In all of my songs, I get stuck in the trap of boosting the high end way too much to make things more clear and crisp. It's gotten to the point where I'll import a commercial EDM track into FL Studio as a reference, and it actually sounds better (to me) when I boost the high end of the commercial track, which obviously isn't right - and when I take off the boost, it sounds dull and muffled to my ears... My perception of clarity has become skewed; it's not so much a technical issue as it is a mental one... I know how to tame high frequencies and cut out harsh ones, but when I'm working with a track, I don't seem to WANT to/it's not instinctive for me to do so. What's instinctive is to boost the high end consistently to achieve "clarity" and as a result my mixes come out thin and weak. Here's my latest track so you can hear what I'm talking about - the problem is most apparent in the drop:
https://soundcloud.com/j-rvis/kap-slap-let-it-all-out-jarvis-remix
So my question is, anyone else having this problem? Or had it, and subsequently solved it? If so, how? I know it's a common problem for beginners, but I'm not really a beginner anymore, yet the problem lingers...
https://soundcloud.com/j-rvis/kap-slap-let-it-all-out-jarvis-remix
So my question is, anyone else having this problem? Or had it, and subsequently solved it? If so, how? I know it's a common problem for beginners, but I'm not really a beginner anymore, yet the problem lingers...