Mix Analysis #8

Mix Analysis #8

Delirium- Motion City Soundtrack

0:00-0:13 – Vocals, Bass, Drums

0:13-0:25 – Guitar, Guitar 2, Bass, Drums

0:25-0:49 – Vocals, Backing Vocals, Bass, Drums

0:49-1:13 – Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar, Guitar 2, Bass, Drums

1:13-1:24 – Guitar, Guitar 2, Bass, Drums

1:24-1:35 – Vocals, Guitar, Guitar 2, Bass, Drums

1:35-1:57 – Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar, Guitar 2, Bass, Drums

1:57-2:21 – Vocals, Guitar, Guitar 2, Bass, Drums

2:21-2:27 – Guitar, Guitar 2

2:27-2:48 – Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar, Guitar 2, Bass, Drum

2:48-3:12 – Vocals, Guitar, Guitar 2, Bass, Drums

3:12-3:16 – Guitar, Guitar 2

3:16-3:19 – Guitar, Guitar 2, Bass, Drums

3:19-3:27 – Fade out of all instruments

Instrument	Pan	Level
Vocals	-6/+7	-3
Backing Vocals	-6/+5	-9
Guitar	-8/+9	-4
Guitar 2	-8/+9	-6
Bass	-4/+5	-5
Drums	-6/+7	-4

Producer: Mark Hoppus

Mixer: Andy Wallace

-Alice Cooper

-Dream Theater

Couldn't find out where this was mixed at

Mastering: Ted Jensen

-Bullet For My Valentine

-Billy Talent

Mastered at Steerling Sound in New York City

This song is in 4/4 meter

The song starts out with only Vocals, Bass and Drums, which struck me as a little strange, but I did enjoy it very much. It is not until 13 seconds in when the first hint of guitars come in. Then it's just an onslaught of combinations of Vocals, Bass, Drums and Guitars which is pretty cool. The Vocals had a small amount of reverb on them and a small amount of panning and doubling of the main vocals to add body The guitars had a great deal of panning. During the bridges and chorus, the guitars would pan and take turns playing the lead melody, and it seems they may be playing them in different keys to add to the melody. Then the next second they would be gone, which was pretty cool. The bass has some compression and it doesn't really seem that there is much panning it says pretty stationary. The drums are panned accordingly to where the drums where in the recording. The symbols are all over the place, the snare seems to be more in the left than the right, and the toms pan from right to left. There is compression on the kick and snare, and a small amount of reverb.

This song, like Natives and Smells Like Teen Spirit, was mixed by Andy Wallace. Just like the other two songs, this one had a little bit of a muddy quality to it. Also the drums were booming in the mix. From the other two songs, plus this one, it seems that Mr. Wallace want to try and use as little effects as possible to preserve the raw sound of the recording, no huge delays or anything too much. He seems to like to compress and pan things though.