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Vernon Wanderer
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quote: | Originally posted by Innocence Lost
Thanks for your feedback man, yeah I just added everything together real quick because I'm native to Cubase and its def hard for me to create a interesting journey at the beginning, so thanks for pointing that out. Can you tell me what needs to done with my mixdown so it isn't dry? not to be blunt can you u be alittle more specific, thanks btw. |
Well, IMO both the kick and bass are too loud for starters, also, the bass sounds muddy to me, it would require finding the problem frequencies via extreme narrow eq boosting and then cutting them when found. Highs need to be brought up(also a good thing is to have a very slight room reverb on them in the background of the drums, but now on the second listed it sounds like you already have that?) and the clap needs some eq boost in the higher register to make it more crisp, and maybe bring it up a little.
Also, happy holidays to you all
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Vernon Wanderer will rediscover his roots back unto wandering vast endless plains miserably....
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Dec-25-2014 19:44
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JEO
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Location: ATH
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Paulino.. I can't pinpoint exactly what, but something in your tracks always sounds awkward to me - not the mix though, congrats on that. There's a serious lack of actual content in your tracks that just makes me cringe every time I hear the same bassline, plucked melodies and random growling effects in something you made. They can work, yes, but I think you just need to put a little more effort and thought into them for them to work. Now it's the same lousy effects repeating for that whole three minutes.
Maybe it's my end that's fucked, but I sometimes feel like you've got antlers for ears or something. There's nothing of interest in the track, and the weird "robot" sounds mentioned earlier make me shiver as they very much remind me of someone scratching a blackboard. And does 2:37 sound very awkward to anyone else? Maybe you forget the key you were in on the way to your keyboard on the other side of the room?
I don't want to patronize, but from now on I'd suggest you stop buying all that "gear" and arguing about your desk; focus on content. Your mixdowns aren't worth crap if your content is as stale as it is right now. My mate recorded the inside of his fridge with his 10 euro headset for half a minute, stretched the sample and added reverb. I could listen to that stuff for hours. Your WIP, on the other hand, I could barely listen till the end. Your situation is barely comparable to his, yet he made something much, much more interesting with a headset and Audacity.
*kick*
*kick*
*kick*
*kick*
*growwwl*
*plucked melody*
*nails on a blackboard*
*growwwl*
*kick*
*kick*
*kick*
*kick*
Don't consider this an insult, but just my opinion on what I would do if I had half the time, hardware, and software that you have to put on music. You remind me of that Italian guy that used to post here (DJ something) who tried perfecting his basslines for eons. Like practising for years to drill exactly the same kind of hole everyone else drills. Don't become him.
And hey - everybody else here might love it and think it's the best track in the world, I just don't like it too much. Don't take it to heart, just consider focusing on the content for a change.
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Dec-25-2014 21:57
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Vernon Wanderer
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Do you automate stuff? It is key to adding a sense of progression to a track. Automate the volume of cymbals for example, over a longer period of time (8 bars minimum) add very slight panning automation, subtly automate the cutoffs, reverbs, all those little things to create a better flow.
Also, polyphonic chord progressions(not the voice note offset within synths, but actual synth global notes in piano roll, corresponding to the key you're working in) can add that magic, harmonically rich sound of interest to human ears. Did you study different types of chords and scales/modes? it is really useful knowledge, an absolute must for a producer ALONG with the technical knowledge you usually find around these forums.
I don't know what you already know, this is just general advice useful to anyone, even if only as a reminder.
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Vernon Wanderer will rediscover his roots back unto wandering vast endless plains miserably....
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Dec-25-2014 23:11
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