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psy_tec
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Posted : Aug 31, 2006 20:00
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hi every 1 me again. ive come this time to see if u can help me. u see i have a problem my music is crap tbh and was wondering if any1 an help me. am i equing wrong am i using compressers wrong 2 much reverb maybe
am i using the wrong sounds. or maybe my creative sound card and the headphones i use are my problem. i dunno but if u could download the track i started making and listen tell me where im going wrong cause it sounds crap 2 me its only 1 meg. very short mp3. i just need help cause i cant seem 2 get a nice sound. when im making the tracks they sound nice then i listen to other psy artists and the music is much clearer and just sonds sweet. also is it just my music that sounds this bad quality or does every beginners music sound like this quality. ty for ur time.
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=80A1797A333AD8FD
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Freeflow
IsraTrance Full Member
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Posted : Aug 31, 2006 22:58
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This is one of the struggles, its like practising anything. It takes time.. and it takes lots of frustration...
craftsmanship demands time and patience.
the best advice i can give you is to use your ears, listen to stuff, try to pin point frequencies, where sounds reside.
and learn some synths and paramters, dont eq and compress stuff just for the sake of Eqing and compressing... if you fit it all together in the first stage the effects will give you much more satisfaction..
i say have fun.. jam and just dont give a fuck, if you do this and manage to get a complete track then you can refine things later if you feel like it...
see a process, create, record, mix volume, mix effects, do somethings again and then maximize and equalize if needed...
you can do so much, and probably too much thats why it all gets so frustrating sometimes..
always aim to learn more.. 
one more thing, before you decide on the quality of the elements, be sure to have all the elements you want, cause there are tracks with lots of bass and kick presence and then there are tracks with less bass and kick presence, but the other elements completes the image.
be sure what you compare your tracks to, cause if you compare to something with a completely different image you will have to change alot of stuff....
dont compare too much, its not healthy. instead try to express your self, no matter how it sounds...
tweak away!
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sideFXed
IsraTrance Junior Member
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Posted : Aug 31, 2006 23:36
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new era scientist said some wise words. although I think you can learn alot from others, comparing stuff with yours.
I suggest you some things that helped me improve my music, even that I passed the first stage of simply fucking around for several years...
Get a spectrum analyzer, it will visualize your music and others creations.
for example paz analyzer or inspector xl
now pump your favourite wav through it and you'll see the music in a visual way. compare it to your stuff. still - don't get hooked up and try to get your stuff sounding the same, do your own thing... it's just a reference.
another pretty important thing is to think as a musician. like a piano player, you can't squeeze hundreds of elements into a song at the same time.
you only got 2 hands as a piano player... the left aims at the bass, the right hand plays chords and leads, little twinkles in the high frequency regions. if you think that way, you automatically get the mixing right. the left hand is bassy, the right hand plays in the upper region of the piano, therefore less bassy elements. now reproduce that with eqing the individual parts properly 
that's all for now, think about it
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Freeflow
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Posted : Aug 31, 2006 23:54
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sideFXed - i agree about thinking about a instrument to visualize the freq spectrum..
though one instrument blends well, cause it resonates as a unit... when there is alot of different timbres it can be a little harder to mix..
to have a ear for which elements that complement eachother is a very good skill and which also takes alot of experience to get..
isnt it wonderfull when you say to your self or your partner, i know what we need now..
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