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Snave wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2024 12:51 am Cool song! I think the mix is a bit anemic. Here's how I would tweak it with mastering EQ and compression: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2yoh1u7v ... ckMass.wav

EQ is boosting 19k, cutting 6k, boosting 2.1k, cutting 650 and 240, and boosting 60hz. I could recommend some plugins if you're interested.

Here's an AB test showing before and after: https://funkyabx.gearpix.app/test/black-mass-ab-test

Yeah dude, what are you using for mastering?

I struggle with getting it louder and just use stock limiter plugins from the DAW but they don't seem great

macgaj3 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2024 12:25 am
Drums are 100% GarageBand AI drums . I threw them in as a placeholder under our drummer can record his own drums.

Interesting, I didn't know that was a thing. I can't program drums for sht and I loathe the process of hacking together drum loops for a clip that don't even sound that good anyway

Maddnotez wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:52 pm

Snave wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2024 12:51 am Cool song! I think the mix is a bit anemic. Here's how I would tweak it with mastering EQ and compression: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2yoh1u7v ... ckMass.wav

EQ is boosting 19k, cutting 6k, boosting 2.1k, cutting 650 and 240, and boosting 60hz. I could recommend some plugins if you're interested.

Here's an AB test showing before and after: https://funkyabx.gearpix.app/test/black-mass-ab-test

Yeah dude, what are you using for mastering?

I struggle with getting it louder and just use stock limiter plugins from the DAW but they don't seem great

I use Softube Weiss MM-1. It's the best mastering compressor I've tried. It goes on sale for less than $100 semi-regularly, or you can pick up a license on KnobCloud. It's a 1:1 recreation of the mastering portion of a $10k hardware unit (the Weiss DS1-MK3).

Snave wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2024 11:30 pm

Maddnotez wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2024 3:52 pm

Snave wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2024 12:51 am Cool song! I think the mix is a bit anemic. Here's how I would tweak it with mastering EQ and compression: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2yoh1u7v ... ckMass.wav

EQ is boosting 19k, cutting 6k, boosting 2.1k, cutting 650 and 240, and boosting 60hz. I could recommend some plugins if you're interested.

Here's an AB test showing before and after: https://funkyabx.gearpix.app/test/black-mass-ab-test

Yeah dude, what are you using for mastering?

I struggle with getting it louder and just use stock limiter plugins from the DAW but they don't seem great

I use Softube Weiss MM-1. It's the best mastering compressor I've tried. It goes on sale for less than $100 semi-regularly, or you can pick up a license on KnobCloud. It's a 1:1 recreation of the mastering portion of a $10k hardware unit (the Weiss DS1-MK3).

Thanks ill be checking it out.

spawnofthesith wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2024 4:40 pm

macgaj3 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2024 12:25 am
Drums are 100% GarageBand AI drums . I threw them in as a placeholder under our drummer can record his own drums.

Interesting, I didn't know that was a thing. I can't program drums for sht and I loathe the process of hacking together drum loops for a clip that don't even sound that good anyway

Honestly it's been the ultimate game changer for demoing. It lets me put a basic beat onto things and share them with the our drummer and bassist to lay things out. In garageband, add a track and pick drummer. there's a handful of different styles, and mostly i just shift to make the backbeat match what it's my head, which our drummer can then turn into something real.