I am very happy with my sound composition for this unit, as I feel it is a unique concept with interesting sonic nuances. The mixing and mastering helped strengthen the impact and heighten certain frequencies in my opinion.
My mixing approach was very simple. I am used to mixing together dense tracks and carving out frequencies so all the elements can sit nicely together, however in this instance my approach was more subtle as I concentrated on panning, volume automation and compression as the key components to bring the piece to life. I wanted the track to feel more and more like it was forging a life of its own as it developed, and I think fairly simple but bold mixing decisions such as panning the entire master hard left then hard right to emphasise certain moments of fracture and instability really help to create a sense of immersion and the feeling of the drum break frantically crashing through different realms.
The mastering again was simple, as I applied a mid/side EQ and some light compression to glue everything together. Two limiters with different thresholds and lookahead times boosted the loudness of the track whilst keeping a good balance between the organic sonic palette and intensely chromatic quality of a lot of the digital processing.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GTCZneSRsmKEGHp9vlriE5z5QeVtmE6g/view?usp=sharing