🦉 I like the solid kick & sub bass. The snare does sound a tad lo-fi. Surely you can find a better snare sample & a hi-hat or shaker pattern as well. But it's promising & kudos for posting the entire track unlike some of the shy boys above.
I want to throw this out there because your work on this track is worth it.
I do hear a difference and now that I am hearing a cleaner tone in the percussion it has now exposed another muddy element (Gotta love that eh)
It is that initial Arp that is muddy and is battling your sub frequencies. Which, listening again to the sub seems to need some "clarifying" cleanup as well. Curious question, is your Sub in Kick mono? I am getting some widening there that "shouldn't" be. Wondering if some sidechain compression might help on that
Mel David
🦉 Side-chaining kick & bass should always be done if they are occupying similar frequencies in the mix. This helps the kick punch through. If you want the effect less audible, a multi-band compressor can be used so that you are only ducking 20-90 Hz of the bassline.
Have you tried to cut a bit of the low frequency of the arp pattern or transposing it an octave or +5 or some other interval? Some mix engineers hi-pass almost everything just to make sure there are no unnecessary low frequencies, which may not be audible on one track but accumulates across many tracks.
Also worth a try: duplicate that arp pattern & change the notes to be kick drums & use this for the compressor sidechain trigger. This pattern's audio is not routed to the main mix output, only the compressor to act as a trigger. May have to fiddle with the lengths of the MIDI notes & the release & attack time of the compressor.
Duplicate the main melody & use strings so you've got two layers now which will help to differentiate it from the arp pattern.
TranceLover007
Just another WIP for my collection lol - I know that one day I will have to start to releasing some of them but as of right now I'm going through with some of my ideas and later pick the best ones.
Originally posted by TranceLover007
Just another WIP for my colection lol - I know that one day I will have to start to releasing some of them but as of right now I'm going through with some of my ideas and later pick the best ones.
Damn you D!!! ::sigh:: I seriously wish you guys would stop with this. Between YOU and Story putting up these freakin bomb ass finished tracks, how about you guys share your methods.
I mean, like you guys need ANY critiquing,screw that....teach us of our lost ways...lol
Good D, as always lol :rolleyes:
TranceLover007
quote:
Originally posted by SystematicX1
Damn you D!!! ::sigh:: I seriously wish you guys would stop with this. Between YOU and Story putting up these freakin bomb ass finished tracks, how about you guys share your methods.
I mean, like you guys need ANY critiquing,screw that....teach us of our lost ways...lol
Good D, as always lol :rolleyes:
Lol - appreciate man, you are to kind :D
As far as my production technique - what would you like to know?
Darek
SystematicX1
quote:
Originally posted by TranceLover007
Lol - appreciate man, you are to kind :D
As far as my production technique - what would you like to know?
Darek
You know actually man, it isn't really a specific thing or even an area.
One thing I have appreciated here on the production forum over the years is the fact that no matter what state the track was, producers here broke it down, for anyone hence the real purpose of this thread
For me, it has always been a kind of reverse psychology. When a true WIP walks in here I have always tried to lend an "ear" and remained perfectly biased.
When I can, I try to break down every aspect of the problem issue in order to come to a pleasing result from the artist.
Fact is, I learn from others track mistakes and oddly enough when I run into areas like that on my tracks, I know what not to do.
So, my whole point is this...
You guys put up these freakin polished mastered bangers that are already complete. And although I really dig and admire your guy's work, I don't learn from it. I have heard WIPs from you guys that sounded really messed up (as they all are). But when I see what you say about what YOU think your track state is in and then I see someone posting something completely different... Well,they are not wrong, it is just a different set of perspective. And this is how I learn,personally.
Gah, this is probably not making any sense and I do apologize D. It isn't meant as a rail only a very light hearted poke lol
