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Mixfest nomination

Postby on tilt on Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:48 pm

I've been wanting to do another one of these. So today, I offer you a submission. I was skimming through them and I liked the feel of this one. Anyone else want to play along?

"Heavy Love" by Dreamers of the Ghetto

http://www.cambridge-mt.com/ms-mtk.htm# ... fTheGhetto
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Re: Mixfest nomination

Postby nitten on Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:24 pm

Sounds interesting, might jump in when i'm done with this assigment.
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Re: Mixfest nomination

Postby jmhobbs on Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:53 pm

Hey -

First off, I apologize for disappearing from the last mixfest thread. Life kind of ganged up on me. One of the items occupying my attention was a little 5 song album that needed be be recorded and mixed, so it wasn't all bad :)

I'm game to give this one a try. But I won't be able to get to it until next week. The wife and kids will be out of town though, so I'll have slightly fewer distractions :)

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Re: Mixfest nomination

Postby on tilt on Wed Dec 21, 2011 5:58 pm

fine with me. I think this one has a couple dozen tracks or more. I'm in no rush to get it done. I just wanted a common goal for some people to compare notes later.
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Re: Mixfest nomination

Postby nitten on Wed Dec 21, 2011 7:18 pm

I handed in the assignment today YAHOOOO.

I'm ready when ever you are.
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Re: Mixfest nomination

Postby acidwarp on Tue Jan 03, 2012 7:36 am

Im up for some practice, havent been doing much o anything lately besides work. Ill d/l the file and start it the beginning of next week.
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Re: Mixfest nomination

Postby acidwarp on Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:52 pm

ok so I just tried to get the files, and it says the webpage is forbiden, I tried the stems, the raw tracks same thing, but I can view the track sheet. Anyone else have this problem???

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Re: Mixfest nomination

Postby on tilt on Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:48 pm

acidwarp wrote:ok so I just tried to get the files, and it says the webpage is forbiden, I tried the stems, the raw tracks same thing, but I can view the track sheet. Anyone else have this problem???

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I downloaded these when I first posted this thread and it seemed to work fine. I just now tried to import the tracks in my DAW after reading this. Everything seems to be working fine. I recall exactly, but I think you have to sign up or something before you can download the stuff. Have you done that?
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Re: Mixfest nomination

Postby acidwarp on Fri Jan 06, 2012 10:06 am

Yup I gave my email, they emailed me a list of all the songs and links to d/l and none work, except the track lists. Can anyone else verify that they work or dont work??

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Re: Mixfest nomination

Postby on tilt on Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:05 am

Not sure what's happening. Worked for me. They did come though as a zipped file, I believe. But as far as the links not working, not sure what's going on there.
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Re: Mixfest nomination

Postby TKMJ Productions on Fri Jan 06, 2012 2:18 pm

Gonna pass on this one guys because we just moved into a new house and I'm in the process of building a new home studio. Unless you guys want me to do it without any acoustic treatments in place in a block walled basement. **
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Re: Mixfest nomination

Postby nitten on Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:07 pm

acidwarp wrote:Yup I gave my email, they emailed me a list of all the songs and links to d/l and none work, except the track lists. Can anyone else verify that they work or dont work??

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Didn't work for me neither.
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Re: Mixfest nomination

Postby acidwarp on Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:20 pm

TKMJ Productions on Fri Jan 06, 2012 4:18 pm

Gonna pass on this one guys because we just moved into a new house and I'm in the process of building a new home studio. Unless you guys want me to do it without any acoustic treatments in place in a block walled basement


Try it anyways, Im in the process of making and installing my treatments, by the time i start to mix Ill prolly have about 30% made and installed, Its more for fun than anything else.

On the other hand Ill have to be able to d/l the files to be able to start mixing lol.
@ On Tilt - Is there a way you can put up the file you d/l so we can all get it??? Ive got such a craving to start working again that I even brought up my bands old demo and tried re-mixing it lol

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Re: Mixfest nomination

Postby on tilt on Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:38 pm

I would know where to post them. That's about 30 5 minute wav files. That's a lot of space.
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Re: Mixfest nomination

Postby on tilt on Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:43 pm

I just went back to the email I got from them, to see if I could make it work.

Just out of curiousity, are you trying to open the file or save it. I tried open and it just kinda stalled. If I save it, it works.
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Re: Mixfest nomination

Postby acidwarp on Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:18 pm

I actually tried both, opening and saving none of which worked
can you try emailing me your copy of the email???
my email is acidwarp_@hotmail.com, maybe for some reason that would work. If it does we'll just email a copy to anyone interested

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Re: Mixfest nomination

Postby nitten on Sat Jan 07, 2012 8:54 am

on tilt wrote:If I save it, it works.

I tried to right click and save link, didn't work neither.
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Re: Mixfest nomination

Postby acidwarp on Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:34 pm

by nitten on Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:54 am

on tilt wrote:
If I save it, it works.
I tried to right click and save link, didn't work neither.


PM me your email and Ill forward you the email Ontilt sent me, it works, I d/l the files last night.

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Re: Mixfest nomination

Postby nitten on Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:26 pm

acidwarp wrote:
by nitten on Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:54 am

on tilt wrote:
If I save it, it works.
I tried to right click and save link, didn't work neither.


PM me your email and Ill forward you the email Ontilt sent me, it works, I d/l the files last night.

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Re: Mixfest nomination

Postby on tilt on Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:38 am

update...sorta

I stayed up late one night working on this for a while. Obviously stated up too late. When I listened to it the next day, it was obivous that I should have just gone to bed. Scrapped the whole thing.

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Re: Mixfest nomination

Postby nitten on Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:55 pm

Haven't really done anything, been having trouble getting the files down.
Just managed to get them down last night, might take a look at them to night.
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Re: Mixfest nomination

Postby acidwarp on Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:50 pm

Im got them imported, the drums and instruments are 75% done, started mixing the vocals and harmonies and Im not too happy with them, gonna work on it some tonight and see if anything sparks.

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Re: Mixfest nomination

Postby acidwarp on Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:50 pm

Im got them imported, the drums and instruments are 75% done, started mixing the vocals and harmonies and Im not too happy with them, gonna work on it some tonight and see if anything sparks.

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