catandbeats

Utility vs turning down volume

Interesting question. Ableton is 32 bit float so you can simply just turn down volume with utility if you clipped via EQ8 or other plugins. Distortion plugins and compression etc won't work this wa...

Classic DnB Bass remade and a Seamus's track analysed

Loving it

Episode 7 is up early for you guys

Hey guys,

Here is an early acces link! Did any of you mix this file yet? 

Clipped signal (how to repair it)

If you are lucky and did not record clipping out of the dj mixer simply turning it down will fix it. Ableton is 32bit float which means you can simply turn down the whole mix or just the tiny clipp...

Rumble bass and a track analysis

Kaytranada Bass and Feedback for Seamus

What speakers do I recommend for a smaller room

Long story short, Thick acoustic treatment on the ceiling and back wall is a must. Next, get speakers with built in DSP like the neumann kh 80's and 1 sub with dsp (svs 1000 pro). 

REW m...

What does the internal sidechain listen to/react to?

Here is the bootsandcats tool:

https://www.productionmusiclive...

Wouters EP

Check your Hi hats with the simple trick of turning it down and back up again. Once you can hear the hi hat add 10db max (this is not a rule). ( If that doesn't work check with a similar song to yo...

Swedish House Mafia Reese

The secret comes in 3

1. Global section to 20 or 10

2. Choose a reese and detune

3. Distort the crap out of it and cut off with EQ 8

another La Giang and Difference Saturators and Amps

Saturation = driving hard into analog = harmonics and dynamics adjusted = over compression. 

Amps generally have eq's, gain and drive knobs extra flavors.

For the song, leave the v...

Konari's grooves

Konari is back again and hitting up some serious grooves. The only things that are out of place are general housekeeping. Bit of 2bus compression to control and maybe eq to turn down the sub bass a...

Kick and bass into compressor and sidechaining

Kick and bass generally can sound fantastic if you need to have horrifically filthy breathing rummblyness/distortion. It's a fun balance to walk. However, in most use cases it makes no logical sens...

What do I listen to for 2bus compression

Biggest tip here is to first put on a limiter and see if you need a 2bus compressor to begin with :). After have a listen to what you need and understand that the attack is the transient more or le...

La Giang being his awesome self

Couple of little things but good job as always 

Filters and interesting rhythms?

For filters try looking at filterfreak 1 or 2, auto filter etc... The concept is that the filter has a resonance that moves up and or down and has distortion set to that. You can also set up step f...

Project file with Analog Obession

Hey guys,

Stefan Allweier was an absolute champ to get this file to mix. Not the easiest to mix as almost every file here. This file is chucked full with layers in the melodic department. So ...

Talking about sends

Of the top of my head I see two main use cases for sends.

1. For general parallel processing. Preferably using more than 1 instrument to create shared harmonics. (Or just a nice and lazy way ...

Keanu Silva - Fine Day bass

So in short 

1. sine wav with tube distortion (rounded distortion). 

2. Sub that has portamento as it plays stepping notes to the next hits (with above bass)

3. Redux ov...

Wouter's feedback

The first track needs a bit of love regarding mid side. Try to adjust the elements in the melodics that are too wide and adjust them so that the side is not louder than the mid. That will bring bal...

What system do you mix on?

The problem here is that we have 3 systems, headphones, monitors and a car. Each sounds different and is resulting in constant tweaking. Which to trust?

Trust the playback system you listen t...

How to get a smooth piano sound

Well, in all honesty I suggest working with a pianist. He/She will be able to get the right vibe out of the piano with the click of a finger. Playing softer and harder, accenting notes, not playing...

Alexandre's track

Here is are the quick fixes:

1. Click of kick (adjust attack time in simpler to 0.07 to 0.20. Have a feel. Currently it is about 6 to 10db over the top
2. Turn down the bass with about 2db...

Stafan's track

It seems the melodics are mixed gloomy and perfect but the drums are not fitting that same atmosphere. So, sooth tape or a good old limiter will do the trick :)

Rumble level same as sub bas level?

yep, it's low end so per definition if you want it to be balanced just balance that out. I do suggest having the rumble and kick in 1 group and compressing that. I did not hear the song but general...

Lucas D (low end seems to have been hi passed)

So, as the title says. Maybe the low end was accidentally hi passed? That is the main thing, once the low end is sorted you should be good :)

Tracks not playing good on a club system

Well, it comes down to how does it reference? Always see a reference track as the song before or after your song on a set. How does it compare and contrast? Adjust accordingly

Now for specifi...

La Giang

Quick lesson here. Do not let the side be louder than the mid. Always keep that in mind. 

Kulpa's low end

Another low end compression video.. And a bit of a ramble on LUFS. If any of you need a talk about this let me know. A lot of mis information is out there but it's just a measurement with a criteri...

Low end groove?

Couples of ways to go about this. 

1. Eq out another kick but make sure it hits at the same time. Synthesised kick generally suck as you can see in the video

2. If you get it right...