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he forgot to listen to them in the car…
Sounds like they used Neutron and Ozone on auto mode and tweaked it.
Very interesting comparison …
The Mix you put onto the 3rd place from the very beginning is really, really awful. I think I‘d be able to do it better, although I’m far away from being a professional. But this 3rd place mix isn‘t professional either.
The song is great
You listening with your eyes, a fair A/B shootout would be just music, no visuals/waveforms. You could it doesn't all you want but there's still a little bias in there.
WHERE IS YOUR MIX MOTHAFUCKA
None of these sound release ready imo
I choose v3
Amazing video , loved it
Did you give the mixing engineers any instructions or reference tracks? I mean, I prefer a drier mix too – low on reverb – and would communicate that to the mix engineer.
I should not be listening to this on my phone. 🤪
…then the mix you chose as the best is buggered up and spoiled by a mastering engineer!
A very interesting video that shows that a mix of a song is very subjective, and dependent on both the mixers interpretation of the song (technicalities of the mixing aside), and with the artist/person who submits it for mixing. Another thing to consider is does the person mixing it actually like or enjoy this type music or the song, even though they are happy to charge you for it, as that can make a big difference to the final result. (There is nothing worse than mixing something that is uninspiring or lacks quality in both performance and production, or something you plain don't like).
The price/money thing is interesting and can't always be trusted as a sign of quality, as I'm sure there will always be someone who will make a better mix at a lower price than the top price guy or gal, but I guess it's a case of being lucky and finding one. In this example, the lower priced mix came out as you logically might expect (you get what you pay for, right?), but one day you might be surprised!
I want to mix this song.
Thats why u got revisions .. u can ask them to turn down the reverb
the second one sounded way more thin and spacious then the other two mixes
As a non-engineer, but a multi-instrumentalist musician of 40 years, if I had to choose one version to sit and listen to all the way through for enjoyment, I would choose the rough mix. Nothing need be said about the second one, but I found 3 almost as bad as 2, but in the opposite direction; where 2 was scooped to oblivion, 3 was so compressed and mids pushed that I started to get ear fatigue from a few seconds of listening. 1 was minimally better than 3, but also suffered from the same “loudness war” approach of squashing and then cranking it up. As soon as I saw the soundwave grids, I could tell 1 and 3 were going to have almost no dynamics. But yeah, even as a non engineer, I could have done some tweaking on the raw track that would have resulted in a better sound than any of these “professionals” did.
We must repent of our sins (sin is Transgression of The Law YAHUAH The Father gave through Moses)
And we must believe on YAHUSHA Messiah WHO Died and rose 3 days later! Much love!
Not filtered out, mix 2 is shit and has no dynamics with a blanket over the mix, levels are off and the vocals are irritating. Mix 3 has too much bass but is generally the best one, version 1 is flat but workable but high end is harsh, nothing that can't be fixed but going further in mixing. I would pick it up from version 1 and improve from it if you have the stems. Version 3 is too wet as you mentioned, and I don't like the guitar on version 3, it's washed off.
I need to start charging more apparently 😁😁
There’s no right or wrong way to mix a record. If you are a mix engineer yourself then of course no one would do it like you would do it, so you should do it yourself. I’ve learned that the hard way after spending money.
The second mix is…not good