Rate my first mix in Cubase!

chrisadvocate · April 7th, 2012, 11:26 PM

Just switched from logic to cubase a week ago, and after getting everything situated, this is my first mix. Sadly, I don't have bass, and I can't get trilian to produce sound for some reason, so there's no bass in here. Using podfarm for guitars, kick 10, snare 11a mixed with joeys mmi snare.
I have never been able to get a wide/not pumping sound from kick 10, and I'm never 100% happy with my snare, so any tips on that in particular would be appreciated. Thanks!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8879741/TGI%204.mp3

CalumJC · April 8th, 2012, 06:48 AM

sounds sweet man, love the actual musical content so much, did you write it all yourself?

i used to have a similar problem with kick 10 myself. in the end i found it was due to me turning the kick up too high to hear some thump and when it hit the master comp it started pumping because of it.

Could give this a try (worked for me, might not work for you) parallel comp your kick and bass together (if you dont already). With a medium wide Q, notch out about 5db in the 200hz area on the kick, then with a wider Q take out a few db of 80-100 hz on the bass. If the kick isnt cutting through enough, try add ing a small high shelf instead of being tempted to turn it up, although a few db on the fader shouldnt hurt!

as far as pumping in general goes, i always stick by the rule (-2db gr on a normal master comp MAX)

DISCLAIMER: i am by no means a professional so this advice may be wrong, if i am wrong would someone please correct me as i would like to learn too (:

blast1234 · April 10th, 2012, 06:38 AM

hey man !

i heard this opening riff somewhere. Actually it's in A Ghost Inside song and both in The Southern Oracle (HU) - Fear comes in waves.

You Tube

1:15

lol

April 7th, 2012, 11:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
chrisadvocate Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 125	Rate my first mix in Cubase! Just switched from logic to cubase a week ago, and after getting everything situated, this is my first mix. Sadly, I don't have bass, and I can't get trilian to produce sound for some reason, so there's no bass in here. Using podfarm for guitars, kick 10, snare 11a mixed with joeys mmi snare. I have never been able to get a wide/not pumping sound from kick 10, and I'm never 100% happy with my snare, so any tips on that in particular would be appreciated. Thanks! http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8879741/TGI%204.mp3 __________________ My band: www.facebook.com/advocateband My studio: http://www.facebook.com/GenesisStudiosFL

April 8th, 2012, 06:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
CalumJC Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Blackpool, UK Posts: 106	sounds sweet man, love the actual musical content so much, did you write it all yourself? i used to have a similar problem with kick 10 myself. in the end i found it was due to me turning the kick up too high to hear some thump and when it hit the master comp it started pumping because of it. Could give this a try (worked for me, might not work for you) parallel comp your kick and bass together (if you dont already). With a medium wide Q, notch out about 5db in the 200hz area on the kick, then with a wider Q take out a few db of 80-100 hz on the bass. If the kick isnt cutting through enough, try add ing a small high shelf instead of being tempted to turn it up, although a few db on the fader shouldnt hurt! as far as pumping in general goes, i always stick by the rule (-2db gr on a normal master comp MAX) DISCLAIMER: i am by no means a professional so this advice may be wrong, if i am wrong would someone please correct me as i would like to learn too (: