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  <li>00:00 -- Intro<br><br></li>
  <li>00:53 -- <strong>This Month's Featured Multitrack: The Travelling Band's '<a href="[[~373]]#TheTravellingBand">Quicksand</a>'</strong></li>
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    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">01:56 - 02:03 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw drum overheads recording (unprocessed track)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">02:14 - 02:21 -- [[$podcastDemo]] rebalanced drum overheads recording (stereo balance adjustment only)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">02:47 - 02:49 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw balance of over-snare, under-snare, and drum-overhead mics (unprocessed tracks)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">02:55 - 02:57 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw balance of over-snare, under-snare, and drum-overhead mics, with polarity inversion of close mics (polarity inversion only)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">04:06 - 04:11 -- [[$podcastDemo]] rough mix of over-snare, under-snare, and drum-overheads mics (my rough mix)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">04:46 - 04:51 -- [[$podcastDemo]] rough mix of over-snare, under-snare, and drum-overheads mics with dynamic EQ for resonance adjustment (my rough mix)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">05:35 - 05:38 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw balance of the two kick-drum close mics (unprocessed tracks)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">05:43 - 05:46 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw balance of the two kick-drum close mics, with polarity inversion of farther mic (polarity inversion only)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">06:00 - 06:09 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw drum room mics recording (unprocessed tracks)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">06:38 - 06:47 -- [[$podcastDemo]] drum room mics recording with 250Hz 12dB/octave high-pass filter (EQ only)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">07:10 - 07:19 -- [[$podcastDemo]] drum room mics recording with 250Hz 12dB/octave high-pass filter and 5dB EQ cut at 7kHz (EQ only)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">07:39 - 07:49 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw bass-guitar recording (unprocessed track)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">09:10 - 09:20 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw balance of the two ElecGtr1 close mics (unprocessed tracks)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">09:30 - 09:40 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw balance of the two ElecGtr1 close mics, with closer mic delayed by 300 samples (delay processing only)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">10:37 - 10:40 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw balance of the two ElecGtr1 close mics, with closer mic polarity-inverted and delayed by 290 samples (polarity inversion and delay processing only)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">10:41 - 10:44 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw balance of the two ElecGtr1 close mics, with closer mic polarity-inverted and delayed by 300 samples (polarity inversion and delay processing only)</span></li>
    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">10:45 - 10:48 -- [[$podcastDemo]] raw balance of the two ElecGtr1 close mics, with closer mic polarity-inverted and delayed by 310 samples (polarity inversion and delay processing only)</span><br><br></li>
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  <li>12:17 -- <strong>Mix Critique: <a href="http://discussion.cambridge-mt.com/member.php?action=profile&uid=2018">Olli H</a>'s mix of 'Quicksand'</strong></li>
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    <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">12:41 - 15:16 -- [[$podcastDemo]] Olli H's full mix</span><br><br></li>
    <li>16:47 -- Critique Point #1: automation for 'bonus points'<br><br></li>
    <li>17:03 -- Critique Point #2: kick-drum balance</li>
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      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">17:32 - 17:59 -- [[$podcastDemo]] toggling between Olli H's mix and a commercial reference mix</span><br><br></li>
    </ul>
    <li>18:12 -- Critique Point #3: guitar-solo balance</li>
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      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">18:37 - 18:59 -- [[$podcastDemo]] guitar solo section (Olli H's mix)</span><br><br></li>
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    <li>19:44 -- Critique Point #4: mix vision</li>
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      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">20:25 - 20:33 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of Olli H's mix (Olli H's mix)</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">20:34 - 20:42 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of my rough mix (my rough mix)</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">20:34 - 20:42 -- [[$podcastDemo]] toggling between my rough mix and a commercial reference mix</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">21:55 - 22:03 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of Olli H's mix (Olli H's mix)</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">22:04 - 22:12 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of my mix (my mix)</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">22:13 - 22:21 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of album release mix (Chris Lord-Alge mix)</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">24:09 - 24:17 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of multitrack-library preview mix (pre-release mix)</span></li>
      <li><span class="spanPodcastMiniText">24:18 - 24:26 -- [[$podcastDemo]] snippet of album release mix (Chris Lord-Alge mix)</span><br><br></li>
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  <li>26:43 -- <strong>Unvarnished Review: <a href="http://www.abacus-electronics.de/">ABACUS Electronics</a> affordable unported monitoring system, comprising <a href="http://www.abacus-electronics.de/122-0-C-Box.html">C-Box 3</a> active satellites and <a href="http://www.abacus-electronics.de/123-0-A-Bass.html">A-Bass 10</a> active subwoofer</strong><br><br></li>
  <li>32:34 -- <strong>Q&A: When mixing multimiked drums, what are the benefits of time-aligning mic signals against each other?</strong><br><br></li>
  <li>37:06 -- Outro <span class="spanPodcastMiniText">(Total Running Time 37:32)</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_PatronsPodcast1606OlliH_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 The Travelling Band's 'Quicksand' can be downloaded directly from <a href="[[~373]]#TheTravellingBand">The 'Mixing Secrets' Free Multitrack Download Library</a>. And make sure you check out <a href="http://www.thetravellingband.co.uk/">the band's website</a> too, and support their music! Remember that the preview mix in the multitrack library isn't the official release version that Chris Lord-Alge mixed for their album <i>The Big Defreeze</i>, so I can certainly recommend buying the album not just for the great songs, but also so you can directly compare your own work to Lord-Alge's.<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=14932">here in the Discussion Zone</a>.<br><br></li>

<li><strong>Check out Olli H's Project Settings:</strong> Olli H has kindly agreed to provide his <a href="[[downloadTrackerMint? &downloadURL=`http://www.patronpodcasts.cambridge-mt.com/CambridgeMT_PatronsPodcast1606OlliH_Project.zip`]]"><i>Reaper</i> project file</a> so we can all have a look at the settings he used to achieve his sound. Even if you don't own Reaper, you can still use the <a href="http://www.reaper.fm/download.php">fully-functional cross-platform evaluation version</a> to benefit from this. I've not included the multitrack audio files with the project, so you'll need to <a href="[[~373]]#TheTravellingBand">download the raw multitracks</a> as well, and then point Reaper towards those files when it prompts you for them on project startup.<br><br></li>

<li><strong>Loudness Matching Software:</strong> When comparing full mixes, as I do quite a bit in this particular podcast, you should make sure to match the subjective loudness to avoid succumbing to loudness bias. To avoid accusations of bias on my part, though, I've deliberately delegated the loudness-matching to a third-party plug-in, specifically Klangfreund's excellent [[$software_Klangfreund_LUFSMeter]], which is both inexpensive and very well-specified.<br><br></li>


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