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I've been making (attempting) Dubstep for a while now since I stopped making Grime beats. I put in kicks, snares, subs, synths, maybe sometimes a vocal but my tracks still sound kinda empty. Any tips on making them sound more full.

Dont worry about using really technical terms cos I can understand most of them an I'm willing to do some home work.

Also apologies if I've come across as disrespectful/speaking in a bad tone.

you have greatly offended my mother.

Im gonna lol even though im not sure if youre being serious or not.

Alright, off the top of my head, even though I'm seriously offended by your tone.

-Stack shit. Stack drums, stack synths and pan them in different directions, etc. Stack different snares on top of each other, even with other percussion - chop that shit up!
-Use panning creatively - serious - it's important. Fill in spots and leave spots open for different effects. Use a stereo imager.
-Reverb, Delay - tends to add space and warmth, but be very very careful with this - it has the potential to turn your tracks into mush
-Spectral imaging - use a program to find the blank spots on the spectrum, edit as needed. A lot of people frown on these, saying you need to use your ears, but you need to start somewhere.

You're asking a very broad question, since it's pretty interpretive, but those are some little tips. Remember not to go overkill with any of these or you'll end up with the opposite product - a complete mess that's too full and doesn't have any room to breath.
Good luck.

It takes alot more to make a next to make a masterpiece out of 4 items then it does to make an average mess out of 100...

Fanku for the help

Sorry for offending every one,

team7even wrote:Fanku for the help

Sorry for offending every one,

Your way to paranoid dude you didnt offend and I dont see how you could of lol...

also to save every one the pointlessness of a new topic -

Any tips on remixing?Soundcloud

team7even wrote:also to save every one the pointlessness of a new topic -

Any tips on remixing?Soundcloud

be waaay more specific

Try adding some delay and reverb

op: i like your comments on your own track there. way to sell yourself.

Recessive Trait wrote:op: i like your comments on your own track there. way to sell yourself.

hahah I did that on one of my tracks but from my own SC.

Basic A wrote:It takes alot more to make a next to make a masterpiece out of 4 items then it does to make an average mess out of 100...

Say what?

therapist wrote:

Basic A wrote:It takes alot more to make a next to make a masterpiece out of 4 items then it does to make an average mess out of 100...

Say what?

Take for instance modern rock music. The drum kit has only toms/ bd/ snare/ hats/ cymbals/ crashes etc. The key is using what you got to sound good instead of adding a bazillion shakers and highhats to fill in the sound.

fills, reverb, incidentals, open your tune in a spectral and see where the frequency content is lying and where it is lacking and see if harmonics may help that or not so tight eqing etc
hell a verb buss on your drums subtly used can do wonders for started

Your way to paranoid dude you didnt offend and I dont see how you could of lol...

LOLZ all round I was only joking, I finally figured out how i want my music to sound, Im gonna try forget about teh wobbles.

Also, this is the best dubstep related Facebook group i have ever seen.

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=1 ... opic=10757

team7even wrote:try forget about teh wobbles.

O_O

therook wrote:

How'd you figure?

Check out the funtcase production masterclass thread. There are 2 vids posted there where he goes into some detail on how he fills out his drum tracks. I picked up a couple good tips. The Rusko producer masterclass is also a good watch.