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Need help with conflict in mix

Post by TheElement » Mon Jan 26, 2015 1:25 pm

Hi guys,

I know there must be some sounds conflicting somewhere. You can hear it at 0:18 where the volume drops. I low cut everything and tried to make space but still getting this volume drop.

Lets see I have 2 fall hits (one of the hits is an explosion hit), 2 bass lines, a synth line, a cymbal crash and a snare build.

Any ideas why the volume drop?
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Re: Need help with conflict in mix

Post by Russell Landwehr » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:27 pm

What compressors and limiters are on your master bus? It sounds like you need to fix the problem by sidechaining before it hits your master. Or... multiband compression on the master bus is a quick-fix for that maybe.

Edit: the L2 on the master would really bring out the stuff that got killed at :30, but you might screw up the kick punch... hmmm...

Edit 2: GK, DUDE! your stuff is getting Sooooo much better! WOW!!
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Post by TheElement » Mon Jan 26, 2015 6:53 pm

Thanks Russell. I have nothing on the master buss I just send up to LANDR.

Its gotta be one of the samples. Maybe one of the hits. Might see if I can change it out and see if that fixes it.
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Re: Need help with conflict in mix

Post by MJRivard » Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:48 pm

Hi,
It could be that you have a signal or sample that is out of phase with the other parts. This would cancel out some of the sound giving you a lower volume.

Just my thoughts from what I heard.

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Post by TheElement » Wed Jan 28, 2015 5:08 am

Thanks Myran. Thats what I was thinking. So maybe to find that out of phase sample or sound I can maybe mono each sound until I find the culprit. Or maybe just mute each one until I find the culprit. I'll try that..
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Post by MJRivard » Wed Jan 28, 2015 1:41 pm

Hi again,
If you are going to listen in mono, do it in pairs. You could also try muting one channel at a time to see which channel / sound is causing the sound to cancel out do to phase.

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Re: Need help with conflict in mix

Post by TheElement » Thu Jan 29, 2015 6:23 pm

MJRivard wrote:Hi again,
If you are going to listen in mono, do it in pairs. You could also try muting one channel at a time to see which channel / sound is causing the sound to cancel out do to phase.

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Thanks. What I plan on doing is muting one of the sounds and uploading track to LANDR to master and basically go through the sounds like this until I find the one I need to fix.
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