BarryPruce
New member
Hey everyone!
Mixing the ‘proper way’ is new to me. I used to mix with everything slamming at 0db’s… also compress, saturate and limit, until the sound couldn’t take it anymore. Then I researched on mixing forums and some advice was given to mix around -10db’s because it allows you more headroom to hear what changes you’re actually making.
I mixed this new track tastefully (meticulously using EQ, compression and saturation). I bounced the track to hear what it would like in the car. Since it was peaking at no more than -7db, it was much softer than my reference tracks, but I was fine with that because at this point in the mix, I wanted QUALITY over LOUDNESS. I looked at the .wav file for my bounced track and noticed it was very different from the .wav files of my “reference tracks”. My track had peaks whereas the reference tracks looked like a brick wall. They were also much louder and knocked harder in the car.
I was pretty satisfied with my mix, but knew that it was time to ‘master’ the track and get it to commercial levels. So I threw limiters on my bus tracks, but it sounded AWFUL. I’ve attached both tracks I’m working on (before limiting and after limiting), as well as my reference tracks.
Could someone please shed some light on what I need to do in order to bring my track to commercial levels without the result sounding like crap? I just want to learn because I’m frustrated with how this song has turned after I tried to make the track ‘louder’.
Picture of the individual files:
Question:
Can anyone identify if I'm blatantly missing an important component of mixing/mastering? I’m in desperate need of advice/resources I can read in order to achieve this!
MY TRACKS:
New Project - Tasteful EQ, compression and saturation
New Project - LIMITED (volume increase)
REFERENCE TRACKS:
Love In Motion Ft. Mayer Hawthorne (Skrillex's Funkt-Out Remix)
All Gold Everything (Protohype & Carnage Festival Dub Remix)
Mixing the ‘proper way’ is new to me. I used to mix with everything slamming at 0db’s… also compress, saturate and limit, until the sound couldn’t take it anymore. Then I researched on mixing forums and some advice was given to mix around -10db’s because it allows you more headroom to hear what changes you’re actually making.
I mixed this new track tastefully (meticulously using EQ, compression and saturation). I bounced the track to hear what it would like in the car. Since it was peaking at no more than -7db, it was much softer than my reference tracks, but I was fine with that because at this point in the mix, I wanted QUALITY over LOUDNESS. I looked at the .wav file for my bounced track and noticed it was very different from the .wav files of my “reference tracks”. My track had peaks whereas the reference tracks looked like a brick wall. They were also much louder and knocked harder in the car.
I was pretty satisfied with my mix, but knew that it was time to ‘master’ the track and get it to commercial levels. So I threw limiters on my bus tracks, but it sounded AWFUL. I’ve attached both tracks I’m working on (before limiting and after limiting), as well as my reference tracks.
Could someone please shed some light on what I need to do in order to bring my track to commercial levels without the result sounding like crap? I just want to learn because I’m frustrated with how this song has turned after I tried to make the track ‘louder’.
Picture of the individual files:
Question:
Can anyone identify if I'm blatantly missing an important component of mixing/mastering? I’m in desperate need of advice/resources I can read in order to achieve this!
MY TRACKS:
New Project - Tasteful EQ, compression and saturation
New Project - LIMITED (volume increase)
REFERENCE TRACKS:
Love In Motion Ft. Mayer Hawthorne (Skrillex's Funkt-Out Remix)
All Gold Everything (Protohype & Carnage Festival Dub Remix)