Based on this track I don't think that it's lack of talent or creativity on your part. I'm probably just a victim of my own expectations.
Re: Tailtrap - Dysthymia - [brostep]
Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 7:45 pm
by TailTrap
Halfnhalf wrote: Based on this track I don't think that it's lack of talent or creativity on your part. I'm probably just a victim of my own expectations.
Oh, thank you so much for the feedback! I understand what you mean, since the drop isn't that loud (and it's kinda static). You have a good point and I will surely keep that in mind for my next tracks.
Thanks again!
Re: Tailtrap - Dysthymia - [brostep]
Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 3:30 am
by Banesy
Haha yeah, def has that epic tension to it. I don't fancy the pumping, I think you limited too hard. I think the mixing needs a lot of work. Did you have trouble getting everything to come through how you wanted it? It sounds like you ran into the fader war where you wanted parts to come through so you just kept pushing everything up and ran out of headroom. When you feel like you want a part louder, EQ cut first to see if you can get it more defined so you don't need to boost the vol. When your kick and snare come in, there is no freq,left for them to occupy so they have to push everything else down and it results in the pumping effect.
Re: Tailtrap - Dysthymia - [brostep]
Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 12:16 pm
by TailTrap
Banesy wrote:ran out of headroom.
I actually had a real hard time to get this as I wanted it to be. Spent over 160 hours on this track so I got pretty sick and tired of it. Haha! .. I limited way to hard on some of the busses, but I tried to "hide" that I did that. I really appreciate that you mentioned it, because then I know I should not do that again.
I'm sorry to tell you that you are completely right when it comes to me losing headrom (good catch). I have started on a new track where the master don't get over -6dB (before mastering) pluss some other tricks and tips I got from a friend of mine.
Thank you so much for the feedback, Banesy!!! Constructive and on-point! You have helped me a lot
No doubt that I will (try to) use some of your knowledge on my next track