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Bass and kick placement
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| Knowland |
| I have this bass and kick group and I'm having a time getting something good on top of it. I think it needs some outside critique. The bass and kick are both below 100hz, is this such a good idea? It sounds clear, but anything on top of it sounds weak and doesn't match the texture or feel. I'm having a hard time matching any percussion to it. Here is the audio to hear what the kick and bass do. Maybe someone can take a shot at layering on top of it to show me an idea maybe |
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| owien |
| wel all you need to do now is concentrate on finding a middle or to make things simpler,try and create a loop or grove over/with the bass line and then go back to it it and make any changes that are needed |
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| mzvirbulis |
| to me the bass sounds to honky/muddy, plus im not sure but can you lower the bass by an octave? Then layer that with something else! |
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| Knowland |
| It might sound honky because it is in the honky bass range. I try real hard to not have a honky bass. On my subs it sounds good though. Not every speaker can accomadate every bassline. That's why lots of the new stuff has lower octave bass with layers for harmonics. This bass is for a nice warm solid low end :) I tried an organ sound and it fits well. Also had to pitch shift every percussion sample to get them in the proper range. It's getting there. Maybe someone would like to collab with me. It's going in a chilled-vibe loungish house direction. PM me if you are interested. |
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| BOOsTER |
| quote: | Originally posted by Knowland
Not every speaker can accomadate every bassline. |
this is not an excuse, good music sounds good even on poor laptop speakers or in a standard car system :/ |
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| cronodevir |
You need to produce according to the average setup of your target audience. For most people here that means regular speakers, the kind that come with a dell, AND earbuds [mp3 ear peices] That is who is going to use your music the most, so you need to make it sound good on those kinds of systems.
Most people here likely won't have their track played on a big ass speaker system. [like at a concert] nor on high quality monitors. So its best to play the track on several systems, cheap to mid range. Just because it sounds good on that 8500 dollar system, doesn't mean it will on those 20 dollar headphones. |
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| dainja |
| quote: | Originally posted by cronodevir
You need to produce according to the average setup of your target audience. For most people here that means regular speakers, the kind that come with a dell, AND earbuds [mp3 ear peices] That is who is going to use your music the most, so you need to make it sound good on those kinds of systems.
Most people here likely won't have their track played on a big ass speaker system. [like at a concert] nor on high quality monitors. So its best to play the track on several systems, cheap to mid range. Just because it sounds good on that 8500 dollar system, doesn't mean it will on those 20 dollar headphones. |
Well, personally I produce rave music. So I don't care whether it sounds good on earbuds because 90% of the time my tracks will be played at raves. With that said, generally if it sounds good on my studio monitors and my reference system (80$ speakers + RCA amp) it seems to sound good in earbuds. |
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| BOOsTER |
ah...
oh well nevermind... |
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| Stef |
| quote: | Originally posted by dainja
Well, personally I produce rave music. So I don't care whether it sounds good on earbuds because 90% of the time my tracks will be played at raves. With that said, generally if it sounds good on my studio monitors and my reference system (80$ speakers + RCA amp) it seems to sound good in earbuds. |
LOL theres no such things as raves anymore :p |
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| alanzo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Stef
LOL theres no such things as raves anymore :p |
His website begs to differ : http://www.1upped.ca/
There's always the retarded college student crowd to gear towards. |
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