and for the percussion, dunno what you mean, maybe you mean the original perc that comes in in the breakdown. eqed that for hours, couldnt get it any better tbh ^^
and with the drums i tried to make them punchy and dominant, without taking any impact from the bass and instruments, as i wanted to keep it more liquidy, get what i mean?
I'm talking about your main drums... i.e., the ones that come in at 1:25. I'm listening to this on the headphones I do my feedback on. When I listened to this originally, it was on my GFs comp and her Logitech speaks.
Yeah, this isn't sounding good in my headphones I'm sorry to say. Honestly, it sounds like the track was squashed to bits... way too much Compression imo.
From 3:57 - 5:22, those drums sound fine, and the elements all sound nice and lush.
But during the main section where the Sub is hitting, your drums sound absolutely squashed and overall distant in the mix because your dynamics sound like they've been erased by the amount of Compression that was used when the track was Limited.... classic Compression Pumping.
The track sounds ok at a low volume, but when I turn it up loud, that's when the distortion and loss of clarity occur for me.... at higher volumes, it's more apparent that the dynamics of the track have been comprimised.
Considering how the Breakdowns sound really good, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that there are two culprits at play here:
1. The Sub is around 1-2 DB too loud
2. The Limit needs to be less severe, Threshold needs to be less
If others are jamming it, and it sounds good on loud speakers, nevermind me. You wouldn't be the first Producer to squash the life out of something and people still enjoy it
As far as Production goes, this is a personal preference of mine.
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