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Help needed with Levels.... Sample Included
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| ManTrance |
Ahoy Peeps
Was wondering if yees could help me?
Just whacked together the beginning to my next production. Its a remix of Kira, I'll be Your Angel.
I've pretty much got everything I want in there, just got to play about with the structure.
Tho, there is one thing I'd love some opinion on. My levels. My ears have been letting me down quite recently, and am unsure to some of the levels, frequencies etc.
Anyways, all opinions appreciated.
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| DJ Chrono |
It sounds like your mid-range is alittle bloated.
I'd try pushing it back slightly, and bring out the lower frequencies, from 20-150hz or so. |
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| TMD33 |
| definitly boost the lower frequencies. you can hardly tell theres a kick in some places. also try boosting some of the higher frequencies of the kick to make it stand out a little more. but be carefull around 300hz.. that area tends to get muddy. |
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| Atlantis-AR |
| quote: | Originally posted by ManTrance
Ahoy Peeps
Was wondering if yees could help me?
Just whacked together the beginning to my next production. Its a remix of Kira, I'll be Your Angel.
I've pretty much got everything I want in there, just got to play about with the structure.
Tho, there is one thing I'd love some opinion on. My levels. My ears have been letting me down quite recently, and am unsure to some of the levels, frequencies etc.
Anyways, all opinions appreciated.
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What do you mean with "levels"? By the looks of it, just knowing what kind of 'mixing EQ' to apply on the stereo mixdown. Really the kind of EQing you should look at fixing during the mixing stage, though in case you do have to end up EQing the mixdown, here's a basic overview:
Low shelf: 26 Hz, Q 1.41, -18.1 dB
52 Hz, Q 1.41, +0.x dB (deeper and more prominent kick and bass sound)
104 Hz, Q 1.41 -0.x dB (less 'hard' bass sound - will bring out the deeper bass frequencies)
156 Hz, Q 2.87, -0.x dB (reduce resonating tom)
208 Hz, Q 1.04, -0.x dB (reduce muddiness)
831 Hz, Q 1.04 +0.x dB (don't know how to describe it, but try boosting here a little, though not too much or it'll start sounding honky)
2489 Hz, Q 1.04 +0.x dB (increase harshness and 'growl' of synths - don't know how else to describe it)
4435 Hz, Q 1.41 +0.x dB (increase hardness on crash)
4978 Hz, Q 1.04, +0.x dB (increase brightness and presence of the first (backing?) synth)
6645 Hz, Q 1.41 +0.x dB (increase sharpness, but watch out for harsh 'sibilance', as the second part of the track is possibly already sharp enough)
9956 Hz, Q 1.41 +0.x dB (increase cymbal brightness)
Can't help you with 15804 Hz and beyond since it's an MP3, but I hope that gives you an overview anyway on what you could do... |
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| ManTrance |
Wow!
Thanks for the comments guys.
Atlantis, how do you know all this? Are you a mastering engineer?
Also, what are the q values for? Im guessing resonance, but Im not sure how I would go about adding this to me EQ? |
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| Atlantis-AR |
| quote: | Originally posted by ManTrance
Wow!
Thanks for the comments guys.
Atlantis, how do you know all this? Are you a mastering engineer?
Also, what are the q values for? Im guessing resonance, but Im not sure how I would go about adding this to me EQ? |
Somewhat, yes. I've only got about two months experience at the moment though, but three and a half years in mixing and engineering music, which helps.
The Q values are the 'qualities' of the bandwidths of the boosts and cuts, and you'll need to use a parametric EQ to make use of them. For example, boosting at a set frequency with a low Q value (i.e. closer to 0), results in a wider boost on the frequencies surrounding that set frequency. The bell curve has long slopes on either side.
If, on the other hand, the Q value is higher, the boost or cut is more narrow, affecting only few frequencies around the centre frequency. This is useful for narrow, surgical cuts to remove resonating frequencies.
I hope that explains it OK... |
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| ManTrance |
Yeah, that all makes sense, though Im using Fruity Parametric, so there are no values as such to work with, only dials.
So, from what range are these q values, etc, 1 being the far left on the dial, and 5 being far right.
Do you get me? |
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| Atlantis-AR |
| quote: | Originally posted by ManTrance
Yeah, that all makes sense, though Im using Fruity Parametric, so there are no values as such to work with, only dials.
So, from what range are these q values, etc, 1 being the far left on the dial, and 5 being far right.
Do you get me? |
I have no idea, thoug the following might help:
0.67 : 2 octaves
1.04 : 1 1/3 octaves
1.41 : 1 octave
2.87 : 1/2 octave
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That doesn't relate to the 1-5 thing though, so you'll just have to go by whatever sounds best then, or get a more versatile EQ. |
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