My finished songs tend to sound a bit too weak for my blood, and many of them don't really thump on the P.A. I just have a hard time figuring out how to get that really nice bass "bump", I suppose. Here is an example of somewhere I applied this process, what do you think? (edit: that's a 320kbps mp3, sound quality should be pretty reflective of the lossless file) What I've been doing is leaving the mid/high bands mostly unaffected, while compressing and boosting the output of the bass band at around 60 - 100 Hz depending on what sounds good to my ears. I do, however, seem to run into a bit more mud and "rasp" than I would like at the expense of the added boom. The multiband compressor actually seems to really HELP give my mixes more punch. I didn't use any Multiband Dynamics on the track I linked to, just EQ and volume automations. So I know it's not encoding that's the issue, it must be the mixdown/mastering/sound selection. wav files played back over my car stereo system. I am well aware of the encoding issues with Soundcloud, the particular "raspiness" that seems to be so troubling characteristic of my mixes is something that I was really noticing checking. In general I'd say your lower mids are a little muddy and undefined, and the upper mids are really forward to the point they almost sound distorted (the snare especially).Īnd as mentioned, the encoding on Soundcloud sometimes exacerbate the issue too. Makes them more in your face over shorter durations, and could be leading to your issue.Ĭould be an EQ issue too. If you're compressing all the bands, you're probably really flattening the highs and bringing them too far forward into the mix. Tarekith wrote:Hard to say exactly without seeing what you're doing, but from the sound of it I'd guess it might be the multiband compressor.
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