Alright, now we have our submissions. Now it's time for us to pick a song for Mixerman's MixFest 2001.

…A gazillion times? I am looking for a song and production to mix. The catch is, a bunch of people are going to do mixes on it besides me.

If you have a song that you would like mixed, and it’s a killer song, put up a URL to an MP3 so that we can listen to the song. I’m locking the topic after the first 20 submissions, so don’t put it off until tomorrow.

"But Mixerman! How could you say this? A song being good or bad is completely subjective!"

Well, not completely. There ARE certain proven elements to a great song. But I'm not going to go into that right now. This step is about the listener. If the listener hates the song, the mix is irelevant. A mix can only bring a song to its fullest potential.

How would you recommend saving synth settings for synths with no actual "song" mode? I am currently using a Roland MC-505, a Korg Triton Rack, an Akai MPC2000xl, and an Alesis Quadrasynth. On the 505, I can basically save every parameter and patch as a pattern, even though I'm using the MPC as my sequencer.

Hi there,
I'm a small facility owner.
We have 24 track analog, a G4 with a MOTU setup, a couple dozen mics, some outboards, a control room and a 40sqm tracking room.
I was going to ask all of you what was the typical budget for a 10 song project, but rates are so different from a country to another, so it would not make any sense.

Step 2: If the song sucks, the mix is irelevant.

Now, a song being great or lousy has a certain amount of subjectivity to it. OK allot of subjectivity. In fact, who the hell knows why one person thinks a song is the greatest ever, and another thinks it's the worst ever.

Many "pop" songs I have been listening to recently

e.g. "Here with Me" by Dido
or "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia

and a lot of backstreet/nsync/britney-esque songs start with a fairly low level drum/percussion loop, and then later the main drums (big kick and snare) come in over the top.

my band is doing an album where we all share in the publishing of all the songs. one of the members wants to record a version of one of the songs he was primarily responsible for with another side group that he has. we will still be listed as authors and the ascap publishing company will be listed as well.

This could also be posted in the Producer's area, but I was here, so...