17-02-2020, 11:00 AM
So, I decided to take a producer's (as opposed to mixing) approach and without altering the content (as I'm sure there are licencing issues involved in doing that) I wanted to "alter the content."
What I wanted to alter:
Dynamics. That's it. It's a well-recorded track which sounds FULL in sections, sparse in others. I wanted to exaggerate this.
How I went about this:
1. Reverb. the "snare sample" track sounds like a snare, handclap and tambourine hit. I compressed and added a reasonable amount of reverb to this to give it exaggerated impact.
2. Riding the Master Limiter. I ran a limiter on the Master Bus. I set a good overall amount of headroom throughout the track (about 1-2dB of gain reduction). But, in the sections of the track that needed to be loudest, I automated the threshold on the limiter to squeeeeze that mother. This is most evident on the penultimate and final loud sections. Brickwalling the master is an awful practice, but in this instance, I believe it was used to musical effect.
Anyway, have a listen. I am open to critique.
What I wanted to alter:
Dynamics. That's it. It's a well-recorded track which sounds FULL in sections, sparse in others. I wanted to exaggerate this.
How I went about this:
1. Reverb. the "snare sample" track sounds like a snare, handclap and tambourine hit. I compressed and added a reasonable amount of reverb to this to give it exaggerated impact.
2. Riding the Master Limiter. I ran a limiter on the Master Bus. I set a good overall amount of headroom throughout the track (about 1-2dB of gain reduction). But, in the sections of the track that needed to be loudest, I automated the threshold on the limiter to squeeeeze that mother. This is most evident on the penultimate and final loud sections. Brickwalling the master is an awful practice, but in this instance, I believe it was used to musical effect.
Anyway, have a listen. I am open to critique.