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Rawlord - is it good to go yet?

EDIT - So I've done a ton of changes and mixing, let me know if it's ready now, purrlease. Did some dubby shit in the breaks.

There's a wierd machine gun noise at start of drop 2, need to look into that.

Used NERVE drum machine for the first time. Really pleased with this machine.

Ah man. Really muddy mixing but what an awesome underlying song. You are very good at having non-repetitive songs. This track is like an underground version of the commercial House music big right now. Sort of like Pryda too.

I think it could be fantastic when its done.

Thx.

My ears are very tired, any chance you could give me very specific mud pointers? I think proper mastering will help a little too.

Thing is I want a very full sound, a bit like that Titanium track, in fact I'll put it here so I myself can compare the mixes

Hmm, I think the track does have way too much going on in the lower mids, like 200-300hz area, sounds a bit middy I agree, but my biggest problem is I detest that weird... hat... thing where the snare would generally be haha.

I think you'd be able to achieve a much more solid rhythm once it actually breaks into the main drop section if you pulled back the decay a little bit on all the synthesizers.

One of my favourite transitions is to go from something rather wet to a really dry, fast-paced percussive section and this track lends itself well to that.

You could pull it off

But it's your artistic vision, obviously.

Well what Sean said---plus it doesn't sound very stereo overall, very monophonic sounding. Also, it doesn't sound like there are much hi's, or that much lows for that matter. Finally, and I don't know how one achieves this affect, it sounds like I am listening to something in the back of the room.

Again, I like the song. Very impressive composition.


I also like the Guetta song. Good stuff. The video you posted is blocked territorially in the States but I found it elsewhere.

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Originally posted by Trancelover03591 Well what Sean said---plus it doesn't sound very stereo overall, very monophonic sounding. Also, it doesn't sound like there are much hi's, or that much lows for that matter. Finally, and I don't know how one achieves this affect, it sounds like I am listening to something in the back of the room. Again, I like the song. Very impressive composition. I also like the Guetta song. Good stuff. The video you posted is blocked territorially in the States but I found it elsewhere.

Ha, would you belive I actually used various steareo wideners and constantly automated them thru the track (narrow to wide)!

Hi's - I'll do some A/B ing - I'm not a good judge here as I dislike over hyped hi's myslef, especially with ear phones and I find a lot of pro tracks too fried eggish, but none the less I am glad you pointed this out.

Low's - funnily enough they are pounding thru on my little PC speakers, but again I'll A/B properly. I agreed with Sean about the higher lows, they sound too prominent.

OK, the back of the room thing was deliberate and I haven't decided if I like it or not yet. People forever say do your own thing, be original, but I guess sometimes trying something new can stray into shitness.

The mix I think is much clearer without my homemade mastering, and I do intend for Raphie to master this one once I've got the mix and also some transitions better.

SEAN - interesting you say about making the synths drier in drop 2, as I had thought this too, but I then forgot to do it. I'm going to try it. It's a fine balance as you know because sometimes you drier in the drop and people feedback that it lost energy and impact.

That wierd snare thing I'm keeping because I like the way it seems like a rainforest bird talking and also because sometimes you just want to do it your own unique way - as people are forever urging us to do on here.

I'm not listening to this now for a few days, some I can come back fresh and have that realisation moment which instantly tells you what needs a fix.

ACTUALLY I JUST TOOK A LISTEN WITH FRESH EARS - BOY THIS MIX IS FUCKED UP, LOADS OF WORK TO DO YET

Cheers

The mix has been discussed enough previously so I'll skip that bit ...

This is a fantastic tune, you've managed to pull an authentic house line seemingly straight from '95 and threw it into a techno tune - it's a really successful fusion. A bit of light and dark (the drop at 2:38 illustrates this beautifully)

Got a good epic feel too -

how did you do your kiks and low percussion? I need to start exploring those in my output!!

NICE WORK!!

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Originally posted by Richard Butler Ha, would you belive I actually used various steareo wideners and constantly automated them thru the track (narrow to wide)! Hi's - I'll do some A/B ing - I'm not a good judge here as I dislike over hyped hi's myslef, especially with ear phones and I find a lot of pro tracks too fried eggish, but none the less I am glad you pointed this out. Low's - funnily enough they are pounding thru on my little PC speakers, but again I'll A/B properly. I agreed with Sean about the higher lows, they sound too prominent. OK, the back of the room thing was deliberate and I haven't decided if I like it or not yet. People forever say do your own thing, be original, but I guess sometimes trying something new can stray into shitness. The mix I think is much clearer without my homemade mastering, and I do intend for Raphie to master this one once I've got the mix and also some transitions better. SEAN - interesting you say about making the synths drier in drop 2, as I had thought this too, but I then forgot to do it. I'm going to try it. It's a fine balance as you know because sometimes you drier in the drop and people feedback that it lost energy and impact. That wierd snare thing I'm keeping because I like the way it seems like a rainforest bird talking and also because sometimes you just want to do it your own unique way - as people are forever urging us to do on here. I'm not listening to this now for a few days, some I can come back fresh and have that realisation moment which instantly tells you what needs a fix.

Don't take what I said too seriously if you hear differently. I am not the best at finding mixing issues. I don't know if you are saying the stereo and mono switched back and forth because I did kind of hear stereo sometimes and mono others.

As for the bass, I meant the sub bass area. But I know it is hard to find sub bass sometimes even when it is there.

But I think there is something wrong with my headphones. They are senheiser but they seem to be losing there bass. I don't know if they got blasted out sometime recently or what.

I can't wait to hear the finished track though.

Fix that mix and I'd play/buy it.

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Originally posted by LeftOuterJoin how did you do your kiks and low percussion? I need to start exploring those in my output!! NICE WORK!!

Cheers, and to you to TL and Storybloke - I'm dreading mixing this tbh!!

Ok drums is my fave thing in edm, I could spend forever making drum loops.
Until now I did all drum sounds one at a time, each sound with it's own lane in the DAW.
Typically I'd use a kick from Wave Alchemy samples packs, but usually modify it. I'd load this into something called kicklab

http://www.amvst.com/node/2

Understand that it can take me months to get the right kik into a track, it's probably the most important job imo.


But for this track I took the advice of Cryophonik and bought myself a proper software drum machine (see below) so I could get several drum sounds going and make a pattern and actually hear them all at once, and fuk I spent hours and hours on it for this track. I pay close attention to pitch of each sound and also pitch envelope on the low percs such as kick and those quiet low repetetive kick sounds.

It's this interplay of pitched envelopes on perc sounds than can bring magic but it's not a rush job and I am perfectly able to get it all wrong.


http://www.xferrecords.com/products/nerve

So I've done a load of mixing and updating, so people can maybe tell me if it's good to go yet;

Rich this is a fucking awesome track, so much cool stuff in there.

I'm listening on my AKGs so I won't comment on the mix too much until I can blast it tomorrow, although it does sound ok to me.

I kind of get the feeling it's a little overmixed though, like you're attacking the track with tricks and techniques rather than letting the right sounds speak for themselves in the first place. I dunno.

Still, it fucking rocks dude

I like the intro and how the track builds up, not a bad arrangement as usual from you. The build from 1:07 to 2:38 is solid, there is a synth (1.30 1.25) that pops up too much for my taste. Both drops 2.38 and 5.13 are weak, not enough groove for such a build. What I enjoyed more was the sound design.

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Originally posted by tehlord I kind of get the feeling it's a little overmixed though, like you're attacking the track with tricks and techniques rather than letting the right sounds speak for themselves in the first place. I dunno. Still, it fucking rocks dude

It was my first impression also Rich, don't get me wrong it is/it could be freaking massive track if you can let this track mix it self (if I can say this way lol) - don't force it, don't over do it - just my observations man.

Some times I feel like part of your track are coming with different envelop and not blended the right way with the rest but then, what do I know, s***t I'm getting old men - it is just my view lol

This could be BOOM from Rich

Cheers,

Darek

I disagree with much of the overmixed comments. It sounds way better than before imo. Some sounds seem to be leveled out a bit but it's the bollocks right here either way.

Really loving the oldschool piano sound in there. The beat is really taking a step back from it all unfortunately. Although I do think it would work at a considerably volume it's just not as convincing as the break parts which are phenomenal.

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