hi all :) ive taken all of your feedback from my last mix and tried to apply it in this new one. I used sidechain compression on the bass, which is my first time using sidechain compression so i doubt its any good but i focused a lot on getting the kicks to do what theyre supposed to do and also adding found sounds into my work, which is the very subtle whirring noise in the background. i want to try and keep moving away from depending on MIDI instruments and more toward audio and vocals, so theres only 3 midi elements in this mix. any feedback would be really helpful :)
Hi Rachel, it seems like you're moving in a good direction. Just to echo what John said, now is a great to to consider what you want to do with this. I do think it can be fun, and even productive, to just make loops, but I think you really start to level up once you're turning them into full tracks and completely finishing them, e.g. mixing and mastering them--or at least getting them to the final stage that you intend to get your tracks to. Nice work, and I wish you the best on your music production journey.
One final thought: real instruments/voices are nice, and there is nothing wrong with midi, or loops/samples if you use those at all. Ultimately, it's about making something awesome that is an expression of you and your feelings, and it doesn't matter how you do it if it sounds cool and is authentic. So in the end, I don't think you need to worry about your ration of software to real instruments; you can just do what helps you achieve your goal the fastest.
Hello Rachel! I think your sidechain compression is very good for a first time, so don't go saying it isn't! However I think that if you even just doing something a simple as just reducing the gain/high end on your drum track it would make a big difference to helping it sit into the mix, as right now it feels very piercing. This obviously will not entirely solve the problem but it's a simple way to possibly help it. Apart from that I like it! Also, do not fear midi instruments. They obviously do not sound as good as real instruments, but just finding some nice plugins (even free ones are fine) can go a long way to making them sound more real (not saying there's anything wrong with real instruments, just saying that midi can be great if you don't have them on tap!)
Hello everyone! I´ve recently published my first song (beat, mix and master) and i´d love to hear your feedback about both the beat and the mixing and mastering.
nice track :) great vibe. kick and bass is fighting eachother a bit for sure. you can hear on the 3rd note of the bassline they really clash, maybe more sidechain. if you're using a compressor to sidechain try using a volume shaper like lfotool or shaperbox as its much more accurate than a compressor. it's weird because it sounds like its sidechained but on that 3rd note it clashes hard so im unsure what the problem is exactly. love the vocals!
Hi Kamal :) it's not really my style. I think the vocals are very beautiful, but they're a little detached from the music. I feel like the vocals are too in your face and everything else is too far back. It could be your artistic choice, so in that case, no problem. Otherwise, I'd broaden the background music slightly (because it sounds a little too centered) and try to integrate the vocals a little more into the mix! (Not too much, so as to maintain this style anyway.) Anyway, great track, good idea!!!
Sound design is changing so fast that it ages almost instantly. What feels fresh today can be outdated by tomorrow. But a good arrangement is a stable value - once you master it, you can stay relevant for a long time.
I guess that depends a lot. In electronic music, there are a lot of artists from the 60's and 70's still relevant for their soundshape, just like in the 90's and 00's. We still refer to hiphop, techno, early electronic for our synth and drum sounds. As goes for guitar sounds like Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, and many other big artists in any genre for that matter. But in the end all of them needed both to be remembered, if you have a good arrangement but crappy sound design (or the other way around for that matter), you will not be relevant in any time :)
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