stereo drum mix? that's like instant water.

Yeah< I forgot to mention, stereo drums very much limits what you do with the drum sound obviously.

Rider can I hang with you for day or 2?
That'd prob be enough entertainment for me for a year

Guys I'm not sure how you can judge unless you're mixing the same song. different styles/genres/textures require different mixing techniques and such. You have to listen for different things. mixing an acoustic guitar is much much different than mixing a very chorusy or heavily distorted guitar, rock drums is way diff from jazz or blues drums ect....

Yeah sorry about that - I haven't had a live drum kit in my studio for some time haven't had the space until now. I've been planning on getting a kit all year but just hasn't happened yet.

You could always program new drums using a virtual drum plugin or if you have a kit - re-record. Then again this is to see what you can do with a mix.

If you're all changing instrumentation / replacing drums, etc. they it's really not a question of mixing anymore as much as rewriting and producing a new version of the song.

Is this about mixing techniques being compared or about creative production?

Good point. I don't want to put rules or restrictions on this contest so I'm going to say do what you want. I think it'd be a hoot for all of us to hear anything creative our collegues have to offer, including re-record, add parts etc. That said, if you just want to re-mix using the existing source material, that's fine too. Heck, cut it up and make it a dance mix if that's what grabs you!

i DON'T AGREE jUSTIN, IT SHOULD BE MIXED AS IS. Changing sounds and adding things well not make it an even compitition. It should be as is.

Noted Jeremy. I don't think most people will take that approach but if they do, I won't stop it.

Then the point is mute, i'm out. it HAS to be the SAME for everyone. Justin, can't you just keep it real for 5 seconds, "Oh whatever anyone wants to do". If you break the drums down, add sounds then fuck it. it's like allowing someone to start on the tracjk at whatevr point they want. This is useless.

justin, you've once again fucked up a cool thing.

Man I hate that word....