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  <li>00:00 -- Intro<br><br></li>
  <li>01:38 -- <strong>This Month's Featured Multitrack: Diesel13's '<a href="[[~373]]#Diesel13">Colour Me Red</a>'</strong><br><br></li>
  <ul>
    <li>02:31 -- bass guitar: level of fundamental frequency</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">03:24 - 03:36 -- [[$podcastDemo]] mix of kick, snare, overheads, and bass DI (my rough mix)</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">03:37 - 03:49 -- [[$podcastDemo]] mix of kick, snare, overheads, and bass DI, with LF boost of bass DI (my rough mix)</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>04:13 -- low-midrange balance of bass and guitars</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">05:12 - 05:42 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix07">juanjose1967</a>'s critiqued mix</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>05:56 -- lead-vocal midrange considerations</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">06:25 - 06:49 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix15">Kesman2401</a>'s critiqued mix</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>08:13 -- acoustic guitar transients</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">08:34 - 08:50 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix21">ArmedNDaverous</a>'s critiqued mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">09:30 - 09:42 -- [[$podcastDemo]] my rough mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">09:43 - 09:55 -- [[$podcastDemo]] my rough mix with HF transient-reduction of left-panned acoustic guitar</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>10:01 -- depth-perspective considerations</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">11:17 - 11:44 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix12">johnfueston</a>'s critiqued mix</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>12:12 -- arrangement considerations<br><br></li>
    <li>13:46 -- mid-section guitars: problematic low-midrange</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">14:11 - 14:32 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix09">Mixinthecloud</a>'s critiqued mix</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>14:46 -- stylistic target</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">15:12 - 15:40 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix20">Herb Felho</a>'s critiqued mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">15:41 - 16:09 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix18">jp65535</a>'s critiqued mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">16:41 - 17:06 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw lead vocal recording (unprocessed track)</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">17:43 - 17:52 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw overheads recording (unprocessed stereo track)</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
  </ul>

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  <li>18:56 -- <strong>Critique Highlights</strong><br><br></li>
  <ul>
    <li>19:07 -- mid-section clean electric guitars entry</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">19:22 - 19:43 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix06">javierjp84</a>'s critiqued mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">19:22 - 19:43 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix11">jeffd52</a>'s critiqued mix</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>19:07 -- interesting spot-effects</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">20:54 - 21:15 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix27">moussasfeir</a>'s critiqued mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">21:41 - 22:11 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix20">Herb Felho</a>'s critiqued mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">22:12 - 22:42 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix21">ArmedNDaverous</a>'s critiqued mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">23:04 - 23:25 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix15">Kesman2401</a>'s critiqued mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">23:34 - 23:54 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix03">Olli H</a>'s critiqued mix</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>23:54 -- verse-three arrangement drop-down</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">24:10 - 24:38 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix14">JMac52</a>'s critiqued mix</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>24:58 -- outro banjo entry</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">25:10 - 25:45 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix08">Dangerous</a>'s critiqued mix</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
  </ul>

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<li>26:02 -- <strong>The Judges' Verdict!</strong><br><br></li>
  <ul>
    <li>Honourable Mentions: <a href="[[~615]]#Mix05">Digitaldruglord</a>, <a href="[[~615]]#Mix20">Herb Felho</a>, <a href="[[~615]]#Mix15">Kesman2401</a>, <a href="[[~615]]#Mix23">Marty</a>, and <a href="[[~615]]#Mix12">johnfueston</a>.</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">26:16 - 26:34 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix05">Digitaldruglord</a>'s final submitted mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">26:44 - 27:09 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix20">Herb Felho</a>'s final submitted mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">27:20 - 27:45 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix15">Kesman2401</a>'s final submitted mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">27:53 - 28:16 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix23">Marty</a>'s final submitted mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">28:21 - 28:46 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix12">johnfueston</a>'s final submitted mix</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>Runner-up: <a href="[[~615]]#Mix02">thedon</a></li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">29:02 - 29:32 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix02">thedon</a>'s final submitted mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">29:53 - 30:11 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix02">thedon</a>'s critiqued mix</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>2nd Prize: <a href="[[~615]]#Mix03">Olli H</a></li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">30:29 - 31:33 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of <a href="[[~615]]#Mix03">Olli H</a>'s final submitted mix</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>1st Prize: <a href="[[~615]]#Mix08">Dangerous</a></li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">32:09 - 35:49 -- [[$podcastDemo]] <a href="[[~615]]#Mix08">Dangerous</a>'s complete final submitted mix</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
  </ul>
  <li>36:27 -- Outro <span class="spanPodcastMiniText">(Total Running Time 36:58)</span></li>
</ul>
 
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<li><strong>Uncompressed Audio Version:</strong> The player on this page uses 320kbps MP3 quality. If you'd prefer to hear uncompressed PCM audio, <a href="http://www.patronpodcasts.cambridge-mt.com/CambridgeMT_PatronsPodcast1612Diesel13Contest_HiRes.zip">this ZIP archive</a> contains the podcast in 24-bit/44.1kHz WAV format.<br><br></li>

<li><strong>Mix The Same Raw Multitracks Yourself:</strong> The raw multitracks for Diesel13's 'Colour Me Red' can be downloaded via <a href="[[~373]]#Diesel13">The 'Mixing Secrets' Free Multitrack Download Library</a>.<br><br></li>

<li><strong>Contest Archive Page:</strong> Now that this mixing contest has run its course, I've collected together all the mixes, all my critiques, and all the information about the judges' verdicts onto this special archive page: <a href="[[~615]]">The Cambridge-MT Patrons 'Colour Me Red' Mix Contest</a>.<br><br></li>

<li><strong>Loudness Matching Software:</strong> Just to clarify, all the mixes included in this podcast have been loudness-matched using Klangfreund's affordable [[$software_Klangfreund_LUFSMeter]] plug-in, to avoid loudness bias when making comparisons between them. I also used the plug-in for loudness-matching while writing my critiques, and provided loudness-matched files (as well as the raw files) for the purposes of final adjudication.<br><br></li>

<li><strong>Acknowledgements:</strong> Many thanks to Diesel13 for allowing us to use his song as the basis of this competition. Please support him and his music by clicking <a href="https://www.reverbnation.com/diesel13">here</a>. Thanks also to Joe Lonsdale of <a href="http://www.joepublicstudios.com">Joe Public Studios</a> for making such great multitrack material available to mixing students -- for more information about how this particular song was produced, check out Joe's new e-book '<a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/JoePublicStudios?ref=hdr_shop_menu#">Building The Band In The Bedroom</a>'.</li>
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