Proximal Vicinity Spivkurl Mix 13B Master B - Spivkurl

By the by Spiv, all I do is stitch loops together. I play no instruments. Wouldn't know a bow string from a guitar string...LOL..Great stuff second time around even..

Mr. P

Spiv. Fellow Looperpeep. I don't know where to begin, nor would I know how to end what I start so I'll jump in the middle and say this.

Great Track! I had to listen to this a second time. I know nothing of musical notes, beats, or even how to read muzik. I just know how sounds sound and what they sound when blended with another sound. Example. I don't know how my car works, I just get in after checking the oil, gas and air in the tires and enjoy the ride. This is what I did. For you piece here, I enjoyed the ride and had to do it again.

Mr. P

Everything is sounding excellent on my system. Great work.

Sorry for the late comments Spiv but I do want to congratulate you on a stellar mix and a victory, you and Orlando deserved it! What can I say that hasn't already been said, it's excellent.

Way to go!

Wayne

many thanks for your reply! Yes, of course it would be better to simply pick up guitar and correct that part. I am not too much into the autotuning and pitch correcting as well - it may ruin the natural sound and the 'original' message for the most part.
But overall it could be 'listenable' and even consonant in here without correcting notes - it's quite subiective from person to person. It blends in the huge reverb anyway so it is just a detail.
Thanks again for your thoughts - it's always appreciated!
Alex

Pat - I am inspired by your work. Somebody mentioned "endless space in the sound field" that you are able to achieve. I have noticed this before - especially your control of the bass frequencies. This is for sure an area of mixing where the great stand out from the good. Congratulations on your recognition with this piece. Very much deserved. I look forward to working more with you. All the best. Dan

Hi Spiv!
I can hear a hard work in the track! Nicely done! Amazing piece of art! Respect!

yeah! I mean the D major over a D minor from from 2:01. Can you see a difference?
Basically Im writing this only to bump up my track at the top of a list. Hope you dont mind. It's all about that! Alex

nice work/great track! don't see the difference between D and d? It's all floating, isn't it?
This track is great because it is as it is!

Congratulations, Alex

Congratulations! Amazing song! hearing this i realize how much i have to learn XD

Greetings yet again, Spiv. I guess I’m mostly back to offer congratulations on winning the competition. I have now seen you in your different T-shirts (that’s really what it’s all about, isn’t it?) on your blog, though I’d say you were a little more prominent in the shots than the T-shirts.

One thing I’ve been impressed with is how the good mixes really brought out how good a piece of music the original actually is, providing it’s mixed well. I didn’t really think much of the original, though I completely understand that was the point as the errors were intentionally left in. So, overall, quite a skilfully constructed piece and competition.

Seems to have really caught on, with so many people giving it a go. I really couldn’t be bothered to check any more out after about 7 or 8. They started to all sound way too similar.

I’m still mildly tempted to do a perversely different mix of this sometime and I must also do that with your Nitr8 classic (eg banj metal). But I’m always so busy knocking out my own little pop tunes. *

Anyway, congrats again and maybe the most impressive thing you’d done with this mix is get stuff to be so loud and powerful. Interesting as it’s basically an emotive chillout groove piece so not some piece of aggressive dubsteppery or grindcore or whatever.

*Here’s my latest funky 303 one https://www.looperman.com/tracks/detail/160997

Hi there,

I like this track. I love experimenting with your samples and have tried to use them in the past for some of my tracks, but they are not as good as what you are producing.

When will this particular track become available to download?

Great job on this project. Well done

Zee.

If this doesn't win the contest it's fixed...lol, just kidding. great mix, dynamics are awesome. Listening on old Bose 2.2 speakers with a Kenwood 40watt receiver and the bass just cuts through and sounds amazing.
You can take a bow my friend
Steve

What a brilliant piece of work. FT

Hey spiv. Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I've not been online much lateley. This is sounding really nice, not what i'm used to from you. There's some awesome pads and great atmospheres going on here and now here comes the bass. For some reason it reminds me a little of Leftfields "melt" well it did until the guitar came in and now it's taken on a whole new twist. This is very good indeed and so different from what i've ever heard you do before.
Definitely a fav. The production is spot on, the arrangement is superb and the ideas are brilliant.
I'm really enjoying listening to this and i definitely want to hear it again.
FR

Well well!

I gotta say I'm pleasantly surprised Spiv :)

Of the mixes I've listened to so far I think this is definitely in the top 3. My only criticism would be that the kick drum gets a bit lost beneath that heavy bass line.. but otherwise everything else is near on perfect to my ears - especially love the width and clarity you achieved on the strings at the end. Great job!

WKS

HELLLOOO MASTER

Friend this is a absolutely stunning track, brilliant clarity of the mix, this is playing very nice through my lap top speakers...Brilliant matey...MASSIVE fav...One of the Best track heard on site...Peace n MUCH Respect...Mosaic...

Great track...has a floating feel to it but anchored by the bass & beat. Nice use of guitars too. Mixing is superb, great space, good frequency separations, no mud. Also the tack in nicely spaced with interludes. Congrats!

aww I'm sorry...I made misspellings.
But i'm very tired now, maybe that's an excuse.

Uhm...sorry, and good night!...again.

HAh! Spiv :D
Yeah, it's me again, Timmy, the unknown.
I just wanted to thank you for this tracj because now I can sleep c:
This sounds beautiful and it's I can relax when I hear it.
So.
This is still qiet an unusual track.
I love unusual tracks.
I actually hate mainstream, hah)
well, that's something wich we both do c:
Showing others that unusual does not mean worse.
Thanks and good night :D!

I hesitated in listening and reviewing this track cause I know its part of the Mixing competition. I listened to the original but not the others. Not yet anyways.

But I had to give yours a listen cause I know your talents and wanted to hear them on display. And of course they come through loud and clear. The original track (minus the purposeful mistakes) is excellent on its own. So some good material to work with. Love what Im hearing. Atmospheric, cinematic and just enjoyable. Funny, one thing that stuck out was the snare. So crisp and it pops out.

Excellent work Pat! I fav'd :)
RW

Nice song and ambiance. Really enjoy the feel of this one. Keep up the good work.

You did a good job with bass on this project, like the fact the way you editing the levels allows the user to gain control over the high and lows in a sync'd way with my setup. Solid bass here as well as clarity. Thought you did rather well with the ending piece. comes together with a finale when listening to the tracks levels throughout. Nice masters. Thanks for sharing, Peace.

I think mixing and Mastering is one of the most important element in music making,and one that is mostly overlooked.Its even hard for me to mix and master i must admit.But i gotta say this one was well mixed,there is an element of simplicity to it that make the sound real crispy,Its not overcrowded,everything stands out good.I wouldn't recommend any changes.You did a great job as always.

WOW.....you nailed it Spiv. I'd love to know what you did with the bass coz you controlled it in a way I was going for but couldn't achieve.

Excelent mix

Simon

thats good mixing, i can see this as an ending credits piece. or maybe like some sort of journey that the character has to go thfoufgh, like climbing a mountain or riding a horse, something moving

I listened to the RAW copy and this, you did a really good job on it. I like how you can hear that fluttering sound more sharp going speaker to speaker. Bass sounding good too. I hope you win it.

Really lovely cinematic. Nice textures, and great composition!

hi again, somehow I need to add something as I was progressing working on the SBM samples of the PV song.
Maybe it is only I do not like some 'cinematic'-style sounds...
Yes, definitely do no like them at all... haha!
Hope that brings some clarity to my last comment.
Sorry for any confusion and all the best to you,
Alex

Yo, Spiv.

I've listened to a few mixes of this track and this may well the best. Maybe that's also related to it being the most recent I've heard. Everything sounds wonderful to me. Powerful and loud but everything crisp and clear.

Really shows what a lovely piece of music this is.

3:22 little drum break stood out for me as being particularly cool.

My one "complaint" is that every mix I've heard seems to have a very similar approach. I totally understand as it's about trying to do the best job with the material in hand. But I guess I was hoping someone like you would do something radically different. I guess that's what I would have tried. But maybe it wouldn't have worked and I would have found myself trying and failing to do something different for the sake of it whereas the more obvious thing is probably the best thing here.

Hope that makes sense.

I really can't fault this mix. And you know I always try!

Somehow, I knew when I hit the play button this was going to be something quite special, and as always Pat, you did not disappoint. There are many of us who aspire to do great things with the mixing and mastering side of things, and then there are a few like you and Malu who set the standard for the rest of us to follow.

There is just so much space on this one....it seems like the stereo field is endless. I also like the way you were able to bring the bass forward and still allow the rest of the instruments to breathe.

You truly are a master at sound design. Epic effort my friend. Thank you for working on this and for contributing such a great track. I hope all is well.

Bear

Hey SpivKurl, what cool sounds you produced, wow.

This is the best master i heard so far.
(Ok, maybe just same good them my own :))

Very good work with the sounds of the samples and its all so nice wide in a way and this guitars and ......
like i sayed - best master for my opinion.

wait for my next last version. the final final master mix.

stay tuned
joe

Hell yeah, man....I enjoyed your mix very much. It's crisp and clean, instruments well defined within good dynamics...
I really enjoy listening to different approaches on the challenge....

Compliments on this one_____Orlando

hi, your song seems to sound quite different than the 'original' ShortBMusic-version I've listened the other day... I think its because the bassline from 2:01 is simply too loud in here. Also the low 'cinematic' effect (1:13) generates some a bit strange frequences (for me). But still a very nice attempt to put all this samples together into a song - my observations are still very subiective...hope they are useful somehow.
Maybe I'll change my mind and try to 'mix' this competition song.
Thanks for your version and greetings,
Alex