Old 01-10-2013, 04:43 PM   #41
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Almost finished, I think. I still need to rework the beginning a bit so the drop isn't so sudden though.

EDIT: Made some mixing changes.

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Highs kind of pierce but good ideas
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Uh oh, more dubstep...
https://soundcloud.com/thesapphiredragon/if-you-want-it-fuck-it
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Old 01-11-2013, 06:43 PM   #44
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haha kgz that sounds kinda cool :>
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Old 01-11-2013, 08:10 PM   #45
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ps @megamon what kind of monitors are you mixing on? All of tracks just don't seem to have that low end
I'm in a dorm and we're not allowed big speakers, so I'm just using some Shure headphones right now. I've had some people tell me that there's too much bass :/
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Old 01-11-2013, 08:52 PM   #46
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obviously a still image on a spectrum doesn't do it quite justice, but here's the problem I hear:



All the bass is landing in the 20-40hz range, a place where generally you can't really hear that kind of bass unless you have a subwoofer. So that's probably why if people who are listening to your music on subs say it's too bassy, this is why. Most headphones lack bass, which it shows in the mix you have presently.

I think you will find greater results if you start mixing all of your audible low frequencies around the 60hz-200hz range. Usually my kick is in the 60-100hz (depending on the genre I'm composing), and everything else should be filled with bass where the kick isn't. In dubstep, kicks are usually in 100hz, and the bass fills the rest.

Leave the lower hz for sub-basses. The meat of the growl sound in particular lands exactly at 40hz.
I actually high-passed the growl at 100 Hz, so the 40Hz sound you're hearing is the sub. I guess I'll turn down the sub and up the growl then? Also I boosted the sub a lot so that's probably why it's so loud lol
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Old 01-11-2013, 09:18 PM   #47
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I suppose, but when I first listened to the track I was wondering why the growl didn't have that kind of deep impact that I was expecting. I'd take that high pass down to like 40hz

There's just not enough level (speaking in RMS, not peak) in those hertz ranges. The majority of the track on the spectrum is pretty flat, meaning all of the hertz response is about the same db, which is in my opinion isn't the best way for a mix because the human ear by nature hears (boosts/cuts) certain frequencies more than others.

If you already know this stuff, I apologize for my rambling- hopefully other people in the thread can get an idea for their mixes too though.
These tips are helping a lot, no need to apologize - I'm pretty much a huge noob when it comes to mixing, so advice is always appreciated

I'll work on fixing this later tonight, thanks!
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@Kgz that sounds sick :o):o)

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Old 01-15-2013, 02:30 PM   #49
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Fooling around with the vocal stems to my song Boooring when this happened. I have no idea what I'm doing.

https://soundcloud.com/assertivefluttershy/random-boooring-ukhcvip/s-muku3
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Old 01-15-2013, 03:27 PM   #50
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aside from the transition at 0.34 being way too subtle, that sounds good hehe

ps I love pretty much everything you do that involves crazy vocal sampling
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Old 01-17-2013, 11:51 AM   #51
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miku dubstep... by me... wtf (miku sample provided by hero)



ps: well aware of the standard FL kick and snare, its just practice in structure, sound design (although I used a few presets, altered of course) and mixing / fucking around with dubstep aka selling out hahaha and being bad at dubstepping (best part is the outro for sure)

part 2 of the selling out workshop, some generic club song (really happy with how the melody turned out)

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Old 01-17-2013, 03:11 PM   #52
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you really can't make dubstep with preset patches. being bad at dubstep mostly involves being bad at synthesizing and/or mixing 'cause the genre really doesn't amount to much else.

ps what's that hatsune miku sample from it felt pretty weird when it suddenly popped in
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being bad at dubstep mostly involves being bad at synthesizing
yup, can't do this at all really. I can't shape a sound that I enjoy listening from grounds up in most VSTs but altering presets, via paramaters of the VST itself, automation of the plugin (shaping), or VST placed on the mixer (EQ, Reverb, Compression etc.) is easy. teach me how to sound design / synthesis lol

sample is from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK_YYy8h5-8
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I can't do it either. I've tried making dubstep just to confirm whether it's the faceroll I've always made it out to be, and it is/isn't depending on how you see it. Composing it is faceroll indeed, but making it sound good requires some skill ;>
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Old 01-17-2013, 03:21 PM   #55
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But you can make... metal-step!
(actually you should make this please, lfo'd guitars shredding up the place to a generic 1/3 kick snare pattern... fuck yeah!)

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Old 01-17-2013, 05:06 PM   #56
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datsa gr9 idear

edit: unless you mean something like xi-on's stuff (example 1, example 2) in which case I've tried making stuff like that but haven't quite pulled it off at a level where I'm satisfied with the result yet.
edit2: we're totally hijacking this thread with bullshit right now so let's continue the discussion on skype or something. also, the answer is most definitely no as I still think this is a terrible idea

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Old 01-17-2013, 05:27 PM   #57
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no im serious
hit me up and lets try this out because you can obviously make the guitars hit the same spectrum as wobbles (midrange "wubs", a bass guitar as the low-end "sub-bass", and a lead guitar as your "high-end")
and i dont think an lfo'd guitar would sound too bad, if it does just make give it a repetitive "trill" pattern. Doesn't hurt to experiment at least. Doesnt have to be 140 bpm either but the drums should retain that 1-3 pattern.

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Old 01-18-2013, 08:18 AM   #58
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loldrone test

written in 5 minutes. I think it's like 10BPM or something, can't remember what I set the value to.
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Old 01-18-2013, 08:32 AM   #59
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asked c6 (chat room) for a tempo and eze said 175bpm... here's what I got so far:

https://soundcloud.com/cbr/confusion-strike/s-5RiRu

PS: I feel that my best tracks are always jap in sen breaks / dnb tracks haha
Edit: updated LINK with v2, longer and less shitty mixing

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Guys, I have no inspiration. Halp.
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