FabFilter competition... Ah well.......
 
 
cheers
 
andy

Thanks Andy, why not the link in my first post gives all the details and links to the four zipped stems.
 
Cheers Warren download it it is a 24 bit wave file.

Cool tune, I'll have to download the wav and listen through ARC but the vocals don't seem loud enough and the bass too loud possibly. Much better than I could achieve.
 

36 tracks, oh my that's a lot of tracks. I would be overwhelmed to be sure with that one. You're getting there, the guitars and other instruments are sure getting that Wookiee sparkle that delights the ears. I'm sure your final will be a serious contender.

Okay, Wook, hooked up Steinberg, Sennheiser phones and downloaded .wav.  Man, it's beautiful.  I thought I had left the peripherals in the car which is valet parked in the mountains here.  But, I did bring them in.  Now I feel bad about the others I commented on.  It's like I didn't give them a fair shot, though I know some people critique on laptop speakers so...... I love this song, too.  It's really nice, John!!!!

Interesting idea. The stems sound well recorded, so I'd think the mixing would be a little easier? A lot easier? My main fight on my own mixes is trying to accentuate the good and polish the heck out of the turds.
 
On your mix here, some said too much bass? I'd want more. I'd try to thicken that acoustic guitar a little maybe, or add some lower range eq back to it. But that is certainly just personal mix preference, not necessarily better,  and yours and everyone else's will be different of course.
 
But I think your mix works very well in all other elements! As far as the song goes, I find your original stuff much more interesting. Is this "shoegazing" that they are going for? Time to look up!!!
 
cheers,
-Tom

Sounds pretty good, Wook.   Nice presence, width and punch.   I think the lead vocal may be a little too present, but that's completely subjective.   Overall nice work though.     
 
This sounds like a good mix experience...
 

hey wook,
this mix sounds good!
 
i think the comment about it being hot,
is directly related to the way the STEMS were recorded, only...
 
they seem to have very little dynamic range,
as if they were all compressed and limited,
but this is a 'modern' sound,
and working with what you have, i thought it was a very straightforward mix.
nice job.
 

Nice mix wookie, I went with a wetter vocal but that's just different tastes, I like how you gave the acoustic lead guitar some prominence, it made sense in context. Intimate vibe going on in this one, I like it. Good Job man.
Andrew

Going back and listening again, I think you had the best acoustic sound in the intro.  It was less trebly. I'm sure that's subjective but it is what I noticed.

Wookiee
That console emulator set to the N type does wonders and all Buses had the Tape emulator on as well.
 

Hehehe.....  "N" is all over my mix at the moment.   

Thank you Julian