I think the chorus vocal clashes with the lead, I was going to try side chaining the vocal a little, don’t think I have it right yet
#How’s this Arrangement… Trap - HipHop genre
languid otter
I think you got something cool going in general. love the sort of mechanical sounding loop going on, faintly in the background.
I would say, you could play a bit more with automation, regarding volume of different layers. Maybe fade out the bells slightly at some point, but double the strings with a different string sound to emphasis different parts, and differentiate them a bit more, in terms of overall mix. I feel the vocals could generally be a tad louder.
digital ledgeBOT
I fixed part of the chorus, changed the intro a little, think I cleared most of that up, still find the vocal clashing a little though
languid otter
That's some great improments right there! Have you considered cutting bands via EQ to make the vocals clash less? I tend to cut most things rather aggressively, and balance sections accordingly.
dusky arch
Well the vocal has a lofi kinda sound to its color, I thought if I cut that it might not show in the mix, I will look this tomorrow about to get some sleep
languid otter
Well the vocal has a lofi kinda sound to its color, I thought if I cut that it m...
Well, for a lofi sound, you usually cut the low end. You already did that. I was thinking more of cutting the bands on other instruments than the vocals. The bell/glockenspiel occupies a lot of the high end that the vocals occupy. It is more so where the vocals sit in relation to the rest, than the individual EQ of the vocals.
dusky arch
That makes sense, also though that vocal sample I used probably didn’t need an DS or other Effect to process it. I might remove those and see if I can get the clarity back that way as well, but I agree the other things too
neat coyote
I fixed part of the chorus, changed the intro a little, think I cleared most of ...
ok this sounds so much better, however the bell is taking too much space + i think it would be better to hear the bell sound before the drums and when dropped you take the string as the main instrument of the beat and use the bell as the ear candy
midnight swiftBOT
@dusky arch extra full-length tracks in your own thread need approval — yours is queued and will appear once approved. Clips under 30s post normally.
dusky arch
I was using massive player VST for the 808 baseline. I threw that one off and picked up Pure Sub VST by Arturia, this thing is pretty solid. Definitely worth a couple $
I’m trying to post the mp3 I just rendered. Discord is so slow with these sometimes
digital ledgeBOT