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taylor swift - style (pyr ice remix). can't upload it to soundcloud bc reasons.
« on: January 10, 2016, 03:27:35 am »
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Re: taylor swift - style (pyr ice remix). can't upload it to soundcloud bc reasons.
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2016, 05:27:29 am »
That's a loooooot of reverb. Like waaaaay too much. It seems like you're compressing it pretty heavily too, which makes the reverb stand out more, when it's already overwhelming. Really takes away from any enjoyment the listener can get from the track. That's the first thing I noticed.

Musically I think it's pretty nice. Harmonies work with the vocal, and the vocal isn't buried beneath other instruments (though it is buried under the reverb). Not super familiar with the original, though I have heard it. Honestly if it weren't for the reverb it'd be pretty good.

It's not super complex, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Though it could do with a little more content, mainly the intro.

Really though, fix that reverb, and let the track breath a bit more. It sounds like you're compressing really hard and then bringing up the volume too much.
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Re: taylor swift - style (pyr ice remix). can't upload it to soundcloud bc reasons.
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2016, 06:24:23 am »
So is it that the reverb is making it too wet? And what does compressing too heavily do? I need a class in mastering... Haha
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Re: taylor swift - style (pyr ice remix). can't upload it to soundcloud bc reasons.
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2016, 05:29:57 pm »
Quote from: FreeGaia on January 10, 2016, 06:24:23 am
So is it that the reverb is making it too wet? And what does compressing too heavily do? I need a class in mastering... Haha

Yeah the reverb is just making everything super muddy because it makes every sound trail off into the next; lots of sounds overlapping. The quality of the reverb itself isn't too great either, it just feels like he slapped on a reverb sand just cranked up the wet mix.

Reverb is supposed to be a subtle sound that fades away. Compression evens out the dynamics of a sound (brings the louder parts closer in volume to the quieter parts). After compression the sound is quieter, so you bring up the volume of the whole signal. That's called make-up gain.

If you're compressing "hard" it means the volume at which compression kicks in is very low (the threshold) and your ratio, the factor by which the signal going passed the threshold gets reduced, is high. At this point the reverb, which again is supposed to be a subtle thing, is closer in volume to what were originally the louder elements in the song, and becomes way more audible and overwhelming once you bring the volume of the compressed signal back up.

That's the gist of it anyway, hopefully that makes sense. I'd Google what a compressor does to gain a better understanding  :P
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Re: taylor swift - style (pyr ice remix). can't upload it to soundcloud bc reasons.
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2016, 04:10:04 pm »
Quote from: sleepy on January 10, 2016, 05:29:57 pm
Quote from: FreeGaia on January 10, 2016, 06:24:23 am
So is it that the reverb is making it too wet? And what does compressing too heavily do? I need a class in mastering... Haha

Yeah the reverb is just making everything super muddy because it makes every sound trail off into the next; lots of sounds overlapping. The quality of the reverb itself isn't too great either, it just feels like he slapped on a reverb sand just cranked up the wet mix.

Reverb is supposed to be a subtle sound that fades away. Compression evens out the dynamics of a sound (brings the louder parts closer in volume to the quieter parts). After compression the sound is quieter, so you bring up the volume of the whole signal. That's called make-up gain.

If you're compressing "hard" it means the volume at which compression kicks in is very low (the threshold) and your ratio, the factor by which the signal going passed the threshold gets reduced, is high. At this point the reverb, which again is supposed to be a subtle thing, is closer in volume to what were originally the louder elements in the song, and becomes way more audible and overwhelming once you bring the volume of the compressed signal back up.

That's the gist of it anyway, hopefully that makes sense. I'd Google what a compressor does to gain a better understanding  :P

SOOOOOOOOOO MUCH THANKS. I guess I did compress it too hard. I'm just beginning to understand mastering by my own so, big thanks!
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