I've attached a mp3 file on my remake on "tsunami-dvbbs" 4 bar drop. How do I improve in terms of sound mixing.Huh.. I thought I posted this already.
Anyway, forget about crest factor..cuz that us full range.
Try to look at it with a spectrum analyzer if you want... you will see where the drama is.
That drop is impressive because there is basically nothing going on in that frequency spectrum.. like below 220 or so... before hand. This gives it a lot of movement down low. I don't think there is even a bassline before that.
BTW, you should know.. as the crest factor shows- that track is compressed af, the life is crushed out of it and it sounds terrible (ONE MANS OPINION!)(also caveat- i have done my share of killing music with compression so haters gonna hate!)
If that is what you are going for... maximum loudness because no one is listening critically anyway...just compress everything, and High-pass almost every track other than the bass and kick. If you are having trouble getting that sound you are probably just crowding the freqs.... post a clip- I'll take a listen.
cheers!
gimme a couple days- ill listen to it next time im IN THE LAB
That drop is impressive because there is basically nothing going on in that frequency spectrum.. like below 220 or so... before hand. This gives it a lot of movement down low. I don't think there is even a bassline before that.
I've attached a mp3 file on my remake on "tsunami-dvbbs" 4 bar drop. How do I improve in terms of sound mixing.
So if you are going for a bass drop here... the only problem is that there is no Drop. Compositionally. There is no space at all in the bass register.. just that big, droney kick sound taking all the air out of the room. Of course.. you only gave us a couple bars, so who knows. But you can't 'Drop the beat" back in if it was never out to begin with.
If you want dynamics, you gotta play LESS. Let those kicks die out. OR.. EQ out the sub-bass for 8 bars before you come in hard and deep.
Like, take that Cannonball song.. the kik AND bass drops out entirely at about 2:24... then it has something to hit you with at 2:38. Without the ABSENCE of bass, bass is meaningless. The contrast is what makes it interesting.