05-09-2014, 01:50 AM
Not an expert by far, but from what I hear I'd say you need to separate the different sounds in the mix. Everything seems to come from the middle in a thick, messy column of sound. Try to keep the most important for you in the middle and separate everything else by panning, EQ or using effects.
About the compression, the basic principle is reducing the dynamics range so you can play that track louder overall, but you can do much more stuff with it. Anyway you should definitely hear a difference... if for example you compress the voice it would help the quieter parts stand out from the rest of the mix, and keep the louder parts in range.
As I said, I'm not an expert by far and I hope to help as much as I can from what I know.
About the compression, the basic principle is reducing the dynamics range so you can play that track louder overall, but you can do much more stuff with it. Anyway you should definitely hear a difference... if for example you compress the voice it would help the quieter parts stand out from the rest of the mix, and keep the louder parts in range.
As I said, I'm not an expert by far and I hope to help as much as I can from what I know.
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