On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 20:28:49 +0200 Yann Collette <ycollette.nospam(a)free.fr> wrote: Thanks ! System is Linux Mint 17 64 bits. It was first sketched in Bitwig. Then exported to be further arranged, along with more recordings, in Ardour (Harrison Mixbus 32C). Robin Gareus' x42 EQ was used on all tracks as a primary top-of-the strip for general highpass and lowpass filtering. Robin's VU meter and 1/3 octave spectrum analyzer also helped in seeing what's going on in the tracks in trying to keep some separation. Reverb is still the free Protoverb from u-he. The Calf exciter was used on the drone soundscape. u-he Presswerk compressor was used on some 'stems', while Harrison's XT-TG was used to hone the drums a bit. The mix was setup in 3-tier mode, allowing for adjustments at three levels: track level, 'stem' level and master bus. Mixbus mixbusses were used for grouping tracks loosely by category, hence called 'stems' to use a trendy keyword. A Faderport was used with Mixbus to make the mxing process flow a bit more. On the instruments front, one lead is from Hive: Melodic Enchantement and the other, reed like, from Zebra2: Arksun. The airy sound textures by Zebra2 (VSP Looking Glass), with one contribution by Discovery Pro (CHE Spectrum). The sub bass sound is also from VSP Looking Glass, for Zebra2. The piano in the 'chorus' (somewhere in there) is the Pianoteq K2 Dreamy. The acoustic guitar is as usual the Shiraki. Reamping of the guitar was done through Renoise's cabinet simulator. MIDI drum loop and samples are from the Loop Loft and soundscape texture from Black Octupus (Evolving Textures). The MIDI loop was put into Bitwig's drum machine and samples were manually chosen and added. For the remix, a loop was put into Redux (in Bitwig) and again samples were manually chosen. The sabar loop in the remix is from Wave Alchemy (African Rhythms). The remix was 'played' using a Launchpad mini. Ah, the voice is Francesca Genco from Soundiron. I think this covers it all. If you have any comments, questions, of any kind, please do not hesitate. I am still learning this and there is so much to learn ! Exported without normalization: Ei N'Yawei: Integrated Loudness: -17.3 LUFS Loudness Range: 9.4 LU Peak: -2.0 dBFS True Peak: -2.0 dBTP Ei N'Yawei Rmx: Integrated Loudness: -16.4 LUFS Loudness Range: 8.6 LU Peak: -1.0 dBFS True Peak: -0.7 dBTP

On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 22:25:38 +0200 (CEST) "J. C." <julien(a)mail.upb.de> wrote: Thanks for the comments ! I unfortunately did not listen at a high volume before posting. I'm afraid the remix does not fare well. It's way too much up front, especially the drums. It should be mostly located way behind the speakers. At moderate or low volumes, it's OK though. Cheers.

On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 16:59:01 -0700 (PDT) Len Ovens <len(a)ovenwerks.net> wrote: Thanks. I originally planned to have the acoustic bass and guitar in the remix and then dropped the idea, for some reason in which laziness can play a role. There are so many variations that can be done, it's not that easy to settle on one. Not to mention plain tonality variations in mixing the same tracks in different ways, without rearranging anything.