bruhbechillin
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So I always end my master track chain off with a limiter but at this point the drums get smashed down and don't hit hard like I want them to.
I want my overall song to sound loud but I don't want to lose dynamics and that hard hit of the kick and snare.
Does anyone have any advice or techniques they use to keep the kick and snare hitting hard while having the rest of the song loud?
Should I peak my drums so that they clip a little? I know analog distortion is good but digital clipping is a totally different thing.
Should I try a little more distortion somewhere in the master bus to make it sound louder?
Usually my master chain is simple: Izotope Ozone 5 ( ill probably tweak some presets to my liking), then some glue compression, then a limiter at the end just for light limiting.
I haven't been mastering long so if my master bus sounds amateurish, you know why.
And I also know that its better to get a professional mastering engineer to master my stuff blah blah blah, but I don't have the funds for that so I am doing it myself.
I want my overall song to sound loud but I don't want to lose dynamics and that hard hit of the kick and snare.
Does anyone have any advice or techniques they use to keep the kick and snare hitting hard while having the rest of the song loud?
Should I peak my drums so that they clip a little? I know analog distortion is good but digital clipping is a totally different thing.
Should I try a little more distortion somewhere in the master bus to make it sound louder?
Usually my master chain is simple: Izotope Ozone 5 ( ill probably tweak some presets to my liking), then some glue compression, then a limiter at the end just for light limiting.
I haven't been mastering long so if my master bus sounds amateurish, you know why.
And I also know that its better to get a professional mastering engineer to master my stuff blah blah blah, but I don't have the funds for that so I am doing it myself.