How is mixing and mastering done on this?

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  1. gandalf

    gandalf Noisemaker

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    Let me know any suggestion related to anything(specially mixing and mastering) in this track-



    Thanks and I much appreciate your time.

     
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    itslebeau Newbie

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    Mastering doesn't really get that sort of waveform. Mixing is the foundation to getting a levelled out waveform and mastering just boosts the waveform.
     
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    you have no idea about mastering , mastering is not make wave files louder dickhead
     
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    I'm not really into this genre, but as @dmoll said, mastering is not the procedure of making files louder.Yes you achieve that through mastering,but mastering's primary goal is to enhance all the "nice" frequencies in the song, remove bad resonance freqs,polish transients etc.Generally you could say is a procedure of complementing every nice aspect of your 2track mix and bring in front instruments,widen the mix or nailing down low freqs that might rumble around.Loudness is only a part of mastering and not all mastering engineers agree with that.Also genre is the most important factor in deciding on going "clipping" loud or not.You just loose all the dynamics.In this particular song you might go louder but this isn't the only thing.I've only heard it through my laptop speakers now but as far as i can see firstly you have to fix your mix before proceeding on mastering.I see much level differences in different instruments.It doesn't really seem to be glued together although it's a pretty mix.For example in the first part,beat overcomes everything,in the second part get's lost behind other stuff and after your "bridge" , your lead synth overcomes everything.I would say that you even tried using a normalization algorithm (with is bad for a mix).Just my 2 cents for now
     
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    haha - rock on!

    I listened twice.

    Not my sort of thing, really, but I easily listened to it all. It kept me interested. I had no idea where it would go next and it goes all over the place. There's an excellent energy and wildness to it. I don't think I can give you any advice. I enjoyed listening to it as the 'wildness' is just so.......odd. And good. ;)

    But as a listener, where's the bass? The high stuff has great energy but the bass is lacking. It'd be significantly better for some, surely. And, actually, even the high stuff could do with more high. Isn't this supposed to be attacking my ears? Put an exciter on, or turn it up. Ease off the bass EQ? Raise some of the higher end EQ stuff?

    The snare(s) could do with being more complex to my ears - maybe it's a genre thing but sometimes (esp at the start) it sounds too simple a sound. The start sounds like a repeated sampled snare - blend a few snares together, maybe? Add a slightly changing filter or flange or something?

    And the end obviously isn't a proper end, is it?

    Personally I like the single note stabs on the synth (melody?) In fact there are plenty of various sounds and motifs and they really do sound nice, musically, conceptually whatever. But they could certainly sound better - to my ears (on my equipment) they need to sound "more". I want the highs higher and I want quite a lot more low. A greater sense of space in the quieter more restrained bits would be nice too and alongside the surging parts (were they more bassy and more trebly too) would make a significantly more moving experience and greatly enhance the track, imo.

    I really enjoyed this track. It isn't quite my thing but I do love to hear energy in music and I hear it in this. I'm going to listen to it again.............

    [Yeah, I really do like it - it makes me smile. But I hate that snare at the start. It's brittle and simple? That aside it's bloody good.]

    Keep at it mush.
     
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