Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Vernon's Wonderland
This really hurts my ears, especially on headphones. I know that doesn't sound very helpful so I'll try to be constructive. The kick in particular seems to have been compressed quite harshly with a large enough attack to let some of the sound through, which is causing a huge spike in the attack of the sound; try limiting or compressing the attack of the kick.
The break sounds real nice, but the drop afterwards (1:34) sounds far too compressed to my ears. Get rid of those master effects and turn the mix volume down. I think you should forget about commercial loudness if you want to produce quality music, but that's just me.
EDIT: I really wonder if this is just my ears being overly sensitive at the moment?
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Put an end to the loudness war. Don't limit or compress your mixdown until mastering; leave the master channel alone.
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Last edited by Atlantis-AR on Oct-30-2010 at 00:27
Oct-30-2010 00:20
MrJiveBoJingles
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: U.S.
quote:
Originally posted by Atlantis-AR
The break sounds real nice, but the drop afterwards (1:34) sounds far too compressed to my ears. Get rid of those master effects and turn the mix volume down. I think you should forget about commercial loudness if you want to produce quality music, but that's just me.
Not just you...
Oct-30-2010 00:28
Voci
Senior tranceaddict
Registered: Jul 2010
Location: Netherlands
Of course you guys are right.
This is my own "mastered" version, which in reality means loudness.
I sent a .wav of the mixdown (which tops at -5 db or so) to the label of course, they should come up with a decent master, if it gets released anyway...
Atlantis, its actually the same kick as in the previous track, and in that one, it didn't seem to annoy you. This could mean, that the kick has turned bad during the "mastering" I did myself. If that is the case, then it could be fixed in the actual normal master version.
I hope that musical wise the track did sound nice to you
Thanks for your replies!
Oct-30-2010 11:28
Atlantis-AR
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Vernon's Wonderland
quote:
Originally posted by Voci
Atlantis, its actually the same kick as in the previous track, and in that one, it didn't seem to annoy you. This could mean, that the kick has turned bad during the "mastering" I did myself. If that is the case, then it could be fixed in the actual normal master version.
Sorry, a bit late replying here, but it's been happening a lot more lately so I may just be stressing my ears (never a good thing). But yeah, listening to it again, it's the transients that are a real killer. Musically the track doesn't really speak to me but I still advice you to scrap the DIY mastering.
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Put an end to the loudness war. Don't limit or compress your mixdown until mastering; leave the master channel alone.
