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SBstep (cleaned and tweaked)

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so I just finished listening to the track Doc & I have made and it was pretty sweet but could've gotten a little more cleaned up (since we we're a little on the buzzed side) also thanks to a review I could hear what he was talking about and thought I could tweak that as well. all in all I cleaned it up, changed a few patterns and ended it with a different bass lineup. tell me if it sounds better then the last and let me know what you guys think.
-Neon T & Doc

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All in, a marked improvement from the original version. Nice work, guys! :D I'd recommend you go easier on the master bus compression (or limiting/maximizing... whatever you did) as it takes away from the dynamics of the whole track and does a bit to "flatten" out the overall sound. When I make music, I tend to group sounds into different busses and individually control the dynamics using limiting/compression (for instance, I usually send all my drums/sub-bass to one channel) and I sidechain just about everything to the kick and snare. This said, don't worry about making the sidechaining noticeable because it's very easy to overdo (I'm guilty here). Just make it enough to control the dynamics and make room for everything else. Keep up the good work. I know it's hard work to get better at this stuff, so I applaud you for taking the initiative to get better. Keep it up! :D

Alrighty, well first off i would say there needs to be an element in the mix taking up some high frequencies (particularly during the verses), as the majority of the mix is all lows and mids right now (minus the drop, i think the drop is fine regarding balance). i think there needs to be a bit more of a buildup to the drop, i think giving the bass used in the drop before the drop creates less suspense for the drop as we already know what is coming, if i were you i would throw in small sections of the bass line (probably like the last bar of each phrase) and put a lpf on it that gradually opens more (good example was in the song i made that you left a review on, how i did that leading up to the second drop). you could also scrap it too before the first drop, because not having any idea whats coming in the first drop can also make the drop a pleasant surprise. i think the drop was pretty good, only critique is the snare could come up a little and the drums (minus the kick) could use some reverb. i also think you could throw some effects in there, like some risers and faders to accentuate the movement of the song. i really liked the classical aspect of the song too, very cool idea. really liked it for the most part, just some certain things i would change regarding song structure and some mixing edits :) great bass during the drop too, great patch! :D

I actually can dig this! The bass sounds like it needs more lows maybe add a sine wave under it or split the frequencies by hand, or using a multi-band compressor and try and get the lows going. I realised holding the low frequencies back until the drop gives the drop more impact. Really like the melody on this one though so keep at it!

eghcvg responds:

true advice right there. will use it on my next project. thanks much!!!

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Uploaded
Aug 20, 2014
3:45 PM EDT
Genre
Dubstep
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3.9 MB
3 min 25 sec

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