Grade my mixing / mastering

Strauzzie · Post by **Strauzzie** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 7:22 pm

Whats up fellow abe-heads.

I've just finished a track done in Live 5 (with Reason 3.0 rewired). I was wondering if some of y'all would be willing to give it a listen and let me know if you hear anything out of whack. I've been trying hard recently to improve my mixing and what little mastering I'm capable of, so I would appreciate any comments you all might have.

http://www.nightscience.com/music/Mark_ ... nst_Us.zip

Cheers!

Strauzzie · Post by **Strauzzie** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 3:21 pm

p.s. if you want to comment on the track itself, feel free.

thanks in advance.

kalimnixon · Post by **kalimnixon** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:03 pm

hi mate like the track its cool, what plugins do you use on the master? have you got waves? i would like to hear some more of your stuff! kalim

spiderprod · Post by **spiderprod** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:23 pm

i am not fan of the transy things but i played the track on shit speakers in soundforge , it sounded right .
i would have blended some of the bass sounds together into a nice vintage sounding compressor but it's a question of taste .
the track is well balanced .

Strauzzie · Post by **Strauzzie** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:02 pm

thanks for the feedback, guys. kalim - i used waves L1 in conjunction with Izotope Ozone while mastering. a little bit of each.

spider - i never thought it had a trance sound but now that you mention it, it kind of does. can you suggest a software based compressor for the bass?

chicotree · Post by **chicotree** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 10:01 am

sounds good I think it sounds progressive because of the long break you have going. i would say though that there is some background noise going on from the effects and layered instruments. maybe simplify some portions towards the end and make it groove a little more by pumping the bass drums more often. i would smooth out the bass line and bass sounds like was suggested above. has a clean sound in general though. would sound great on a large system for sure.

peace