Lots still to learn! Yes I will look into this, thanks for the tip.

I added vinyl to the drum bus like you said. The hats were eating up my bandwidth. Is it better now?

much better.

Thank you for the suggestion Doxent. Think I’ll be using Vinyl a lot. Was trying it in other mixes and I have use for it in more things than just the drums. I also automated a filter to make more room for the vocals as suggested by Quarkstar.

Scott, my room is a funny beast. The bass disappears where I sit and reappears with a vengeance just behind me. My bass is guesstimates and a third opinion is invaluable to me. Thank you!!!

Oh also, I love dance music but would really like to graduate and create the more specialized styles as I find here in ccmixter. But, that’s what I am here for. To learn.

The honor is all mine. I am speechless, I had no idea. To receive all those compliments from such talented artists here. I am so glad I decided to share. Thank you.

Oh wow, I did not know you were ccMixter’s CEO! O.O

blush :)

Done, I think. Hope it’s better now. =)

The sub-bass adds a lot of warmth and bottom to the mix. I liked the old instruments better. Great upbeat tune.

Old instruments? Something sound different?

As I remember it the tune started with the drums and a very quiet pad sound with a slow attack, which gave a nice lead into the track and build up.

I may be mistaken but I can’t remember the bell-like keys that now come in very early and take away the build up. The pad tone fittend nicely between the kicks and hi-hats and without it there is a gap in the fequencies.

The (bell-like) keys sit over the hihats and to my ears its a harsh dissonant sound. I think your first instincts were right, to keep a mid frequency at the start, maybe a bit louder, and to let the drums come through.

Anyway I wouldn’t touch it any more and try those things in a new tune.

Oh yes, that is because I inadvertently started working on a previous version and didn’t notice. I’ll take note of your advice.

I am using speakers. KRK Rokit 6’s to be exact. My room is weird, lots of dips and pools. Not much I can do about it. Actually, my eq at the master track is minimal, just a 2db boost for the bass around 100-200sh, a cut around the middle, and a little boost for air below the top. Maybe I can do something different? Can you elaborate a little? I would truly appreciate it. Is it too harsh?

Thank you! I made use of your advice right away.

I toned down the harshness, is it better now?.

This style of music is supposed to sound compressed. I don’t want it to sound obviously compressed but if I don’t it loses power and it might as well be an acoustic piece and not a club track. Did I dial in an acceptable level of compression?

I’m not an EDM expert, but what I would do here is I’d pull down the hi-hats and use de-esser on vocals for starters, but it’s your track and you know how you’d like it to sound so forget what I’m writing here. ;)

I think there is a lot of harshness in the reverb. Most reverbs have a low pass shelving filter to take that out.
In Ableton its in the Diffusion Network.
Also for EDM, set the Predelay so the milliseconds are based on the BPM. At 120BPM 125ms, 128BPM 118ms OR put a simple delay in front with channels linked and a delay time of 1/16 or 2/16 and set the reverb predelay as low as it will go. Using the second method it will be correct for the BPM. Doing that will make the reverb go along with the beat.

Got ya, thank you so much!

I always risk becoming a pest but different people have effective, tricks and philosophies no matter the style. Golden nuggets! I love those. Thank you for your comments SacJo22. Nice to meet you. =)