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Old 11-01-2017, 01:27 PM   #1
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REAPER CONTEST - NOVEMBER 2017
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MIXING: 1-15 November
VOTING: 16-28 November
RESULTS: 30 November


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What's up beautiful people We're almost at the end of the year (can you believe it?! gosh, time flies man...), we're all getting tired of working and doing stuff, so this month user Grass, who won last month, has chosen an easy song for ya with just a few tracks It's a country-rock tune called All American Mutt by Jamie Kent. Hope you guys like it and I'll see you very soon
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Old 11-01-2017, 01:27 PM   #2
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Hey guys is the deadline ok or do you need more time for mixing?
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Old 11-01-2017, 02:15 PM   #3
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Hey guys is the deadline ok or do you need more time for mixing?

My vote is to extend the mixing time through the 18th.
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Old 11-01-2017, 02:22 PM   #4
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changed, thanks for the input
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Old 11-03-2017, 12:55 PM   #5
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Yea I vote for more mixing time as well. I am swamped with mixing and recording. LOL but I really wanna be a part of this, seems fun and I never use Reaper plugs. So that will be fun to try them.
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Old 11-06-2017, 10:44 AM   #6
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I'd really like to know what made me think it was a good idea to try mixing this thing.

It will be very interesting to see how people approach this.

In "real life", I'd be begging for an overdub of the acoustic guitar.
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Old 11-06-2017, 05:43 PM   #7
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the acoustic guitar track is the worst thing in the world!!! :/
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Old 11-07-2017, 09:00 AM   #8
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the acoustic guitar track is the worst thing in the world!!! :/
LOL.

Well, it does present a challenge but, then, that's good for learning.

At any rate, I'm done whining and apologize for my little tantrum.

I've finally worked out a strategy. Too bad I didn't think things through a bit more before diving in. I'd have prevented a lot of frustration.

Live and learn.
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Old 11-08-2017, 01:07 AM   #9
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Now I'm curious about that acoustic track xD
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Old 11-08-2017, 02:44 PM   #10
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It's one of those things that makes you wonder what was going on during the tracking session. I can't imagine recording an acoustic guitar with all that bleed unless you planned to over-dub later.

With that said, several people on that Cambridge website, where the stems come from, have managed to make perfectly useable mixes. In the official release of that song, there are several other instruments layered on top and the acoustic guitar is barely audible.
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Old 11-09-2017, 10:52 AM   #11
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If these were million dollar tracks, we probably wouldn't have access to them.

Amazing how much that acoustic track causes issues with the drum tracks.
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Old 11-09-2017, 12:45 PM   #12
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this type of tracks is were i missed another plugins in reaper.
multimaximizer, or any multiband compressor like waves..
and some good plate reverbs...
wishlist to version 6!
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Old 11-09-2017, 01:46 PM   #13
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sent it!
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Old 11-09-2017, 04:01 PM   #14
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this type of tracks is were i missed another plugins in reaper.
multimaximizer, or any multiband compressor like waves..
and some good plate reverbs...
wishlist to version 6!
Martinmadero,

Have you tried reaXcomp? I'm not sure how it compares to other multiband...
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Old 11-09-2017, 04:46 PM   #15
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Have you tried reaXcomp? I'm not sure how it compares to other multiband...
hi kgarello,
i usually uses reaXcomp in the mixes, and it works fine for me..
but compared with other multibands i think that are far..
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Old 11-09-2017, 05:20 PM   #16
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when you say "only reaper plugins" does that include the jsfx included with reaper?
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I've been using anything JS:

I'm not an authority on it though
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Old 11-09-2017, 05:27 PM   #18
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hope so... i can live without waves InPhase i guess, but no transient shaper?!
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Old 11-09-2017, 05:36 PM   #19
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I looked at last month's entries and there were lots of JS plugs in use.
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hi kgarello,
i usually uses reaXcomp in the mixes, and it works fine for me..
but compared with other multibands i think that are far..
I'll check out multimaxer - I've used reaxcomp successfully as a deeser, but usually I get lost with it.
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I looked at last month's entries and there were lots of JS plugs in use.
then i shall proceed accordingly... thank you...
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when you say "only reaper plugins" does that include the jsfx included with reaper?
hello zappazapper!
yes you can use any jsfx plugin included in reaper
read the faqs in the reaper contest website for more information about the mixing rules: https://reapercontest.wixsite.com/home/mixing
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hello zappazapper!
yes you can use any jsfx plugin included in reaper
read the faqs in the reaper contest website for more information about the mixing rules: https://reapercontest.wixsite.com/home/mixing
ya i read that... doesn't mention jsfx..
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Old 11-09-2017, 08:43 PM   #24
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holy ya that acoustic guitar track is something else... guess we're not comping vocals XD
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Old 11-10-2017, 12:50 PM   #25
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Done!

I just sent my submission via the Contest Website.

Please let me know if you received the ZIP and if it contains everything you need?

I had a hard time hitting the -14 and -1.0 peak. It was the "TRUE PEAK" that kept creeping up compared to the peak registered in Reaper. I had to hunt down the places and instruments, lower the volume and/or compress a bit more, because the JS Limited would not do the job properly; I told it the ceiling was -1.0, but it would let some peaks through (some inter-samples I assume...).

Anyway, I think the Reaper peaked at -1.3 and the True Peak at -1.1; I had to stop trying to get to the perfect integer value because I was messing up the mix with all the tweaking here and there needed to hit the mark. Plus, I was spending way too much time doing that part of the mixing...

I was wondering if, next time, you would be ok with:

LUFS [-13.8 to -14.2]
Ceiling max -true peak (or reaper peak?) [-1.2 to -0.8]

That flexibility would be enough to prevent some (i.e. me) from spending to much time and effort hunting down some small sound details, then finding a way to fix them without messing up the rest of the sound/color?

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Done!

I just sent my submission via the Contest Website.

Please let me know if you received the ZIP and if it contains everything you need?

I had a hard time hitting the -14 and -1.0 peak. It was the "TRUE PEAK" that kept creeping up compared to the peak registered in Reaper.
Hey, I worked some stuff out and re-sent a new ZIP file on the Contest Website.

Please use this new version. Ok?

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Hey, I worked some stuff out and re-sent a new ZIP file on the Contest Website.

Please use this new version. Ok?

Thanks
Ok, now wait. I'm not sure anymore which peak i need to limit. Reaper's or Youlean (i,e, the TRUE peak?

Can someone please give me some indications, because i'm running around in circles here tryi111ng to get both these peaks to match up (i can't do it - completely stumped - this is too technical for me).

Which is it?

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You take the reading from Youlean. You'll be looking at the box that says "Integrated".
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Old 11-13-2017, 06:46 AM   #30
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sorry guys for the lack updates. I got a few submissions but haven't been able to download them yet
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Old 11-14-2017, 04:29 PM   #31
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hey guys you have time until Sunday night to send me your stuff. Too busy for school and don't have time right now to do all the prep work for the next phase!
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Old 11-18-2017, 08:06 AM   #32
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Submitted! I don't really know what I'm doing when it comes to mixing, but I look forward to learning from the other submissions.
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Old 11-18-2017, 11:37 AM   #33
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This thing is kickin' my butt!
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Old 11-19-2017, 03:17 PM   #34
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I'm getting ready to start my up-load. I decided to start over this afternoon but am still not satisfied.

Oh well, I'm submitting what I have in the spirit of education.
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Ok I'm uploading all on the website. No more submissions allowed (dug_dog send me your when you're finished but as soon as possible )
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Old 11-19-2017, 05:27 PM   #36
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Ok now is all up and running go on the website, listen to all the submissions, vote for your favourite ones and, above all, have fun
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Old 11-20-2017, 11:49 PM   #37
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Well I think I know which one is mine. lol

I'm guessing we're not to discuss the mixes until after voting is complete. Is that right?
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Old 11-21-2017, 05:52 AM   #38
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I'm new to the contest so don't really know the etiquette. It probably depends on what, specifically, you want to discuss. I'm up for it.
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Old 11-21-2017, 06:02 AM   #39
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You can already discuss if you want, just try to avoid saying who mixed what. That's a surprise for the results
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Old 11-21-2017, 09:27 AM   #40
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One song has a great snare sound
One song has great clear and balanced vocals
One has a good kick sound
One has nice back vocal effects
One has a tight electric guitar sound
One got the bass just right


Too bad all these things are not in the same song!


How can we get rid of the 'in hindsight' syndrome involved in mixing? LOL
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