hiphop producer/reggae artist 1st dubstep track.check it out

[ianx215]

what do you think?

[FloyMaloy]

hello. you prob first need to get the drums to come out a lot more. it's difficult to guess whats causing the drums to get lost, because there were no parts where the drums were going clean. they prob need compression. is the bass/synth clipping? take the low end of the synth maybe. what DAW you using. you could send me the file and i could take a quick look when i have time if you want. keep at it, bro

[cmgoodman1226]

Not bad for a first track (much better than my first track for sure), but it needs a lot of work. First thing, yeah the drums. They should be clearly audible with everything else going on. They sound a bit weak. I would try using better samples, using a bit of tube distortion on the kick, EQing and compressing (you can layer a few different kicks too for an even bigger kick). Don't overdue the reverb on the snare, some LIGHT distortion EQ and compression on that as well. Get some more real sounding cymbal samples in there too, with more variation. The feel and the structure of the tune is pretty good, I like some of the modulations on the bassline. It defenitley needs more variation though and either a lead to go with it or at least some other synth sounds or pads thrown in with it (not every song needs to have 1000 different basslines, BUT, it should probably have more than just 1 synth). Another thing you're going to want to do is separate the sub bass from your "wobble bass". It sounds like you're using the same unit for it, so all the effects you loaded onto your "wobble bass" effect the sub as well, and usually make the sub sound weaker. I typically EQ out anything under 150 hz on my "wobble bass" and then layer a straight sine wave for my sub underneath it. Then I'll add a bit of saturation to make them sit better together. Now this is just personal preference but the "wobble bass" sounds a bit weak to me. It sounds to me (i apologize if I'm wrong) like you used a bunch of different oscillators to try to beef up the sound, thinking, "the more oscillators, the bigger then sound" (which is exactly the trap I used to fall into). This is not always a terrible thing to do, but sometimes the best thing to do and what I most often do is just use 1 or 2 different oscillators and just focus on tons of subtle effects and on modulating all different parameters on the sound. You can modulate the room size or amount of reverb, the amount and or type of distortion, the amount of a phaser or chorus. You can take the original synth patch that you made, and resample it a buncha times with different modulations everytime so it sounds similar, but not monotonous.
Also it sounds like there's a heavily distorted pad or something in the background that seems to be clashing with the main synth (originally I thought it was the synth but now it sounds like something else, maybe it is the same one though). Anyways, this is a great start. Please take what I say with a grain of salt. I am by no means an authority on making music; these are just my opinions. Hope this helps.