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  <li>00:00 -- Intro<br><br></li>
  <li>02:02 -- <strong>This Month's Featured Multitrack: Lead Inc's '<a href="[[~373]]#LeadInc">The Dice</a>'</strong><br><br></li>

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    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">05:14 - 05:21 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw over-snare close mic recording (unprocessed track)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">05:38 - 05:44 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw drum overheads recording (unprocessed tracks)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">06:01 - 06:07 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw drum room-mics recording (unprocessed tracks)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">08:22 - 08:30 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw bass DI recording (unprocessed track)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">09:56 - 10:12 -- [[$podcastDemo]] electric guitar multi-miking setup: raw Shure SM57 close-mic recording (unprocessed track)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">10:12 - 10:27 -- [[$podcastDemo]] electric guitar multi-miking setup: raw Sennheiser e906 close-mic recording (unprocessed track)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">10:28 - 10:43 -- [[$podcastDemo]] electric guitar multi-miking setup: equal balance of Shure SM57 and Sennheiser e906 close-mic recordings (unprocessed raw tracks)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">13:37 - 13:50 -- [[$podcastDemo]] harsh vocal resonances: raw lead vocal recording (unprocessed track)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">13:51 - 14:04 -- [[$podcastDemo]] harsh vocal resonances: lead vocal recording with resonance-reduction processing (processed track)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">14:34 - 14:54 -- [[$podcastDemo]] harsh vocal resonances: mixed lead vocal recording without resonance-reduction processing (my rough mix)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">14:55 - 15:11 -- [[$podcastDemo]] harsh vocal resonances: mixed lead vocal recording with resonance-reduction processing (my rough mix)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">16:47 - 16:55 -- [[$podcastDemo]] mixed drums buss without buss compression (my rough mix)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">17:12 - 17:20 -- [[$podcastDemo]] mixed drums buss with fast, heavy insert compression (my rough mix)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">17:21 - 17:29 -- [[$podcastDemo]] mixed drums buss with fast, heavy parallel compression (my rough mix)</span><br><br></li>
  </ul>
  <li>12:17 -- <strong>Mix Critique: <a href="http://discussion.cambridge-mt.com/member.php?action=profile&uid=2830">loweche6</a>'s mix of 'The Dice'</strong></li>
  <ul>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">18:37 - 24:38 -- [[$podcastDemo]] loweche6's full mix (version 3)</span><br><br></li>
    <li>25:05 -- Critique Point #1: overall mix tonality</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">25:45 - 25:57 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of loweche6's mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">25:58 - 26:11 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of band's own mix (library preview mix)</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">26:35 - 26:47 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of loweche6's mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">26:48 - 27:00 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of reference mix #1 (commercial mix)</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">27:01 - 27:13 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of reference mix #2 (commercial mix)</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>27:29 -- Critique Point #2: kick-drum click<br><br></li>
    <li>27:59 -- Critique Point #3: drum-kit coherence</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">25:47 - 25:57 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of loweche6's mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">25:58 - 26:08 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of loweche6's mix with additional artificial room sound on the snare</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>29:24 -- Critique Point #4: guitar filtering<br><br></li>
    <li>30:02 -- Critique Point #5: vocal resonances &amp; depth effects</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">31:30 - 31:57 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of loweche6's mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">31:58 - 32:25 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of loweche6's mix with additional vocal delay spin</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>32:35 -- Critique Point #6: backing-vocal balance</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">32:53 - 33:04 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of loweche6's mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">33:08 - 33:19 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of my rough mix</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>32:35 -- Critique Point #7: ninja rock-mixing trick -- subliminal synth pads</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">33:58 - 34:14 -- [[$podcastDemo]] subliminal synth pad in isolation (from my rough mix)</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">34:31 - 34:47 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of my rough mix without subliminal synth pad (my rough mix)</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">34:48 - 35:04 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of my rough mix with subliminal synth pad (my rough mix)</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
  </ul>
  <li>35:37 -- <strong>Unvarnished Review: <a href="http://www.abacus-electronics.de/">ABACUS Electronics</a> affordable unported <a href="http://www.abacus-electronics.de/122-0-C-Box.html">C-Box 3</a> active nearfield mini-monitors</strong><br><br></li>
  <li>40:50 -- Outro <span class="spanPodcastMiniText">(Total Running Time 41:24)</span></li>
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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_PatronsPodcast1607loweche6_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 Lead Inc's 'The Dice' can be downloaded directly from <a href="[[~373]]#LeadInc">The 'Mixing Secrets' Free Multitrack Download Library</a>. And make sure you check out <a href="http://leadinc.jimdo.com/">the band's website</a> too, and support their music!<br><br></li>

<li><strong>Have Your Say About This Mix:</strong> The original thread featuring this month's critiqued mix can be found <a href="http://discussion.cambridge-mt.com/showthread.php?tid=14457">here in the Discussion Zone</a>, and the mix version I critiqued was <a href="http://discussion.cambridge-mt.com/showthread.php?tid=14457&pid=44681#pid44681">version 3</a>.<br><br></li>

<li><strong>Sknote <i>Sound Brigade</i>:</strong> The resonance-reduction I showcased in this podcast is Sknote's [[$software_Sknote_SoundBrigade]], which is rapidly becoming my go-to troubleshooter for this particular mixing task.<br><br></li>
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