Mix Analysis 6

Thrift Shop - Macklemore

Produced & Mixed by Ryan Lewis

00:00 - song starts off with vocal, snare and hi hat

Hi hats are panned to the left about 15

What Vocals are in the left about 30

snare is right about 10

00:10 - second harmony vocal comes in "da, da da"

  is panned center/right and has a lo fi sound to it.

00:20 - Bass, saxophone, clap and snap comes in.

Bass is centered, saxophone is slightly left. snap is far left, maybe 70

  Clap is heard at about 30 right.

Bass is loudest in the mix right now

00:030 - vocals come in. They are bassey vocals, slightly offset to the right but they have a reverberation on them that is heard in the far left ear.

00:40 - verse starts, rap vocals. only bass, clap and saxophone are playing. bass is lowered, saxophone is in charge right now. clap sounds more centered than before

00:48-00:49 - all instruments silenced for quick vocal iso drop

00:50 - percussion pics up, claps are panned 10 left now. they have a echo on them that has them bouncing left to right.

01:00 - all instruments silenced again for quick vocal iso drop

01:02 - clap brings beat back in

01:05 - bass returns, back in charge of mix in center of mix. saxophone still playing same spot left, claps are echoing left to right now.

01:15 - claps stop echoing

01:20 - snap enters the mix, panned far left about 80

01:35 - bass drops out. only saxophone, snare, and clap

01:39-0:140 - instruments silenced for another quick vocal iso drop

clap leads way back in

01:50 - bass hits.

02:00 - turntable is heard fading in crescendo in center of mix, low in volume but noticeable.

02:02 - clap and kick only in beat. slaps are about 25 in both left and right ear. kick is centered. vocals are centered

2:08-2:10 - instruments silenced for quick vocal drop

2:11 - bass returns, saxophone returns, claps are echoing

2:20 - bass and claps only

2:29 - toms or bongos come in from the left

2:35 - vocal drop

2:36 - snap, saxophone, and clap

2:42 - full beat returns

2:55 vocal drop

2:57 - new synth bass lead enters. it is pulsating and sounds centered right but about 40 left. it is also pulsing.

3:17 - synth break down. male singer with low pitched voice, vocals are in charge of mix. vocals are centered in right ear, but left ear panned to about 50

3:37 - chorus. full instrumentation until fade out.

The mixing of this song is centered around the arrangement of the beat. The beat changes in some way every four bars to keep the song fresh. There are a lot of breakdowns where each instrument gets a turn to rock and then it builds back up in to the full beat. Vocal drops are quite frequent, where all we hear is vocals for a second or 2 then instruments drop back in. The instrumentation panning in this mix seemed to place most things either far left and slightly or centered right with the vocals being slightly off centered left. The arrangement of the mix creates a constant excitement that makes you keep wanting to listen.