Triviul - Better (M&F)

[Digitaldruglord]

The general level balance is really good for the most part, particularly the vox/BV balance, with the exception of a couple of fx and synth parts being a bit too forward, but it's completely top-heavy in terms of frequency balance. All the sub energy has been relegated to a lower-mid "knock". I guess there was a lot of high-passing used?

Hi, I chose to go for clarity and punch and avoid anything below 60hrz that takes up all of the dynamic range/headroom and results in a low-volume final.

Okay, but to my ears it has lost all it's punch. 60Hz is very high to cut everything off at, especially when the artist clearly likes a bit of sub action. I think you've lost a lot by doing that, and what you've lost isn't made up for by the ability to reduce the dynamic range by an extra dB or two.

Just my opinion of course, I'm not saying I'm right and you're wrong.

It's a good observation, I listened to the artist own posting of the song here http://www.triviul.com/Listen.htm and in this song theres a bass and 808 drum bass "tones" working at the same time.. I like the tones presented in the 808 drums along with the loops that give the song a moody character. The artist version has big emphasis on the bass synth and it masks all of the stuff in the mix going on under it. The challenge with heavy bass songs is avoiding the swallow that can easily happen on a sound system of the subs being too overpowering, drowning out body of the song.. when it reaches a sound system with a dedicated subwoofer then the sub will rumble instead of thump.