Drum and bass all the way up. Bujaka!

Before I start to mix my tracks I put Limiter on the master bus with about + 8 or +10 db gain (i use Pro-L for this task). Then I turn down the volume on all channels and start to gradually increase volume on Kick so it peaks about -6/-8db,  snare ( bit lower then kick), percs (lower than snare), hats etc. So basically I start with the drums and then move to the Bass, Leads (I layer them and put in one bus so its easier to mix with other sounds). When I'm happy with the levels I use panning, eq (usually mid/side) and a bit of compression/saturation/distortion depending on what I want to achieve. After that I send some groups or sounds to the bus sends where I use reverbs, delays and distortion with wide stereo imager at the end and eq so it don't use that much our precious mids. And when Im happy with the balance of my mix I turn of the limiter and export my mixdown. In mastering session I use pretty basic chain: Ableton's glue compressor, EQ 8 (again with mid/side), AOM Limiter or sometimes 3x instances of Pro-L where 2 of them are with transparent settings and 3rd one is with some bit of clipping. I use +3 or +4db gain on every instance of limiter because I found it better to use it like that than gaining extreme volume in one instance of limiter. At the end my mix is about 5-6-7 RMS and Im happy with loudness. Of course there is no magic answer but try to find balance between sounds in the mix this is how I make my tracks sound pretty loud.

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TRSCity

Hello, folks. Been there for a while but only recently decided to register on this forum. Brilliant place. Long story short - Usually I produce chilled drum&bass with other alias but tried my skills in producing future type of sound. Any thoughts on this one?

Cheers.