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Mixing/Mastering / Re: Tell us your master chain!
« on: January 06, 2016, 02:40:42 pm »
  • Ozone 5 Dynamics - multi-band gating
  • Ozone 7 Dynamic EQ - typically boosting highs in the sides and lows in the mids about 1dB each along with an optional muddy-frequency cut a few dB (2-3 around 200-300).
  • Ozone 7 Dynamics - multi-band compression
  • Ozone 5 EQ - I use the matching function AFTER LIMITING to get a better representation of the necessary boosts and cuts, then move this EQ back before the limiter so it doesn't interfere with the limiting process
  • Ozone 7 Maximizer - The new IRC IV is a very strong limiter in my opinion. The transparency is almost unmatched and the maximizer allows for stereo unlinking (which I'll turn up a bit) and transient focus (which I also turn up a bit). I've preferred the "Transient" setting under the IRC IV drop-down menu but I try them all to see if another one is worth using for the track.
  • K-Clip (Optional) - If I feel just a bit more volume would help push my track to its fullest, I'd probably go with KClip. I bought it after hearing about it for the first time on the r/edmproduction subreddit and I must say I'm certainly impressed. Definitely worth the $10.

I hope that helps some of you out! I know it sounds like a lot of stuff but they are all minimal changes that help group my track together. No master-channel processing happens before I bounce my track so I feel all of these little things really pull my tracks together

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Sound Design / Re: Making Future Bass Sounds like WRLD, Flume, Draper, Kasbo etc
« on: January 06, 2016, 02:28:43 pm »
Quote from: museumoftechno on January 06, 2016, 12:10:10 pm
...Ekali seems to be adding 2nds, 7ths and 4ths to chords to make them express doubt, vulnerability, human moral weakness, I'll get my coat.
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That's a perfect explanation, thank you.

A great "explanation" of future bass (not a tutorial) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV2l92dtpIk - by a bunch of guys clearly not present.

But for real, future bass is a lot of stuff. I feel Flume doesn't really fit with this group of producers in terms of sound (his future stuff does kick ass though), but the principles are the same. You can either go with an 808-style bass where it hits on kicks or it can follow the chords. In my experience, I like the 808-style more because I come from trap.
I think lush is a good way to describe current future bass stuff. The pads are rich, percussion tends to be filling in terms of the frequency spectrum, and I feel that silence plays a big part for contrast during certain sections.

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Sound Design / Re: Drum Layering
« on: January 06, 2016, 05:10:57 am »
I end up smashing a bunch of samples together (up to 5) with minimal EQ. Each one plays a role - some are for variance (use them only on specific hits), some are for punch, some for rolls, and often I'll put them all together on important hits. I layer them with claps as well and my snare sounds have been pretty interesting thus far.

Foley, acoustic, and analogue sounds (like from drum machines) are great for layering because they'll be interesting but simple enough to not take up the whole spectrum fully.

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