If I were guaranteed at least 90 minutes, I’d pay that!
Speaking of which… check out that pair of b1tch-t1ts on Slender! Those blues are just a bit too tight there, buddy!
[quote]UnitedVision (27/04/2011)[hr][quote]Mussi81 (27/04/2011)[hr][quote]JamieinNC (27/04/2011)[hr] I think we should have a special sticky thread…“Slender vs. ICN.”[/quote]
Infact too rude for the forums! Lol[/quote]
it sounds more like a $19.95 pay-per-view event
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I don’t know what you mean - I’m only ever helpful 
i’d pay $99.95 if they wrapped their hands in cloth and dipped them in glass like in kickboxer.
Strange fetish you have there UV - have you had counselling 
[quote]slender (27/04/2011)[hr]Strange fetish you have there UV - have you had counselling :D[/quote]
i smell fear.
Hahaha!
[quote]JamieinNC (27/04/2011)[hr]Panning
Check to make sure that there isn’t a great majority of sounds down the center. Sometimes, a simple pan to the left or right can make all the difference.
EQ
This is SO difficult, and takes SO long to learn, but be sure to also EQ your sound to sit in a relatively narrow range in the frequency spectrum, and at an area that isn’t overly occupied by something else. For example, is your lead sound interfering with the open hats, or the shaker, perhaps? If so, EQ everything so it is tightly placed in the mix and avoids anything else.
Compress
When you have set the panning and EQ to taste, lightly compress the sound so that you get the most punch with the least amount of dynamic peak. This will make each sound more present in the mix and help it avoid being swallowed by the kick or other low-frequency items.
For example, a good way to practice getting used to all of these things is to mix a kick with hats. That’s it. Notice that the hats are perceived to be louder when the kick breaks? If this is obvious, work with the above techniques to control the sound so that the least amount of dynamic change occurs in the hats when the kick drops or brakes. When you are able to achieve this, you’re on your way to fixing other sounds in your mix!
By the way, this is why most people side chain EVERYTHING to the kick. We are most sensitive to the mid-range frequencies, from ca. 500Hz to about 3.5kHz. Unfortunately, the sounds we all have problems controlling lie outside that range on either side of the spectrum, so our tendency is to BOOST those areas based on our perception of them being too quiet, or out of balance. I find that the Ableton compressor “mix gel” preset is an excellent start to balancing those pesky frequencies in the high and low ranges.
Remember, music is a four-dimensional space. You have left and right (panning), high and low (frequency/pitch), front and back (level/volume) as well as the time it takes one sound to occur (or effects placed on it, like delays and reverbs). Make a mental image of a cube and try to visualize placing your sounds in that cube based on your ranking of the sounds with regards to importance and sound characteristics. See if that helps![/quote]
nice jaime! 