The riser buildup sound in the beginning it's a bit too loud for my taste. It makes the upcoming drums to sound a bit weaker (maybe that was the purpose you chosen ) I think also it's a bit too complex, i mean.. to much sonical differences between chorus/verse/bridge/breakdown/etc, it makes it feel a bit unpredictable.. but again.. if that was the purpose, then keep it like that. Keep up the good work. Have a nice day!
Thanks for the listen! Really appreciate it. By sonic differences do you mean the note structure itself, or do you mean the eq of different parts? Just getting into music theory this past week or so (before it's just been all by what sounds good), don't know if I quite have the ear for subtle key changes yet. Edit: Changed up the intro to be a little less in your face. Also added a bit more compression to tone it down a little and get rid of some clipping.
No, it's about the sounds you used and how you mangled them. Anyway, about clipping, use a Limiter instead of compressor. A compressor on the master bus it serves only to glue up things or to catch certain peaks or to tame something which wasn't got tamed in the mixing stage. It still sounds clippy. Did you used saturation? or maybe it's just clipping distortion. Anyway, you really need to add a Limiter as a final plugin in the Master FX chain.
Way too loud. And get rid of some mids (and low bass)... Maybe something towards this (without the artifacts and distortion): https://www.firedrive.com/file/9DD4830F126422D2
Thanks for the advice man, I'm extremely new to mastering, and didn't know the difference between the limiter and the compressor. Seems I've been using them for the wrong purpose (well, not using a limiter whatsoever actually). My DAW wasn't showing anymore clipping (no more red peaks). I did use a lot of reverb however, do you think that might have caused some clipping in the end? Also, are all effects plugins typically the same? I'm using FL Studio's default mastering plugins, do you think there would be a difference if I used some 3rd party ones, or do they generally serve the same purpose? Nice, I do like how that sits on the ears a bit better. Definitely need to clean this one up quite a bit. Thanks for taking the time to demonstrate that.
No prob. I actually quite liked the 'unorthodox' leads and the somewhat sorrow melody. Gave it another flavor. I usually don't expect to hear something like this from this type of tracks; they're generally very uniformed and follow similar patterns. This track follows them too but in a more personal way. Your production will, most likely, get better in time but it's more important to retain the character as much as possible. (I can send you the project, btw. It uses FL stock plug-ins, minus a limiter. You can see how I approached it and mess around. I'd aim for cohesive separation [if that makes any sense; I mean everything is its place but still working together as a whole], space and clarity first and then loudness [which is partially a result of the above].)
