20-03-2020, 11:41 AM (This post was last modified: 20-03-2020, 11:41 AM by Eastwood.)
Hi Yoda.Earth, welcome to the forum! Just a couple things:
Your bass guitar has too much information in the 20hz - 50hz area I think, and the kick drum is not cutting through the mix. I would try increasing the kick drum volume a bit and take it from there, maybe some eq. Overall sounding good!
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20-03-2020, 05:22 PM (This post was last modified: 20-03-2020, 05:22 PM by Yoda.Earth.)
(20-03-2020, 11:41 AM)Eastwood Wrote: Hi Yoda.Earth, welcome to the forum! Just a couple things:
Your bass guitar has too much information in the 20hz - 50hz area I think, and the kick drum is not cutting through the mix. I would try increasing the kick drum volume a bit and take it from there, maybe some eq. Overall sounding good!
Hi Eastwood, thanks for your input!
I did a new version, not sure if I overdid it, since I'm on headphones. I can hear the difference, just don't know how it translates to (big) speakers.
hi-pass on the bass guitar, peaking filter on the base drum.
What do you think?
"Es wird immer weiter geh'n, Musik als Traeger von Ideen." ~ Kraftwerk
20-03-2020, 08:35 PM (This post was last modified: 20-03-2020, 08:39 PM by Eastwood.)
Kick drum sounding good! I think you might be able to raise the volume on the bass guitar a few dB, it’s a bit too quiet. The kit sounds really rockin now though! I would just make the snare a few dB quieter and I think you’ll be there. Edit: I’m not 100% on the bass/snare volume adjustments, it sounds better on a second listen but those were my first impressions.
Nobody cares what plugins you use, it's only what comes out of the speakers that matters.
Thank you Devilskater666 and Eastwood for your advice and encouragement!
The EBU R128 now reads: INT -12.3 LUFS and LRA 9.9 LU at -1.0dB TP
I use the EBU R128 because it is integrating over the whole song. So it gives you an idea of overall loudness. It might get used a lot for TV. However, I'm not aware of any standard that applies to music only. Is there one? I'd be very interested to learn about it.
For my own mixes, a loudness range of 9.9 is pretty darn good, but the song is arranged so that it has quieter sections at the beginning and end ... :-)
I always aim at a high range, since I hate those overcompressed songs on pop radio. On the other hand, it's rock'n roll! These two forces make the struggle in mixing a song for me. ;-)
"Es wird immer weiter geh'n, Musik als Traeger von Ideen." ~ Kraftwerk