Having a go at drill 'n bass

I've been reading the thread about mixing and mastering alot lately, and tried doing it myself. I usually use the FL EQUO for my freq-work, and i recently got t-rack (which seems like one big compressor). I tried my best at mixing a drill 'n bass song i made recently, and i feel that something's missing and/or wrong. Please help me get the sound i need, as this shouldn't be a problem if i want to improve on writing tunes and beats.

I am also looking on any feedback, hints and pointers you're willing to give on the actual tunes. Much appreciated!

  TEXX said:

I've been reading the thread about mixing and mastering alot lately, and tried doing it myself. I usually use the FL EQUO for my freq-work, and i recently got t-rack (which seems like one big compressor). I tried my best at mixing a drill 'n bass song i made recently, and i feel that something's missing and/or wrong. Please help me get the sound i need, as this shouldn't be a problem if i want to improve on writing tunes and beats.

 

 

 

 

I am also looking on any feedback, hints and pointers you're willing to give on the actual tunes. Much appreciated!

Yea there's something odd.. nothing seems to be at the front of the mix. It sounds like you recorded it being played in a room so it's all muddy... I do agree with reducing reverb, but as for solving the mix problem I dunno, adding some stereo spread is a start, and EQ the different sounds to separate.

I read someplace that panning was a bad thing, so i stopped. Probably not such a good idea.

panning... bad? maybe in punk music. song definitely needs spread. the nintendo esque melody that comes in is dope. but the reverb is too dense.. it sounds like you just chucked a reverb on the master. i would suggest working with that a bit.

Took me three days.

I feel that the sound is clearer, but maybe a tad lound in the higher frequencies.

definately on the right track

yep

the drum sounds are kinda tired but the processing is cool

make more

  pantsonmyhead said:

definately on the right track

yep

the drum sounds are kinda tired but the processing is cool

make more

Thanks! Will do! :zorro:

  TEXX said:

Took me three days.

 

 

 

I feel that the sound is clearer, but maybe a tad lound in the higher frequencies.

What a fun track.

It's kind of like, super mario-electronic music-aphex-venetian snares-8-bit-happy thing..

Pretty funny song, good.

I say comedy because the synths pitch is all shakey and just the overall mix of different influences fused together.

  joshier said:

What a fun track.

 

It's kind of like, super mario-electronic music-aphex-venetian snares-8-bit-happy thing..

 

Pretty funny song, good.

 

I say comedy because the synths pitch is all shakey and just the overall mix of different influences fused together.

Thanks man, glad you liked it! After a few listens i found the mix to be a little devoid of bass. I'm not going to bother fixing it though, since i'm really submerged in an ambient project. It's probably no good, but i find ambient pretty relaxing to work with.

Really fucked up stuff. I liked it very much.

  Dpek said:

Really fucked up stuff. I liked it very much.

Thanks! That means alot coming from such a skilled person as yourself. I'm really digging Jean Pierre!

Heh, skilled? I'm less skilled than an orangutan (hey look, rhymes!) But it was a pretty big ego-boost so thank you very much. :kiss:

You forgot to dither

This is necessarily the style of breakcore I'm into right now but I can appreciate it. Melodically/harmonically I wouldn't say it massively grabbed me. Yeah you got some okay beats skills but the 8-bit style really ain't my bag. Mix feels a little messy with sheer dominance of that like acid synth. Needs more layers from the off I'd say too. I like it when you introduce that 8-bit manga shit ... that's quite nice harmonically.

I think its pretty nice, i like the 8 bit feel! abit too fucked up maybe, but it's not too bad! :wink2: