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  <li>00:00 -- Intro<br><br></li>
  <li>01:22 -- <strong>This Month's Featured Multitrack: Forkupines's '<a href="[[~373]]#Forkupines">Sleep By The Fire, Bloom In Water</a>'</strong><br><br></li>
  <ul>
    <li>02:06 -- kick drum microphones and sample: combining with the BassSansamp track</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">02:44 - 02:56 -- [[$podcastDemo]] mix of bass Sansamp track, overhead mics, and inside kick mic (my rough mix)</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">02:57 - 03:08 -- [[$podcastDemo]] mix of bass Sansamp track, overhead mics, and outside kick mic (my rough mix)</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">03:09 - 03:20 -- [[$podcastDemo]] mix of bass Sansamp track, overhead mics, and kick-drum sample (my rough mix)</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>03:52 -- snare drum microphones and sample: polarity relationship</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">04:12 - 04:16 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw balance of oversnare mic and snare sample</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">04:17 - 04:21 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw balance of oversnare mic and snare sample, with the sample's polarity inverted</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>04:25 -- snare room sample: tom ringing</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">04:36 - 04:41 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw snare room sample</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">04:55 - 05:00 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snare room sample gated to remove tom ringing</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>05:01 -- drum room microphones: cymbal harshness</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">05:12 - 05:19 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw close drum room mic 1</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">05:20 - 05:27 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw close drum room mic 2</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">05:43 - 05:50 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw far drum room mic</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">05:56 - 06:03 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw far drum room mic with 3dB EQ cut at 3kHz</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>06:09 -- bass-guitar Sansamp track: level inconsistencies of fundamental frequency and first harmonic</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">06:38 - 06:54 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw bass-guitar Sansamp track</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">06:55 - 07:12 -- [[$podcastDemo]] bass-guitar Sansamp track within a mix context (library preview mix)</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">07:42 - 07:59 -- [[$podcastDemo]] bass-guitar Sansamp track with multiband compression working on two different low-frequency bands</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">08:00 - 08:16 -- [[$podcastDemo]] bass-guitar Sansamp track within a mix context (my rough mix)</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>

    <li>08:30 -- lead vocal: proximity-effect variations</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">08:45 - 09:17 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw lead-vocal track</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
  </ul>
  <li>17:49 -- <strong>Mix Critique: <a href="http://discussion.cambridge-mt.com/member.php?action=profile&uid=1246">fHumble fHingaz</a>'s mix of 'Sleep By The Fire, Bloom In Water'</strong></li>
  <ul>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">10:45 - 13:59 -- [[$podcastDemo]] fHumble fHingaz's full mix</span></li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">14:30 - 14:48 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of fHumble fHingaz's mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">15:36 - 15:56 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of fHumble fHingaz's mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">16:16 - 16:35 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of fHumble fHingaz's mix</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>16:48 -- Critique Point #1: anticipatory transient undermining chorus arrival<br><br></li>
    <li>17:48 -- Critique Point #2: bass low-frequency inconsistency<br><br></li>
    <li>18:04 -- Critique Point #3: snare balance and blend</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">18:30 - 18:53 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of fHumble fHingaz's mix</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>20:36 -- Critique Point #4: tom transients</li>
    <ul>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">20:48 - 21:11 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of fHumble fHingaz's mix</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>20:36 -- Critique Point #5: heavier compression?<br><br></li>
  </ul>
  <li>22:40 -- <strong>Unvarnished Review: <a href="http://www.focal.com/en/headphones/headphones/spirit-professional/spirit-professional">Focal Spirit Professional</a> and <a href="https://www.shure.co.uk/products/headphones/srh940">Shure SRH940</a> closed-back studio headphones</strong><br><br></li>
  <li>31:57 -- Outro <span class="spanPodcastMiniText">(Total Running Time 32:22)</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_PatronsPodcast1701fHumblefHingaz_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 Forkupines's 'Sleep By The Fire, Bloom In Water' can be downloaded via <a href="[[~373]]#Forkupines">The 'Mixing Secrets' Free Multitrack Download Library</a>.<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=14417">here in the Discussion Zone</a>.<br><br></li>

<li><strong>Headphones Mentioned In This Podcast:</strong> The other headphones name-checked in this month's Unvarnished Review segement were AKG's K701 &amp; K240 Studio; Beyerdynamic's DT880 Pro &amp; DT770 Pro; Sennheiser's HD25 &amp; HD600; and Sony's (discontinued) MDR7509.<br><br></li>

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