hey guys, classic case of coming to close to the tune here, i really need some perspective on the mixdown. it sounds flat to me, and i'm thinking it's because i've over-saturated it. i'm still working on my kick sample, it's a little bit fluffy for me still atm. anyways, i could use some fresh ears!...

hey there! you're off to a good start - some things i could suggest for that one clip you posted: your kick & snare are being swallowed up in the mix (drums are vital), i'm not sure if you're sidechaining atm but definitely look into that. also in terms of the mix, the sub is very overpowering. ...

dididub wrote:id advise hitting up native instruments customer support tbh

they're bound to be able to help more than dsf

good idea, will do. thanks for the advice

Hey guys! I'm not really sure how to describe what's happening to me, but I'll try my best and hopefully someone's gone through a similar experience. Recently, when I've tried to bounce down massive tracks to audio (to save cpu) the audio becomes completely distorted.. it's almost sounds as if the L...

All suggestions are much appreciated. Fucking love dubstepforum and I've only been a part of it for a few months. Cheers guys! After I bounce down a kick that I'm happy with, I'll use the same sample on a no output audio track to trigger the compressor. However, I usually slice off a hefty bit of th...

i will definitely look into fabfilter. what are everybody's thoughts on automating to sidechain?

Have you played around with the compressors type settings?Vca and opto are very good for ducking. Setting the threshold and release correctly in the logics compressor is more than capable of a creating short ducking bursts. Eqing out notches around where the drums punch will also help make them sou...

Does anybody have any good suggestions for 3rd party compressors with with a relatively fast release that allows for a deep but rather short ducking pocket? I work in logic and have slowly learned that one of essential elements of punchy drums is making sure everything else is well out of the way fi...