[Mix-Intent: Isolate Stems, Maximize Separation, Deliver Smoky Lounge × Metal Noir Instrumental] [Mix-Goal: Clean noir-aesthetic instrumental mix; piano and vibraphone intimacy colliding with distortion bass menace; metal grows through the song] [Frequency: Piano 1-4kHz, vibraphone 2-6kHz, distortion bass 40-200Hz, distortion guitar 800Hz-3kHz, upright bass 60-200Hz] [Low-End: Distortion bass dominant growl 40-200Hz, upright bass walking mid-bass, kick punchy, no mud] [Drums: Brush early center, heavy kit for metal sections, gradual transition through song, crisp transients] [Piano: Center-left, warm jazz lead, increasingly percussive, 1-4kHz] [Vibraphone: Center-right, sparkling accents, always cutting through above everything, 2-6kHz] [Bass-Distortion: Center, constant menacing growl, 40-200Hz] [Guitar-Distortion: Wide stereo, power chords chorus, palm-mute verses, 800Hz-3kHz] [Bass-Upright: Center, walking line, 60-200Hz] [Stereo: Piano left, vibraphone right, both basses center, guitar wide] [Compression: Firm; No pumping; metal balance grows through song] [Clarity: Piano and distortion bass separated; vibraphone always audible above everything] [Special: Metal elements grow gradually verse-to-verse; bridge sparse piano solo with ice SFX; outro single piano chord natural decay] [Preserve full original song length and all sections. Do not shorten or truncate.] [Intro] [SFX: Ice clinking, cocktail bar ambience] [Jazz piano chord, vibraphone shimmer] [Verse] [Piano melody, smoky lounge groove] [Vibraphone accents, brush drums] [Upright bass walking] [Verse] [Piano darker chords, descending] [Vibraphone isolated notes, lonely] [Distortion Bass growling beneath, barely audible] [Chorus] [Distortion Guitar enters, power chords] [Piano fights to maintain lounge groove] [Brush drums shift to heavy snare] [Vibraphone still shimmering above the clash] [Instrumental] [Piano solo, jazz improvisation] [Distortion Bass growing louder underneath] [Piano becoming more percussive, agitated] [Verse] [Vibraphone takes melody, fragile] [Piano sparse chords underneath] [Distortion Guitar palm-mute chugging low] [Verse] [Piano and Vibraphone unison melody] [Distortion Guitar doubling an octave below] [Brush drums to double bass drums transition] [Chorus] [Full metal, piano buried under distortion wall] [Vibraphone still cutting through at the top] [Heavy drums, aggressive fills] [Bridge] [Everything drops] [Piano single notes, long sustain] [Ice clinking SFX returning] [Silence between notes] [Chorus] [Full band return, lounge and metal balanced] [Piano left, Distortion Guitar right] [Vibraphone floating above] [Final crescendo] [Outro] [All instruments fade except piano] [Single piano chord, sustain pedal held] [SFX: Ice settling in empty glass] [Piano note fading to silence]
