Destro - Cybertronian Warfare (Melodic Dubstep?)

[XDestroX]

Here is an un-mastered/un-limited demo that I feel I mixed to the best of my ability. I am still fairly new and always open to learning new things to help improve my mixing abilities. Please give any feedback/critique possible. It is much appreciated. Thanks for your time.

-Destro

Soundcloud

[wub]

Mixdown is a little on the over compressed side, but liking the lead melody you've got in here. Tune progresses nicely as well, like it starts somewhere and ends up somewhere else...something a lot of this sort of tunes lack

[XDestroX]

Thanks! Here's the odd thing, I actually don't have any compression within the session. Do you know what else could be causing it to have that compression effect on the track overall? I would love any suggestions! I tried my best to achieve proper gain staging as well as giving myself a decent amount of headroom in the end. I believe it peaks around -5db.

[XDestroX]

After listening to the version of the track on Soundcloud, it seems as though the quality is reduced, I tried re-bouncing the track in a different file format and it still seems to have lost quality.I can see why the song may have sound over compressed now. Does anyone know what would be causing this?

[XDestroX]

Re-worked the way some of the tracks sit in the mix as well as changed up some EQ settings. I feel that the mix has a lot more room to breathe, but there is always room for improvement. Any suggestions would be much appreciated! Thanks guys!

[Clutchkick]

I like how you've made a really melodic track, yet it still seems "heavy" at the same time. I think if it were mine I'd want a bit more sub. I really like that bass right around 1:19-1:20. Mind me asking what VST you used for it?

[XDestroX]

Thanks! Yeah I feel the sub could be turned up just a little as well. On some of the higher sub bass notes I may need to automate the volume so they don't sound too loud in the mix. I also feel that maybe the cymbals could come down a bit too. The bass used during that section is the same that's used throughout most of the song. It's just a patch I made in Massive with a subtle amount of chorus.