How does this sound for a finished track?

[idle timber]

finished writing? or mixing? mastering?

the pluck sounds much better here. the song kinda sounds like witch house 💛

i think the low end really needs some attention. bass is pretty quiet and weak in the mix, same for the kick which needs some thump. your sub bass region is on the wide side which might be causing issues, so i'd try making that more mono from 200hz or so and down (doesnt have to be 100% mono imo, just more mono than not

around 0:55 i notice the pads sound really up front in the mix, imo would sound better pushed back and you could totally get away with drowning them in reverb since the arrangement is minimal, lots of room to work with

[little basalt]

I see, so a lot to work on

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[idle timber]

well, "a lot" is subjective. to me that sounds like 5 or 10 minutes of tweaking. sometimes it's like 10 things that stick out, this isn't too bad imo. mostly finishing touches i would say. sounds pretty complete to me otherwise and i think the song flows nicely

[little basalt]

so, pad should be lowered

bass boosted

and, kick more present

[idle timber]

lots of ways you could do what i'm suggesting. reverb will hide it a bit and also fill up some of that space. volume down if necessary. you could also EQ out a bit of the 1k-3k range which will make it sound less up front, and make more room for the pluck

yup exactly

[little basalt]

got it

I tried to tweak it all rn

took me 1 minute

there

[idle timber]

after all that stuff i would suggest trying to push it into a limiter like you're mastering to get it loud without turning it into a brick. if anything sticks out as wya too loud at that point, turn the limiter off and go fix it in the mix, then come back and check it again with the limiter on

[little basalt]

BTW, I do have headphones that boost bass drastically

[idle timber]

pad sounds much better to me

[idle timber]

ah that can be tricky. i usually use headphones too, but am listening on a subwoofer so i can hear accurately

[little basalt]

These ones

[idle timber]

did you sidechain the kick to the bass?

[little basalt]

I tried

[idle timber]

i think it needs more sidechain comprpession. that will help the kick thump while the bass is still demanding to be strong

making the kick clearer too, ofc

[idle timber]

is it something you're used to doing, or new to it?

[little basalt]

been doing it for some time

I can stream it atm if needed

btw, these headphones are the ones I'm using

costed me 22,55 euros

[idle timber]

i can't find the frequency response info online. but based on what you said and what i hear i bet the bass is quite boosted. not saying you can use them, but it's gonna be more difficult than if you had a more neutral headphone, to get a mix that translates on many speakers

[little basalt]

I see.

I tried now connecting it

And yes

on all bass sounds the same

boosted

[idle timber]

using a reference track might help that a lot, to know what pro bass sounds like in those headphones and try to get close to that

[little basalt]

eezeebee, thanks for helping a lot, I appreciate it!

I really should try and look for better headphones

[idle timber]

getting better. i think i can hear the kick better now. it could still be clearer though, so more sidechain compression. kick is very audible around 1:35, but when the bass is playing before and after it's burying the kick still

[little basalt]

I think it'd be better if I stream it

[idle timber]

sure do it