5:48 - I never thought to turn down the ER and the Low Cut on the Reverb, I've just done this on one of my beats and my mix is sounding clearer. Very informative video with a few hidden gems I haven't came across before. Thanks bro happily subbed
I’m confused, it looks like your 808 is hitting through the roof on the db meter, I always thought a loose guideline to follow was to have your 808s hittin arlund -10 db? Please help.
Yeah so personally i dont really mxi stuff from db's i mostly just use my ear, so what i like to do is push the 808 as much as i can so it clips through the soft clipper but not too much that it just sounds horrible
@@prod.fadedwave OK cool thank you and so on your Master track do you use a DB meter so that when you’re mastering your hitting at a certain target under zero db? And should I worry about gain staging or no?
I've been doing music for about a decade and I personally still follow the traditional way of using a kick with an 808 for punch. The biggest problem with clipping 808s is there will be 0 head room to add any extra gain to make the master loud. It ends up being stupid distorted. I've had artist disappointed when their song is quiet when mixing and mastering their song. The 808 was so loud in the mix I had no head room to master it. You can't add volume when there's no space for it. The 808 is going to be "loud" sounding but the beat will be quiet. The 808 takes up too much space. At the end of the do, do what sounds best to you.
@@prodbyryan808 Yeah its defo all down to personal preference, recently my 808s have been turned down much more than in this tutorial, but ive had plenty sounds with loud 808s hit nice with artists on
Thank you bro really appreciate it! Haven't really uploaded much in the past but been editing lots of producers content the past few months, so got me wanting to create my own more consistantly
