Easy all

Does anyone have any idea how to get that sound used in Show Me Love and Push The Feeling On, the soft focus xylophone kind of thing?

so i have a laptop running Reason 3.0, using an Echo Indigo soundcard

will one of these work for me?

I didnt really mean in terms of hihats, I meant more generally

Panning is definitely good but can be annoying unless subtle and well executed in my opinion

Depends on your programming, but I find that bussing all your hi's (and sometimes other elements) and compressing together can help to glue them together, and can add a bit of fluidity

Dunno if its too obvious, but use a number of channels for the hi's, as Janner says with varying lengths ranging ...

One other thing...

So say I like my kicks to sound thick, and bassy. But I also want fat sub. Obviously a way to deal with it is not to use kicks over sub, but thats pretty restrictive.

Is there a way to run it so that the kicks are full when alone, but that when the sub hits some of the bass ...

One other thing...

So say I like my kicks to sound thick, and bassy. But I also want fat sub. Obviously a way to deal with it is not to use kicks over sub, but thats pretty restrictive.

Is there a way to run it so that the kicks are full when alone, but that when the sub hits some of the bass gets ...

Some helpful words here, thank you all for contributing.

It's reassuring that it doesn't seem to be such a big deal as I had worried, just a matter of continuing the progression I've been on the whole time. I think my ears are relatively well tuned, or at least they're getting there, but I think I ...

Batfink wrote:

Trevelyan wrote:Yeh i see

What tools can be used to identify the peaks? Can it be done on Sound Forge?

not really. Your ears, a little knowledge and a good EQ plugin are your best friends.

Thanks for all the advice man

Yeh i see

What tools can be used to identify the peaks? Can it be done on Sound Forge?

Is it fair to say that theres a correlation between how busy a track is and how much volume you can get out?

To an extent. If you have lots of things going on, then there will be lots of parts where frequencies overlap. When similar frequencies overlap you get higher peaks, and this can cause ...

Nice one bro, thanks for the advice. What's RMS though?

Loud enough for me is just however much needed not to sound too weak in a mix, I don't need it to sound like Loefah!

Is it fair to say that theres a correlation between how busy a track is and how much volume you can get out?

But then a lot ...

Thanks mate!

But do you think its all to do with mastering rather than the original mix? Can the mix itself not affect the volume its possible to achieve?

Can some kind and knowledgeable people please help me out?

My tracks sound good to me while I'm working, nice balance, happy with the dynamics and where the elements sit etc...

But when I come to compare them to any released music, they sound pretty quiet, even if I apply a bit of limiting and the ...

I've always wondered what Loefah is doing with his sub! It makes sense

So how best to do it? Hard compressed so that the hits kind of meld into each other? Then low-passed? Any other tips?

The Duke wrote:

Trevelyan wrote:Easy

Does anyone know how Dave Taylor, Jesse Rose, Herve etc get that sound?

Yes

Do you have any tips?

XI wrote:

must just be a matter of the right samples and the right VSTs?

i think that is genrally the case with all styles

lol it is a true story

you know what tho i wouldnt say no to a fidget house sample cd! call me bait but i dont care!

sick mate thanks for that

cutting up claps from breaks or single hits n layering em seperatly unquantised around where you want it to land to give loose feel... so when you put compression on ur drum bus really makes em snap..

so you mean several claps loosely programmed around the hit, then ...

Easy

Does anyone know how Dave Taylor, Jesse Rose, Herve etc get that sound? Cartoonish, bubbly, FAT? Thought maybe its compression technique but just cant see how that would be done...

And does anyone know any boards with production forums for house? I dont want to make house, but they've got ...