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Kareem

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[Q] Having just enough layers
« on: January 10, 2016, 12:30:39 am »
Hi

When or how do you determine if something has enough layers? Having layers can fill up your sound spectrum, but it can also over do it.

I know that layers of different sound textures creates a new texture as a whole. However I catch myself putting a lot layers with the excuse But everything adds something the the sound as whole...

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Re: [Q] Having just enough layers
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2016, 12:34:09 am »
2. “Avoid redundancy – There’s no need to have two simultaneous chorded instruments with loud highs… having snappy, fast decaying highs on rhythmical elements can go a long way.” – Madeon

http://buildyoursound.com/edm-production/ it's posted in a thread here

i think this is the problem i and some producers have, is that often times, the layering is not right because we layer similiar sounds (with frequencies hitting each another). yea probably your problem's that you layer sounds with similiar/equal frequencies (?) lol~~
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Re: [Q] Having just enough layers
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2016, 09:56:31 am »
Quote from: MifzanHerawan on January 10, 2016, 12:34:09 am
the layering is not right because we layer similiar sounds (with frequencies hitting each another). yea probably your problem's that you layer sounds with similiar/equal frequencies (?) lol~~

It might be kinda it. I do layer with different kind of patches but I occupy similiar frequencies.
So even though I'm adding extra edge to my sound, it still feels empty.

I'll check my old projects and see if they aren't occupying the same frequency ranges. :)
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Re: [Q] Having just enough layers
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2016, 02:12:28 pm »
I usually have one or two main layers that occupy most of the spectrum then have very thin layers added but are really wide so that it can fill the spectrum
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