Harsh kicks?

[Teknicyde]

In this tune in particular, I could see a bit of light ratio, snappy attack/decy bus compression between the kick and the sub doing wonders. nothing severe, and dont take the process as a rule, but in this tune, def.

The kick in this sounds like the volumes alright, however, I agree with the notion above about it needing more high-end... the kick as you have it now would be something I layered under a mid-rangey kick, saturated together and then eq'd... Also, the attack on it feels a bit long, like, its very 'thud' vs 'thump' or 'punch' lol, if Im making any sense here? If your compressing the kick, try increasing the attack to allow more of the signal to come through before becoming compressed, itll give the sample thats hear more of a snap at the beginning, or if your not compressing it, consider layering it with something with a tighter attack on it.

If you straighten the attack out and get the high end up by whatever means, you'll probably be able to squeeze a few db of headroom out of them because they'll be more prominent psychoacoustically and on the fletcher-munson curve...

Lower meter volume + more acoustic prominence = better mixdowns.

Also, nice melodic stuff chad, this is the first ive given your stuff a listen, I was apprehensive but your coming along well if this is what your making early in. Definately need to up your incidents and work on your progressions though, right now, everythings pretty minimal, good musically, but not staying exciting, even coing from someone who likes things stripped down.

[Ascian]

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he was saying he likes Ascian's tut

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[ChadDub]

Also, nice melodic stuff chad, this is the first ive given your stuff a listen, I was apprehensive but your coming along well if this is what your making early in. Definately need to up your incidents and work on your progressions though, right now, everythings pretty minimal, good musically, but not staying exciting, even coing from someone who likes things stripped down.

Hahah, thanks man. I wouldn't say this is early in though, I've been "seriously" producing ever since 3 months before I joined this forum, so about a year now. And I fucked with FL here and there not really knowing what I was doing a little bit even before that. Been in music all together for about 6 years though.

Yeah man, seriously, I need to get on that. I need to learn how to create excitement in my stuff and I need to learn how to evoke different emotions and shit. I've been working on that and I'm getting a bit better.

But yeah, thanks for the compliments, advice, and checking out my stuff!


EDIT: Dude, I think you were talking about the wrong track. Read the OP again, my bad dude.

[Mammoth]

I love your shit.
Music could use some work though.

[eddpaul]

I think it sounds nice. The issue I see is that it sounds more like a hip-hop track than a Dubstep one. To me it sounds like it's mixed for an mc to rap over rather than something that would stand on its own. I think with a different mixing strategy and a bit more variation or added elements should really help it stand out!

[ChadDub]

I think it sounds nice. The issue I see is that it sounds more like a hip-hop track than a Dubstep one. To me it sounds like it's mixed for an mc to rap over rather than something that would stand on its own. I think with a different mixing strategy and a bit more variation or added elements should really help it stand out!

It's supposed to be a modern rap track, so yeah.