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Hmmm, I hear what you are saying.
Although I don't think that the problem is the crash specifically it's more to do with the kick with verb that lies underneath. There is so much verb on the mid to low frequencies that it's muddying up the mix. This alongside the crash is causing the compressor to go into overdrive.
Also the mix sounds a little over compressed. Your attack and release might be a little too long. Basically any hard compression should really be done pre-master and should be applied to individual elements or groups of instruments rather than the over all mix.
What I would do to remedy this is rather than compressing the whole track as one, split it into three parts. Use a parametric eq to seal off each frequency i.e. 20-250 ish for bass, 250-4 to 6ish for mid and the above for the high. Apply light compression to each channel making sure that the low end stuff is tight with short attack and release times.
You might also want to use some form of maximiser, BBE sonic maximiser is a great choice. This will help define some of the characteristics of each segment.
On the bass frequency use a stereo imager to bring the low frequencies tight into the middle so set it to mono basically. Then open it up for the mid stuff and then go close to full for the high end stuff.
Then on your master channel you can apply a limiter just make sure you don't limit the hell out of it.
You will find that this technique will give your mix much more presence and will feel like it occupies more space if you do this correctly.
Or you could try a multiband compressor if you can't be arsed with the above.
Send me a PM if you want a better idea of some of the settings.
Cheers
Nem
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Last edited by Nemesis44 on Apr-18-2007 at 14:55
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