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Sonar Demo Project File "Living for Now" by Sophie Jane
The Cakewalk User Group on Facebook is having a mixing contest using the Demo project "Living for Now" by Sophie Jane. The contest involves using only stock plugins. I didn't want to mix using the stock plugins, but did do my own mix of the song, which I present here. https://soundcloud.com/cclarry/living-for-now-lws
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Re: Sonar Project File "Living for Now" by Sophie Jane
2017/10/16 14:14:47
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Sounds good here Larry, hat did you use then for your processing?
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Re: Sonar Project File "Living for Now" by Sophie Jane
2017/10/16 14:37:07
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I combination of Waves and Slate mostly depending on the Instrument, and, of course, O7A for Mastering. I was REALLY happy with this mix... EDIT: Forgot to say Thanx Wookie! That's not like me! I was babysitting this morning so was typing in a hurry!
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Re: Sonar Project File "Living for Now" by Sophie Jane
2017/10/16 15:24:27
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Very nice job Lars. Top drawer.
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Re: Sonar Project File "Living for Now" by Sophie Jane
2017/10/16 19:45:01
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Thanx Baps!
Having good tracks helps a lot. There was some noises
I had to deal with...but all in all, I was quite happy with
the result!
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Re: Sonar Project File "Living for Now" by Sophie Jane
2017/10/17 04:54:14
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Sounded pretty darn good to me.
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Re: Sonar Project File "Living for Now" by Sophie Jane
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Re: Sonar Project File "Living for Now" by Sophie Jane
2017/10/17 17:10:58
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☄ Helpfulby cclarry 2017/10/18 01:04:54
Hi Larry  , I have listened to this a couple of times since you first posted it. Reason for not commenting sooner is simple... I don't know enough about mixing proper music to give any real helpful criticism. That said, I did go through a short phase a couple of years ago where I had a go at the Boz Digital Labs contest a couple of years ago, and I enjoyed that, even though it is so far away from what I would normally "mix." It certainly helped me gain a better insight of dealing with all the different elements within a song, how to make space, all that kind of stuff. And it has helped loads with my ambient stuff. At least I would like to think so. Anyway, back to your mix of Living For Now... Yeah, listening on my "not-so-great" Tannoy Reveal active nearfields... not the best to listen on, but better than headphones I guess, and it does sound really good... Nice and clean, and I love how the bass comes over on my monitors. On my third listen because it is taking so long to type my waffle  cheers andy
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Re: Sonar Project File "Living for Now" by Sophie Jane
2017/10/17 17:16:51
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☄ Helpfulby cclarry 2017/10/18 01:05:22
Sounds quite good except the lead vocal is a bit sibilant (could use a de-esser) and could use some lower mids. Aside from that, I wouldn't change a thing.
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Re: Sonar Project File "Living for Now" by Sophie Jane
2017/10/18 00:32:36
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☄ Helpfulby cclarry 2017/10/18 01:05:29
Very nice mix, Larry! Bass is sounding really good in this, very nice and well balanced.
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Re: Sonar Project File "Living for Now" by Sophie Jane
2017/10/18 01:24:07
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Wayfarer
Sounds quite good except the lead vocal is a bit sibilant (could use a de-esser) and could use some lower mids. Aside from that, I wouldn't change a thing.
Yes indeed..that was one of the thing I meant to do...de-ess the vocal. I forgot that I had removed the
de-esser that the standard project came with! Thanx Wayfarer!
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Re: Sonar Project File "Living for Now" by Sophie Jane
2017/10/18 01:24:07
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Wayfarer
Sounds quite good except the lead vocal is a bit sibilant (could use a de-esser) and could use some lower mids. Aside from that, I wouldn't change a thing.
Yes indeed..that was one of the thing I meant to do...de-ess the vocal. I forgot that I had removed the
de-esser that the standard project came with! Thanx Wayfarer!
EDIT: Here's the de-essed vocal version...
https://soundcloud.com/cc.rry/living-for-now-lws-2
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Re: Sonar Project File "Living for Now" by Sophie Jane
2017/10/18 01:37:18
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There are no "Quote" brackets around my comment! Why are they showing up
as part of the qoute?
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Re: Sonar Project File "Living for Now" by Sophie Jane
2017/10/18 01:56:48
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☄ Helpfulby cclarry 2017/10/18 02:25:10
Sounds better Larry. Glad I finally said something helpful around here. I knew it would happen some day.
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Re: Sonar Project File "Living for Now" by Sophie Jane
2017/10/18 12:51:45
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☄ Helpfulby cclarry 2017/10/19 22:20:53
first time hearing today and it sounds pretty damn good to me. Nice depth and separation.
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Re: Sonar Project File "Living for Now" by Sophie Jane
2017/10/18 19:48:54
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☄ Helpfulby cclarry 2017/10/19 22:20:52
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Re: Sonar Project File "Living for Now" by Sophie Jane
2017/10/19 20:21:13
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☄ Helpfulby cclarry 2017/10/19 22:20:50
Sounds really nice Larry, everything present and clear. I like the song too, reminds me of Aimee Mann.
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Re: Sonar Project File "Living for Now" by Sophie Jane
2017/10/19 21:28:10
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Larry,
Really good mix.
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Re: Sonar Project File "Living for Now" by Sophie Jane
2017/10/19 21:34:18
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☄ Helpfulby cclarry 2017/10/19 22:20:19
Very nice, Larry. Good song and good mix, which makes for a good advertisement for Waves and Slate.
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Re: Sonar Project File "Living for Now" by Sophie Jane
2017/10/25 13:28:45
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I liked the song, and it sounded good to me, especially the drums and bass - they sound just right in the mix.
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