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Howdy, Audiomancer! The mix is pretty damn good! It sounds like you've been paying attention to the production-related feedback from the judges. With that being said, I feel disappointed by the arrangement. Your drum writing is solid, particularly on the fills and transitions. The drop into a softer segment around the 1:00 mark is a smart choice and communicates a build into something interesting... But the filter sweep into the plucky B section melody without any beat to drive it forward costs your track all the momentum built up from the drop. It sort of meanders its way back to a recap of the A section material -- with some new approaches to the A section material, to be sure -- but there's a huge missed opportunity in the B section. If you like your approach with that bit of material, you could repurpose it into a new intro segment to your arrangement -- optionally, keep this B section segment in its current place as well, but incorporate a beat in half-time feel underneath it with those shuffled hats from the build. Or, you could cut this segment entirely and build right back to the A section recap. The point is your track loses a lot of steam around 1:25 and the recap at 2:04 suffers for it. You've made some great progress with this one; keep it up!

This definitely sounds really good (I was bobbing my head HARD during that last chorus), but I would say it's still quite treble-heavy. I also think the "ear candy" bits in the climax of the song aren't quite present enough in the mix, although I can still hear them clearly. But at the end of the day, I'm listening on 60 dollar Bluetooth headphones, so make of that what you will.

I highly recommend against ASIO4All in general, though if it does solve your problem, it’s worth it!