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Have you done any measurements of your studio? Acoustics I mean? That will tell you what the score is... but certainly, having 'pro' tracks sounding good is a good place to start... Where does your sub cross over?muteqx wrote: It's funny, only a few hours after posting that, I had some thoughts in a similar direction myself, and realised that I've probably got the subwoofer turned up a bit too loud. So I turned the sub down so that the reference tracks sounded less muddy, and as you predicted, my tracks now sound a bit bright, and the reference material sounds pretty rounded again.
So anyway, this is the "knowing my system" part of it, and I think I just took a step closer to that. Shouldn't be a massive amount of work to go back and sort the current mixes out - I think overall, I'll probably end up just turning down other stuff relative to the bass, and maybe rolling a little off the mids and tops.
I think you just answered this question yourselfKicks!!! I've rolled off most (not all) of the high-energy, low-frequency content of my kicks, so as to leave enough space for the bass. Would I be right in thinking that generally, you don't want to completely remove all low frequencies from your kick, just rein them in somewhat so that the bass has enough space to get through? I have a feeling I may have EQed them all a bit too much, so I now have punchy but not particularly hefty kick sounds.
I'd probably like a bit more low frequency content and meat in those kicks, but have become a bit scared of allowing it through, for fear that it will mess with the bass too much. Is it OK to have some low frequency kick content getting through as long as it doesn't get in the way of the bass and make things sound muddy down there?
It's a good book and well worth owning, but I dunno if it will answer many of these questions really. It's very dry, very processing-oriented and very technical. Very useful for mastering, but not so much for getting your mix right IMO. FWIW the bloke who edited it is my landlord... there you go.I've been writing electronic music for 18 years - more than half my life! Seems mad to still be asking these kind of questions, but I've never got as far as finishing an album before (and I may still kick the bucket before I finish this one LOL!), so much of this finishing off process is still new to me. Yesterday I ordered the Bob Katz "Mastering Audio" book and await it's arrival eagerly - time I plugged a few of these gaps in my knowledge.
Haha, thanks man. It's something I have thought about, also teaching. This adds weight to the chances of me doing it some day... For now though, I have work to doMight you write a book one day Mr. Macc? Maybe there isn't much you can say which hasn't already been said before by someone else, but I like your way of explaining things because it's nice and clear - and often entertaining to read too. So, if you ever do write a book about your take on audio, I'd buy it and read it inside out! Here's hoping!
Perhaps try using some compression then, hehe. Impossible to tell anything from a soundcloud stream through my laptop speakers I'm afraid!Cheeky wrote:its the tune in my sig pal, it doesnt have the sharpness to it i want, im not using any compression at all, thanks for the advice
Lets hear!deamonds wrote:
oh and, it's not dubstep, it's more like berghain techno. I don't make dubstep but this forum is an excellent recsource
Happy days!the drums all sound nice and punchy so I think I’ve got everything pretty much okay (the levels on the master are only just over halfway and it sounds lovely)
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