Are my levels right ???

kaustic · Post by **kaustic** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:30 pm

Heres the new edit and master im no expert on mastering but i think im getting closer. anyone with mastering tips please go ahead tell me what you think!

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future producer · Post by **future producer** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:05 pm

Whole track could do with turning up a bit, the tambourine could be a little louder, same as the snare. Everything after the first saw bass is getting drowned out by the other elements, all sounds a bit muddy. Could do with boosting up the mids a bit.

You'll get a better response from other people who's hear is more trained than mine.

dirtycash · Post by **dirtycash** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 5:19 am

get ya self a spectrum analyser!

dirtycash · Post by **dirtycash** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 5:26 am

and yeah, ya hats need turning up...more crack on the snare, big whole in ya
1k-5k mark..kicks, basslines a bit too loud compared with rest of track..i suspect ya reference speakers aren't that good?..

but as i said, grab a speectrum analyser and that's gonna tell ya pretty quickly where the wholes are?

barryhercules · Post by **barryhercules** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:29 pm

noticed a lot of talk on here about using spectrum analysers..... are people actually using em when writing tunes then

kaustic · Post by **kaustic** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 2:53 am

cheers for the feedback, your right i dont have good monitors (too pricey) any idea where i could get a free vst analyzer ?

tempest · Post by **tempest** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 3:48 am

If you use FL7, the Parametric EQ doubles as an analyser

escapee planes · Post by **escapee planes** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 3:53 am

barryhercules wrote:noticed a lot of talk on here about using spectrum analysers..... are people actually using em when writing tunes then

I tend to use Logic's Channel EQ analyser, but also occasionally checkout Ozone's.

It's very handy to be able to see the freqs when editing/EQing but ultimately remember to trust your ears, never make a final decision based on what it looks like.

dirtycash · Post by **dirtycash** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:25 am

http://www.vertexdsp.com/products_multi ... rfree.html

your ears are best for getting the overall mix right, but it does help alot to have an accurate analyser, especially if you are using crap speakers, but once you get to know your crap speakers well, the mixdown will get better.
Most professional studio's have a crap pair of speakers around as a reference pair too...rembering that 90% of people listen to music on crap speakers.

the multi inspector above will display different coloured levels for each additional channell you put it on.

remember to solo your channells too, so you can see exactly what frequency range each sound is taking...

and in the case of having shit speakers, this will telll you alot about where they are misrepresenting the sound, if ya amp has a built an eq, you might be able to eq ya speakers to get a more accurate sound...
most hi fi speakers have a mind of their own..including expensive hi fi brands like tannoy, warfdale etc etc.

dirtycash · Post by **dirtycash** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:32 am

and if ya do end up using the multi inspector resist the urge to try to get some sounds peaking at 0db.
if you get to the stage where you seek professional mastering they are gonna ask you too turn everything down to -4 to -1 db anyway.

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