Reply To: 'Games of Favs' Fav Manufacturer Only April Mixing Challenge

[James GormanParticipant]

I was being a little tongue in cheek
(though, really, I've made a lot of
decisions today, someone
make this one for me).

I think a restrictive challenge like this
has two positives:1) forcing you to really
get to know the limits of (part of) your tool
chain, and 2) forcing you to get creative to
get around the limitations. I'm already
thinking of ways to make up for missing
effects.

That's said, I skipped the last challenge
because I had a very specific idea I wanted
to follow through with and the challenge
would have hindered me in that.

Still, I think there is something in your
comment. It is harder to do as group thing,
but perhaps a way to action it is to write
about what your personal goals were when
posting your mix, and encouraging others
to do the same. I've started adding mix
notes to mine to keep track of what and
why for mixing decisions. I think I'll
add something about what stuff I was
focusing on in myself (rather than the song)
as well.