21-10-2014, 06:26 AM
Alright, well if you're going the drum machine route, I still think it could use some glue. In addition to any sort of global ambience, it might help to put a little extra space around the drum sounds. I think anything at all that reduces dynamic range or beefs up harmonics will be your friend, if you use it sparingly. I'm thinking verb, distortion, aliasing, saturation, even plain old compression or a bass boost.... Pick your flavor, hell, pick a combination of flavors if you like, and you'll be able to blend them into the production as a whole.
So the situation granted you the choice of going for a closer to natural sound or something synthesized, and you chose the latter... Fantastic! That also opens a great many doors toward how you can treat your rhythmic sounds to slot them into the mix creatively, so I say go for it
. Keep it subtle enough to blend the beatbox into the mix, but give it enough flavor to make itself known and the sky's the limit.
So the situation granted you the choice of going for a closer to natural sound or something synthesized, and you chose the latter... Fantastic! That also opens a great many doors toward how you can treat your rhythmic sounds to slot them into the mix creatively, so I say go for it
. Keep it subtle enough to blend the beatbox into the mix, but give it enough flavor to make itself known and the sky's the limit.
I'm grateful for comments and suggestions. Thank you for listening!