Just get good at music

 

When someone tells you less is more, believe them.

 

Not sure it's a trick per se but for YEARS I would write a song all night, then bounce the 2mix to tape. No saves, no revising; just move on to the next one. Have def seen people just paralyzed by not being able to say, "thats great, time for bed {it is noon after all}'

 

you stole that from bob katz & no idea why people think it is funny - it is damned true.

 

Watching to Greg Scott videos is a great way to relax your mind and focus on sound. Kinda therapeutical watching one time to time.

 

Im not sure what OP is on about, making the kick translate better, but this is a valid technique to keep the kick from being too overbearing or swamping everything out. A 2db boost in the mids when the kick hits can really add nice body and punch to a mix. Make it more on the sides than the mids, and it can open things up beautifully. Im talking subtle here, 2, maybe 5 db. And thats IF the song needs it. If the kick level is good, you cannot replace the kick, a static boost to the mids is too much etc etc etc.

Ive practiced this for a while, and recently have seen it brought up in tutorials, forums etc. Im pretty sure Luca does something like this. Really depends on genre, song etc, but i do it often enough.

 

One can argue like this for every single instrument in every single production.
"If you need it, you do it."
"If you do it subtle it doesn't do any harm."

 

Last edited: Dec 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM

Take your midi drum track, and drop that onto your other midi instruments of choice. you may need to adjust the bass and melody parts note lengths to sound good but everything will be on beat and synced up. While it doesnt work across the board with every drum/instrumentation sometimes the drum midi track on other instruments can produce some really awesome results.

another one kind of similar concept but more focused and widely useable is to use Celemony Melodyne and capture the main vocal melody then save it as a midi track. Drop that onto your bass instrument of choice and drop it down an octave or two, and instantly you have bassline that follows the melody seamlessly