@Ricardo B Nice work overall. For me I think there's a little too much low end, and de-essing seems a bit too heavy. Sounds like she's lisping particularly in second half of second chorus.

@Ricardo B Yeah, the time constraint is a real challenge. But I think it’s also a great way to push yourself and not rabbithole on the mix. Being in Europe, I’ve basically got about 3 hrs two evenings after the event to do my mix, and the ear fatigue is real! Especially also having listened to Kevin’s for a couple of hours 😅 However, regularly doing these has also significantly improved my speed and decision making, so totally worth it! And congrats, saw you made the final 5 😃

I honestly can't hear the kick clipping. Sounds well balanced to me. Possibly a little dynamic EQ dip around 800. And there appears to be some sibilance to take care of. Make sure to de-ess all BVs and harms heavy - as well as verbs.

Comes in at 75bpm for me.

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As with anything you do in audio; Don't ask what you can do for headroom, ask what your headroom can do for you. 1. As long as the mix does not clip when printed, it does not matter much for the mastering. If you need more headroom to process the master you can just gain it down. Just don't print your mix with a limiter already pushing to loudness. 2. Ideally your master chain consists of just a limiter to get it to loudness. Usually one will do a bit more, but anything other than a few very subtle moves (like 2-3db) is really an indication the mix needs more work. 3. In the end all that matters is that it sounds good. How that came about during production, mixing and mastering is not really relevant other than to yourself and your workflow - but the earlier in the process issues are sorted, the less work and compounding issues down the line.

@Harry Kopy My point was that if the mix is perfect, all you need in mastering is a limiter (the final step). A mix is rarely absolutely perfect though, so usually one will apply some processing before that limiter. A clipper is certainly a very useful tool, and I definitely use it IF needed. But all processing should only be what is needed to get the result you want.