Important choice review today. I decided that one of the songs on my demo (I created a VLC playlist that has my top 5 songs. Two bass songs, two computer songs, and one turntable mix song) had the percussion track (turntable) mixed way to quiet. I turned up the mid, turned down the treble and bass to improve sound quality and rendered a new track. So, originally I was trying to keep the percussion kinda quiet so that the bass would stand out more because the bass is the part that contains the most complex part of the song. It's supposed to be the center of attention and I don't want it getting drowned out by way to loud percussion tracks. But I noticed that on low volumes I was having trouble hearing it at all. That's not really the point either.
I think that I made a good decision. The track went from sounding like the turntable was a sound effect to an actual instrument. I like when it sounds like an actual instrument, while still having the bass be the focus of the song. Now I'm not sure if it's too loud, but I think I'm going in the right direction. I also like the way it sounds with the mid turned up. It's not quite a treble, but it's close. It also sounds more significant without getting in the way of the bass stuff.
On an interesting side note, I discovered how to trim the areas where the sound starts to max. When I lower the gain in the max sound areas, I can turn up the overall bass sound and get a louder recording. It's still not quite what I'd like to hear, but It's close. I might even go over a few of my other recordings and apply this technique and see if they start to sound a little more professional. I'm actually surprised, I didn't think that listening to my recordings would start to make a difference this quickly, but I really like the changes so far. My overall work is starting to head in the right direction.
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