Guest Helper ET Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 so ive noticed that with some of my stuff, especially my older stuff, the synths become momentarily and subtly quieted by the presence of a kick or snare hit. has anyone noticed this with their music? i can think of several ways to get around this issue, as im sure you can, but im wondering what a professional audio man would do any thoughts? Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63981-a-professional-approach-to-a-production-issue/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 [youtubehd]woMvjrnkayQ[/youtubehd] Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide YEK's signature Hide all signatures Reveal hidden contents !:/music Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63981-a-professional-approach-to-a-production-issue/#findComment-1521223 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mafted Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 (edited) i'd say you just need to use a compressor and limiter to mesh the frequencies and get the levels right.. not necessarily any specific software. Edited February 21, 2011 by mafted Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63981-a-professional-approach-to-a-production-issue/#findComment-1521279 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancolecreate Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 ya it's most likely just an issue of competing frequencies. Can't imagine it would be so noticeable though. I usually try to play w/ the synth timbres a bit in the mixing stage to get those kinds of things worked out. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide ryancolecreate's signature Hide all signatures ------ dailyambient.com ------ New Ambient Music Every Day. New ambient album "Sun and Clouds" now out. Use the discount code watmmer for 50% off the $4 album.Check it out. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63981-a-professional-approach-to-a-production-issue/#findComment-1521281 Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundwave Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 change the kick sound or pitch it up or down to suit sometime a kick with have a fast pitch sweep of some kind which can give it a more upfront sound and less will subtle it down a bit more in the background but as already mentioned its most likely competing frequencies cancelling or phasing each other out especially if you using static samples Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63981-a-professional-approach-to-a-production-issue/#findComment-1521444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Do you have a compressor/vintage warmer/limiter/finalizer or similar bullshit stuck on your main mix? If so, your professional approach to production is causing your problems. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Silent Member's signature Hide all signatures Some songs I made with my fingers and electronics. In the process of making some more. Hopefully. Reveal hidden contents Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63981-a-professional-approach-to-a-production-issue/#findComment-1521573 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 On 2/22/2011 at 10:27 AM, Gocab said: Do you have a compressor/vintage warmer/limiter/finalizer or similar bullshit stuck on your main mix? Aye, was gonna suggest just that. The fact that the audio levels are ducking when a kick or snare is triggered seems a big give-away. Either that or there's an inbuilt limiter to you DAW and your kicks are dominating the volume of the whole mix. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures I haven't eaten a Wagon Wheel since 07/11/07... ilovecubus.co.uk - 25ml of mp3 taken twice daily. Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63981-a-professional-approach-to-a-production-issue/#findComment-1521584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) Hey, ET, I think my answer was a bit rude, here are my tips: Give your mix lots of headroom and try to get the levels and eq for each individual track to sit right in the mix. Keep the audio levels well below -10db, stay in the green. Try listening on different speakers/headsets, when it sounds like gold on all of these, increase the volume on the main mix and slap some subtle compression at the end if you really feel the NEED for it to be loud... If you've got all the channels peaking out from the get go, fighting eachother and trying to force it into a decent mix by putting a compressor at the end stage youre fucked. Edited February 22, 2011 by Gocab Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Silent Member's signature Hide all signatures Some songs I made with my fingers and electronics. In the process of making some more. Hopefully. Reveal hidden contents Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63981-a-professional-approach-to-a-production-issue/#findComment-1521599 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 This is without having heard any of your music though, so maybe you've go this all figured out already. I'm just speculating. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Silent Member's signature Hide all signatures Some songs I made with my fingers and electronics. In the process of making some more. Hopefully. Reveal hidden contents Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63981-a-professional-approach-to-a-production-issue/#findComment-1521604 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tonfarben Posted February 22, 2011 Report Share Posted February 22, 2011 Proper EQing your instruments can get you way more far, than you might think! :) Try and crawl through this thread here and suck all the information out. http://forum.watmm.com/topic/58913-masteringloudness/ Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/63981-a-professional-approach-to-a-production-issue/#findComment-1521680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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