Carpe Diem - California Dreamin [Need Help On My levels]

[Carpediem]

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ok so i need feedback on the levels in this, is there enough bass? is there too much going on? do the sounds mesh well? not so much the layout or variance cause this isnt the finished product...

[Eludis]

The drums sound like they're getting a little drowned, are you hitting this pretty hard in terms of compression/limiting?

[plugexpert]

There can always be more bass!

First impression, tv-advertisement loud, not a big fan of this sound myself, louder isn't better imo, kills dynamics..that said, I think the bass comes through, the kick and snare don't, maybe you can eq that snare to make it stand out more, have the bass duck the other signals?

[Elephantitan]

Agree with previous posters. The kick and Snare feel like they're push back by the bass and the lead. I'd also suggest you to lower the pitch of the of hats/crashes- it adds to the higher frequencies sounding like noise.