OGP wrote:the first wobble that comes in is way too loud and the others too quiet. I was enjoying the track way more before they came in though. I know the LFO's can get addictive at first but don't let that cloud your judgement of what actually sounds good and fits with the track: I thought the track had a nice groove going before the wobbles came in and was looking forward to seeing where it would go.
Pan some percussion - Pan some hi hat hits far left and others far right. If the snare is made up of several layered hits, pan some of them left and others right. Get more percussion lines involved, you can definitely elaborate on that rhythm. The levels aren't bad for the percussion, hi hat a bit too low. Read about how to use compression to bring out percussive hits.
Reverb - Can't really tell you this, if you want to go with the conventions of the genre then have a fairly long reverb, mainly on upper frequencies (6kHz and above) on the snare. What else do you want reverb on? What do you think would sound good with what kind of reverb? It's up to you really, others might tell you more specifically what to do but ultimately all you have to do is experiment and find something that you think sounds good. If you want it to sound like a specific song then people could probably tell you with a good degree of precision how to achieve that. Listen to stuff you like and try to work out what's going on, listen really analytically and try to pin point individual instruments and sounds and then try to emulate the parts you like on your own laptop, and you will gradually pick up on what sounds good and how to achieve particular sounds. This goes for applying reverb and pretty much every other aspect of audio production.
It's a nice track with some nice ideas but I think the wobbles get in the way a bit, maybe lose them or make them much subtler sub tremmors. Develop the melody and embellish the vocal - get more vocal samples in there and let them interact with the melody.
Yea, the first wobbles that come in are actually about to be deleted, the wobbles after the drop aren't though. The wobbles in the beginning are different than the rest of the song. Maybe I should Repost the track without that. Hah! Sorry about that! I'll work on that now.
Thanks for the feedback on the Reverb. I know how to take songs apart to get sounds, but I'm looking for the technical side of it. For the most part, I play around with things if I don't know what to do with them, but if I can find a good template or explanation on how to use reverb properly in dubstep, I have a very rock solid starting point. Know what I mean?
Vocal samples may or may not happen soon. The ones put in the song are purely for filler purposes. This is a fairly finished song, but still a WIP. Think of it as a birthday cake at a store. I've got the cake made, now I just need someones name to put on it (Meaning, I haven't found the right samples I like yet.)
nice mix