My First Dubstep

[DarkDreamer]

Guy's heres my first dubstep

http://soundcloud.com/darkdreamerheat/subzero

Umm ... If you liked it then can you please hit me a like in YouTube

/user/DarkDreamerH3AT

Thnx *.*

[Seven-Three Angel]

First off, let me just say: Any shlep who has used Massive (which I assume to be a majority of this forum) immediately recognized the preset which you used for your "wobble bass". I could literally open Ableton Live right now and give you its exact name (if I hadn't just woken up, I could probably just give it to you off of the top of my head). This isn't necessarily a bad thing but coupled with the following production techniques (which are a neccessary foundation to EDM styled music of any kind) that you absolutely did not include in this piece, the usage of one of Massive's only 'out of the box' Dubstep presets... it felt... weird XD

Hokay, so there are pretty much two things that I would definitely add to this song if I was just trying to make it sound good in as few steps as I possibly could:
1) Side-chain compression: This is also commonly referred to as 'ducking' or 'daisy chaining (with a compressor)'. When I set out to make electronic music (maybe four or five years ago, now) this sound was one of the first things that I noticed was missing from my music. If this is the first that you're hearing of this, just do a google search and watch your music become instantly more "pro" sounding.
2) Crank dat drum line: I don't just mean increasing the volume. There are a few basic tricks and tips which I can give you, here, which will take your drums (and, in turn, your entire track) to the next level.

Split apart the kick drum from the other drum sounds so that the kick is sitting alone in its own track and everything else is in a separate track (this will also help with the side-chain compression, btw!) Now take those two tracks, and group them. Name this group "Drums/Percussion". NOW go through all of the other active tracks which are a part of this song and group them according to where they belong in the sound spectrum (i.e. High-pitched synth can be grouped with strings which play in a higher register and Acoustic guitar can be grouped with a Viola). So you should end up with three groups besides the Drums: High, Mid, & Bass. On all four group tracks, add an EQ plug-in and a Limiter plug-in. Tweak the limiter in each group to boost the level of the group up high enough that anytime the group is outputting a signal, the signal is as close to 0.0 dB as you can get it, but make sure that the limiter is doing it's job and keeping the signal from clipping, of course. Use the EQ on each group track accordingly so that most of the sound from each group will not spectrally "overlap" any of the other groups.

After all of this, go over to the Master track and add a limiter, since the combined signals from each of the groups will create a signal that is too powerful for a clean output and it going to need to be limited.

You just got years of mixing experience. I hope that you receive this well because I typed it all just for you.\



You owe me buttsecks.

[DarkDreamer]

wow! Thnx *.*

[Seven-Three Angel]

Haha if you take the advice, then you should re-post the result. I want to hear it. The ingredients of this song make it a promising track (which is weird considering its your first try with 'dubstep'); All that it needs is a solid mix .w.

[cluekid]

Not bad for a first timer. What's the "bpm" on this track? And I agree with @Seven-Three Angel you need to mess with the mixer and overlap your beats. And you got a good vibe on it eh'. I like it you have my +1.

[phonomancer]

well the first guy pretty much covered all of the mixing/mastering notes.

I have a note about the composition though. you seem to have a good grasp of basic structuring, but try putting more time into your melodies. The main bassline you used is good, but if you made it a sixteen bar melody instead, and added some different notes and rhythms, it would give it a lot more depth.