You need to clean up those mids! It will leave you more room to add in much more punch and aggression. There's a point where all those crashes and distorted frequencies in the mid/hi-mid range stop helping and start just hurting.
Cheers!
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You need to clean up those mids! It will leave you more room to add in much more punch and aggression. There's a point where all those crashes and distorted frequencies in the mid/hi-mid range stop helping and start just hurting.
Cheers!
Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and giving feedback! Advises taken!