drumnbass.be forum » Production » Production questions & answers » eqing & compression... eqing & compression... Author Post w3st26 Tourist Registration Date: 26-01-2012 Posts: 11 Yo.. I'm kinda new here, been traveling the forum for a while and recently signed up. I've been DJing "drum n bass" for about 7 years now and I understand the music, how to make it, patterns etc etc etc... Been into production for about 4 years but never really completed anything because I just can not get my sounds to come through the mix like the pro's do... I understand drum layering and programming, all the layers needed to make a good bass.. lows mids highs etc etc etc.. but when together they just dont seem to 'gel' or sound as loud/prominant as the tracks that I play in my sets / on the radio. Which I'm sure you know is frustrating and you guys have probably been through this yourselves... From what I've read it seems to be all about compression and "eqing".. now I've started eqing my loops a bit.. e.g. taking the lows out of kicks and atmospheres etc but I've no idea about frequencies or how to bring the best out of the mix.. it seems to have made a bit of difference but still not to the standard I want so the next thing would be compression? I'm completely stuck with this, no idea how to compress the drums, bass, what I should compress/eq or by how much... Any help would be much appreciated !!! 26-01-2012 12:44 toast Newbie Registration Date: 29-09-2007 Posts: 5 mate, im curious about the exact same thing.. i would appreciate the answer as well.. i ve been through some tutorials on youtube, but still not getting that sound im after. i wonder if there is some good tutorial explaining all that stuff. thank you 14-02-2012 17:58 shir_pan Cool Producer Registration Date: 01-02-2011 Posts: 205 Helpfulness rating:  im not an expert on this, but i found those tutorials quite helpful: http://www.dnbscene.com/article/1474-com...ession-tutorial http://www.dnbscene.com/article/88-think...ete-eq-tutorial they cover both compression & eq pretty in detail __ http://soundcloud.com/shirpan 14-02-2012 23:23 Impact Wicked Producer Registration Date: 29-08-2010 Posts: 439 Helpfulness rating:  compression 101: http://www.dogsonacid.com/showthread.php?threadid=507671 __ Quality DNB clothing Co founder of Instinct Audio ImpactMastering: Affordable Digital Mastering/Mixing service 15-02-2012 00:04 w3st26 Tourist Registration Date: 26-01-2012 Posts: 11 Yo ! Thanks a lot for the links impact & shir_pan.. I'll give them a read over in work tomorrow Look real useful, hope they help you out as well toast http://soundcloud.com/djwest-1/stone-clip-1 this is something I'm working on at the moment, but kind of hit a dead end with it.. any ideas/help guys??? 15-02-2012 23:40 dLO dannyLO Registration Date: 29-05-2009 Posts: 325 Helpfulness rating:  quote: Originally posted by Impact compression 101: http://www.dogsonacid.com/showthread.php?threadid=507671 EZ Brad. This is one of the best things I've ever read on compression. Big up for finding & posting m8 __ follow me here: http://soundcloud.com/dannylo 16-02-2012 03:53 toast Newbie Registration Date: 29-09-2007 Posts: 5 thank you guys, that was some really helpful reading 18-02-2012 00:44 HaightredDnb Newbie Registration Date: 21-02-2012 Posts: 1 Welcome i am new as well and i to am a producer with abelton and i use to be real good have some stuff here soundcloud.com/haightred forgot out how use ableton almost i remember a little but going to need lots of help, glad i remembered this forum. sorry for this post i couldnt find the right spot to post this in. 21-02-2012 09:09 Shaita Tourist Registration Date: 04-01-2012 Posts: 24 http://soundcloud.com/djwest-1/stone-clip-1 Interesting sounds! I like it btw: I'm glad you started this topic, because I also wanted to know more about eq'ing and shit. For me, mastering a song is the hardest in producing. __ "The things you own end up owning you" 21-02-2012 23:26 BattleDrone 2161... the future. Registration Date: 30-12-2005 Posts: 6,413 Helpfulness rating:  Don't worry, master it as good as you can. If your tune gets signed it will be mastered by a pro anyway. If the label doesn't offer a mastering service you should be very suspicious __ Check my soundcloud (exclusive tracks on there) 22-02-2012 12:55 yokoz0r Newbie Registration Date: 04-01-2012 Posts: 6 thanks for the helpful links guys! I'm doing a D&B track right now and will definitely read up on all this soon. So far I'm progressing quite well with the track but I'm sure as soon as it comes to the finer points of mixing/eqing etc to make the track stand out, I'll need all the info I can get... 23-02-2012 12:57 Impact Wicked Producer Registration Date: 29-08-2010 Posts: 439 Helpfulness rating:  most importantly aim to perfect the mixdown process- NOT mastering.. If you master something- then its get signed- the label will want the mixdown anyway for the pro mastering guy. Mastering is icing on the cake, but the mixdown IS the cake. __ Quality DNB clothing Co founder of Instinct Audio ImpactMastering: Affordable Digital Mastering/Mixing service 23-02-2012 17:11 Vehemence Tourist Registration Date: 24-02-2012 Posts: 20 noticed you said something about eq'ing your loops, you shouldn't ever eq multiple sounds together because everything has to be done individually, you don't want to eq a drum loop and cut the highs because sure this might accomplish what you wanted for the kick, but then you wont hear the snare very well. Take the time to mess with eq's and always cut unnecessary frequencies before boosting the fundamentals. Every kick or snare is different but take time to learn where sounds usually sit, kicks around 100 to 150hz, snares starting out around 250 or 300 and it will be your call to decide how much of the highs/mids/lows to leave in or take out for each sound, use your favorite tracks as an a-b reference to your track __ www.soundcloud.com/xphixiate www.facebook.com/xphixiate xphixiate.bandcamp.com 25-02-2012 10:58 drumnbass.be forum » Production » Production questions & answers » eqing & compression...