You shouldn't really worry about learning how to master until you are confident with your mixing abilities. Mastering is where you really push the loudness (if loudness is what you want).

There are a lot of techniques you can use to make your mixes louder, but the final step is mastering. Turn up your speakers/system volume if you have to.Īre you getting good mixes right now? If not, I would first focus on getting good mixes before you worry too much about getting loud mixes. Set your kick or snare at about -10 dB and mix everything else at an appropriate level. The simple fix to this problem is to just mix at a lower level. If you have a limiter on the master, this is what causes the volume of everything else to be reduced if you don't have a limiter, this is what causes distortion. Because you're mixing at this high level, the 808/bass is causing your overall level to exceed 0 dB. Proper feedback is not 'Dope track bro, k do me next.' Try to give constructive criticism.įrom the sound of it, your mixing problem is that you're mixing at too high of a level. Leave feedback for someone else in the weekly feedback thread before sharing your own track (this does not apply to the first comment in the thread). Treat others as you'd like to be treated and don't go out of your way to put others down. Please click the link above to be directed to the current weekly thread.īe kind and understanding with all users here. Post questions like 'Where can I find this sample/preset?', 'What sound is this?' and 'How do I make this sound?' in their respective weekly thread. Rule 4 - Post 'where can I find this sound?' and “how can I make this sound/midi/effect” questions in the weekly thread (we don't care if you pirate stuff, but our sub would be running a risk if we allowed this). This includes sharing or requesting cracked plugins. Rule 3 - No linking to / discussing piracyĪvoid linking to / discussing piracy and the selling / trading of copyrighted material. Post tutorials or tips with '' or '' in the submission title, otherwise your submission may be removed as self-promo or 'How do I make this sound?' spam Please do not post any low quality posts or memes. Rule 2 - No low quality posts (including memes) your 'beat making service', paid offering, posting links to follow-gates/download-gates, or mailing list collection). No self-promotion, or promotion of any kind (this includes advertising - e.g. This includes SoundCloud, YouTube, Discord, links, video submissions, and asking for feedback outside of the designated thread. Only post your music in the weekly feedback thread. Rule 1 - No self promotion, or promotion of any kind Where can I find this sample / How do I make this sound? Weekly Thread

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