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BYTEME wrote:No I've learned quite a lot. Just some things I REALLY can't learn no matter how much I read about it.

Like what volumes drums and synths should have, and proper EQing.
Can't learn those very well but I do experiment a LOT with mixing and mastering simple kick-hat-snare-hat (4x4) patterns with sub bass hitting between 20-60hz. ALL of the drums I use hit at -6. Including the hat. Then the sub hits at -12db.
It's a sine in the low C2-C3 octaves with a bass boost on the EQ, and all high frequencies above 90hz cut out.

So what am I doing wrong here???
Another thing is adding pads to give some ambience filled in, instead of that dry empty sound..

BYTEME wrote:Well just now I did a simple DnB track.

2 Kick drums properly EQed and hitting at -6, hat was at -8 and the snare was at -6.
The sub bass was maintained between 25-58 hz.

For the first kick it was more in the low-midrange, hitting at mostly 58hz, the second kick drum had everything above 15,000hz cut out, and I lowered the frequency of 58hz down by -2.0 db so it wouldn't harm the first kick.

I tried tinkering with the peak controller for the sub bass but I'm pretty sure it didn't do anything. (Yes I did remember to unmute it too.)

The master volume was at about -1 db, because I heard it shouldnever touch 0db.

Brothulhu wrote:

BYTEME wrote:Well just now I did a simple DnB track.

2 Kick drums properly EQed and hitting at -6, hat was at -8 and the snare was at -6.
The sub bass was maintained between 25-58 hz.

For the first kick it was more in the low-midrange, hitting at mostly 58hz, the second kick drum had everything above 15,000hz cut out, and I lowered the frequency of 58hz down by -2.0 db so it wouldn't harm the first kick.

I tried tinkering with the peak controller for the sub bass but I'm pretty sure it didn't do anything. (Yes I did remember to unmute it too.)

The master volume was at about -1 db, because I heard it shouldnever touch 0db.

As far as I can gather from my first read of the money shot thread (I'm going to have to read it a few more times to take as much as I can in) you want at least -3db headroom after you mix down so that if you were to get it mastered the ME would have headroom to work their magic. And it shouldn't go over 0db as that is when clipping occurs

2 Kick drums properly EQed and hitting at -6, hat was at -8 and the snare was at -6

-6dB is half the head room, -12dB a quarter, -18dB an eight, -24dB a sixteenth etc. The volume halfs or doubles each 6dB, depending if you go up or down the scale.

2 elements at -24dB each will peak at -18dB (1/16 + 1/16 = 1/8)
2 elements at -18dB each will peak at -12dB (1/8 + 1/8 = 1/4)
2 elements at -12dB each will peak at -6dB (1/4 + 1/4 = 1/2)

etc