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Destro - Cybertronian Warfare (Melodic Dubstep?)
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 7:46 am
by XDestroX
Here is an un-mastered/un-limited demo that I feel I mixed to the best of my ability. I am still fairly new and always open to learning new things to help improve my mixing abilities. Please give any feedback/critique possible. It is much appreciated. Thanks for your time.
-Destro
Soundcloud
Re: Destro - Cybertronian Death Machine (Melodic Dubstep?)
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 10:22 am
by wub
Mixdown is a little on the over compressed side, but liking the lead melody you've got in here. Tune progresses nicely as well, like it starts somewhere and ends up somewhere else...something a lot of this sort of tunes lack
Re: Destro - Cybertronian Death Machine (Melodic Dubstep?)
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 2:18 pm
by XDestroX
Thanks! Here's the odd thing, I actually don't have any compression within the session. Do you know what else could be causing it to have that compression effect on the track overall? I would love any suggestions! I tried my best to achieve proper gain staging as well as giving myself a decent amount of headroom in the end. I believe it peaks around -5db.
Re: Destro - Cybertronian Death Machine (Melodic Dubstep?)
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 10:50 pm
by XDestroX
After listening to the version of the track on Soundcloud, it seems as though the quality is reduced, I tried re-bouncing the track in a different file format and it still seems to have lost quality.I can see why the song may have sound over compressed now. Does anyone know what would be causing this?
Re: Destro - Cybertronian Death Machine (Melodic Dubstep?)
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 4:43 pm
by XDestroX
Re-worked the way some of the tracks sit in the mix as well as changed up some EQ settings. I feel that the mix has a lot more room to breathe, but there is always room for improvement. Any suggestions would be much appreciated! Thanks guys!
Re: Destro - Cybertronian Warfare (Melodic Dubstep?)
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 5:22 pm
by Clutchkick
I like how you've made a really melodic track, yet it still seems "heavy" at the same time. I think if it were mine I'd want a bit more sub. I really like that bass right around 1:19-1:20. Mind me asking what VST you used for it?
Re: Destro - Cybertronian Warfare (Melodic Dubstep?)
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 9:15 pm
by XDestroX
Thanks! Yeah I feel the sub could be turned up just a little as well. On some of the higher sub bass notes I may need to automate the volume so they don't sound too loud in the mix. I also feel that maybe the cymbals could come down a bit too. The bass used during that section is the same that's used throughout most of the song. It's just a patch I made in Massive with a subtle amount of chorus.