It was a lot of fun to listen to everyone tackle "Chopper," the multi-track I show you how to mix inside the Hard Rock Masterclass this week. 

After listening to all of them multiple times and comparing them to each other I decided on 4 different awards.

Here are the results:

• Sonic Favorite - Goes to Ryan Sutton who had a great sounding mix overall. I enjoyed the automation and the attention to detail.
• Most Original - Gabriel Alvarado did some original stuff with the addition of some sirens for ambience and some risky vocal effects that definitely paid off!
• The Overcoming Fear Award - Dan JoshMass told us that this was the second mix he's ever released so he deserves massive kudos for throwing his hat into the ring! Great job Dan, and good luck with your future mixes.
• Random Selection - I also randomly selected one for fun. The lucky winner of that award was Fatuyi Ibikunle

Please email me with your email addresses so I can give you free access to the Mixing With 5 Plug-ins course.

Last Chance to Join the Hard Rock Masterclass

I'll be taking the Hard Rock masterclass away today so it's your last chance to get this bonus. If you're interested in learning any of the following, click this link to join.

• How to EQ your drum buss to get rid of weird resonances from your overhead tracks
• How analog saturation adds just that tiny extra spice to your tracks
• How to tame a snare drum that has too much “smack” to it
• How to tame the harshness from your cymbals
• Why you should add saturation before your other plug-ins to make your kick drum sound better
• Using multi-band compression on the kick drum to get thick lows without muddiness
• Side-chain compression techniques for guitars, vocals, and delays!
• How to separate the bass and guitars by finding where they mask each other in the frequency spectrum
• My go-to compressor for guitars and how much harder I slam them for rock than for folk
• How to know when saturation is killing your tracks
• How heavy pumping and saturation on synth lines can really bring your keys to life
• How an EQ, a multi-band compressor, a parallel saturator and thick delay can create a cool vocal sound
• When to use a plate pre-set for a snare-stretch reverb
• How to use automation on your vocal delay to make the chorus bigger
• My go-to drum reverbs to make any drum sound bigger without cluttering up the mix