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Dayda

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Future House ID
« on: January 27, 2016, 05:52:05 pm »
Could i have some opinions on this, especially on the loudness of any channels etc

*I haven't placed any panning on the channels*

I layered the sounds as well, so opinions on that would be appreciated as I'm a complete novice with it...

https://soundcloud.com/daydamusic/another-id/s-p9O70
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Re: Future House ID
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2016, 08:01:39 pm »
I think the loudness is fine. I don't think that is what you should be focusing on with this track. To my ears, everything sounds "rough". I'm missing some kind of groove that make this track danceable. Also for stuff like claps, try compressing it or sidechaining is slightly - you can give it much more punch that way.
For the bassline - you could use some more compression and perhaps something like sausage fattener to beef it up a bit.

Other than that, it's a good start. You just a few synths and samples and you have a nice track.

I would probably work on some heavily reverb'ed samples - e.g. some vocals and just lowering the volume a lot. Add maximum stereo wideness to it and it could make your track sound less "empty" and still keep a very minimalistic feel.
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Re: Future House ID
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2016, 10:19:36 pm »
Thank you for the reply Martin, I appreciate it :)

I shall put a touch of compression on the clap as it seems like its overpowering at the moment

For the bassline, I have 4 layers, should I compress each one individually as well as having its group compressed? the groups compressor is side chained to the kick as well if that'd be any useful information for you

Also, with the bassline, should I work on eqing the layers better? I had only used headphones when working on this so I don't have too much of a good listening reference

I will have a look for vocal samples I could add into the project, I'd love to try out some vocal chops as well in this track

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Re: Future House ID
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2016, 07:32:29 am »
I normally group the following and use an SSL compressor, a stereo widener and EQ on the diffrent groups to tie it all together. I still use compression, eq, pan etc. the individual elements if needed. If you do it this way you can get a really nice sound without anything but a limiter on the master channel.

1. kick + bass
2. Percusssion
3. Pads
4. Leads
5. Effects

I guess there are a million ways for getting similar results, but this works for me.

I think the eq'ing of the bass is ok.
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Re: Future House ID
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2016, 08:49:03 pm »
On the groups for the tracks I just had a glue compressor to bring the synths and drums in more tighter but it was only a rough idea to get a decent export to receive some feedback

I shall see what the results turn out to be with compression, further eq'ing, pan and anything else that could be done

As for the limiter on the master, I shall keep that in mind
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