Hi Richard, I would be looking for LESS COMPRESSION
If you listen to this track on an iPhone or iPad, you feel it squeeze and wrench all the time. The dynamics of the individual components are not fully under control hence they trigger whatever you have put on the 2 bus.
Your mix should work without anything on the master as an afterthought, for example there is no energy at all after the minibreak, it sounds clamped.
I would focus on (controlling) the dynamics of the individual channels and Don't worry about fat or loud. Once the mix is right, it's much easier to raise overal volume during mastering. If the mix sounds already wrenched, it will only sound more squashed when making it louder. For loudness and dynamics. I would aim matching we are the champions from Queen. That track works fine on any stadium PA
Punch first, loudness later

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Originally posted by Richard Butler So I've totally re-done the Luton Football Club song and as the football season is soon upon us I damned well hope this version is ok musically. Not sure if the main synths in the drop sound modern enough? RAPHIE this will be played over a fairly shitty football ground PA system, in terms of mastering what would you look to do as I worry it will sound crap. Conversely it also needs to sound ok on I-phones etc, so quite a tricky mastering job eh?

melody sounds very familiar

anyway - to me theres a lot of noisy stuff in the mix which is clouding it up, try and keep it a bit more stripped for a large PA so it comes across clean - make the lead sounds the priority so they stand out, you want it to get into peoples heads

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some droney type stuff - it needs some tweaking here and there i think

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EVO, can't seem to play this. Did you take it down?

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Originally posted by evo8 some droney type stuff - it needs some tweaking here and there i think

Nice and moody, good fx, overall tone really nice

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Originally posted by Raphie Nice and moody, good fx, overall tone really nice

thanks!

but listening back a day later, meh, the noise stabs dont really fit........but it was in the moment, noodling on the Q so....im still learning that synth, so so many modulation possiblities!

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Originally posted by SystematicX1 EVO, can't seem to play this. Did you take it down?

no its still there, should play!

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Sounds a bad ass synth Evo, sort of thing I was thinking I need in the background of some of my DnB.

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Originally posted by Richard Butler Some angry musak

ajajajajaj hahaha, like it, funny and angry as you said

As regards the Luton supporters song - i liked the first version better, why did you redo it - was it too oldfashion or what?

This has probably too much bass and overall sounds kinda muddy, arrangement is bad as usual , but what do you think about melody stucture, is it boring and predictable?

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nice pic

i think the kick is a little too polite for this kind of style?

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