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Hey there, solid track. I used to post here all the time and then stopped because I got disgusted at how few people would actually take the time to comment on anyones, muhc less my, tracks... but I've decided to come back and give as much feedback as I can cause I know it makes a big difference.

Like I said, this is definitely a solid track. I like the sample use and buildup, although I think it could all be mixed/eq'd to sound a bit cleaner... The drop/wobbles are very original sounding, which I give you kudos on, but I don't know if they really work that well. Again, they sound a little flat and could do with proper EQ'ing.

Now that I've gotten the negative feedback out of the way, I'd just like to say you're definitely on the right track. The song is composed and structured very well, and I can tell that with the right sounds and a bit of elbow grease you're gunna make a straight banger. I didn't mean to get your hopes down at all with my previous comments; I think you're doing a really great job and the song definitely has potential.

Hope this helped,

Sam aka Escape

Thank you so much. Long, detailed feedback like that helps so, so much. Anyway, I checked out the track in your sig. Really good mix, I know almost nothing about mixing, so I'm pretty envious of the clean sound. What daw + vst's do you use?

Floop wrote:Thank you so much. Long, detailed feedback like that helps so, so much. Anyway, I checked out the track in your sig. Really good mix, I know almost nothing about mixing, so I'm pretty envious of the clean sound. What daw + vst's do you use?

No problem man, thats what im here for. I actually just wrote A TON for another guy, so I'm gunna copy and paste that here:

"These are some very good questions. Firstly, with EQ'ing it should almost ALWAYS be subtractive - as in you focus more on REMOVING frequencies than boosting them . When you do boost frequencies, make it very subtle - no more than 6db.
When Mixing, everything should "sound" like it's at about the same level, but there will definitely be differences - the way I've found most rewarding is to bring ALL my tracks to -inf DB (or silent), then raise the kick drum to the highest level you want the track to be at (this doesn't mean 0db, but a numebr that you specify... it will be different for every song/sample but I normally stick to around -10db as my high point) This may sound like it makes your track very quiet... and it does. All you have to do is turn up your monitor/speaker/headphone volume to compensate. If you mix your tracks low enough, it gives you TONS of headroom to work with when your done with the track, which is much nicer than having to go through when you're all done and re-mix the whole track. ALSO, a general rule of thumb is to put the master level at a value such that it gives your track -6db of headroom (meaning your track never peaks above -6db)... this doesn't mean bring the volume of the master down to -6db, but you will have to figure out based on your track how much you will have to subtract to make it so no sound goes higher than -6db. This is done because in electronic music, your highest point is 0db - anything over that will "clip", which basically means sound super shitty and wreck your speakers... and no one wants that. Putting the track at -6db is basically cutting the possible volume of the track in half, which means when mastering you havre ALOT of room tow ork with. It will make your songs sound 100000 times better.

I hope this was helpful.

Sam"

Hmm... That's a lot to process. Looks like I have some work to do Also, what daw + vst's do you use?

Floop wrote:Hmm... That's a lot to process. Looks like I have some work to do Also, what daw + vst's do you use?

I started with Reason 5, and then switched over to Ableton Live Suite 8, with Komplete (which is Massive, FM8, Kontakt, etc etc all by Native Instruments) 7, Native Instruments Razor, and a couple of other VSTs. What are you using?

Fl studio. I tried out ableton and found some problems with it. Like when I loaded a kick drum into a drum machine it would sound much too loud and clip.