What type of plugins/EQ/etc do you use?

[Mr Uncle Leroy]

I use way too many effects. It makes my FL Studio crash all the time. Everytime i discover a new plugin that makes it sound better i feel like using it. I have a 32 GB RAM and a i7 processor and it's still not enough.
But i'm a striver so whenever it crashes i just simply restart it. Damn, i know i don't need all those plugins but i want it to be perfect even though it's not.

You want to mixdown the mixes and do submixes.

64gb is around the corner

There are audio production PC

 

[Mr Uncle Leroy]

I'm terrible at mixing actually but i improved in the last few years.

What did you do to improve?

 

[Mr Uncle Leroy]

I use stock Parametric EQ 2 (FL Studio) and Voxengo Transgainer on my drums. I tried to use Fabfilter EQ but it was too heavy on my CPU Than i have 4 Waves compressors on a sendchannel for my Kick/Snare/Hi-Hat/Percussion. I think the compressors in FL Studio just don't sound that good but the Parametric EQ 2 is really good and CPU-light.

I would really recommend any Hip-Hop or House producers to use a Transient Booster on the drums. It makes it snap.

Waves makes a hardware, where you can offload the cpu proceessing power to the dedicated waves/efx processor. So that you are not putting too much pressure on CPU.

 

[Grizzly]

If yall know any good plugins for Brightness drop them bytches...the Softube RS127 is usually my go-to but i cant find a good cracked version for mac

OneKnob Brightness is holdin me down right now but it's off a bit

 

[DJ Mart-Kos]

I never Master my beats. I don't know how to do it.
I try to make it sound like it's mastered though even though it's not.
If i would ever release a real album or anything i would get it Mastered though but i'm just having fun with it as a hobbyist

 

[DJ Mart-Kos]

Would you guys think this needs Mastering?



I'm kinda proud of this beat cause i sampled the drums myself and i actually thought it kinda had a Pete Rock feel.

 

[DJ Mart-Kos]

The main drums are sampled though. It has a few other Kicks at half volume underneath it for more punch.

 

[DJ Mart-Kos]

Now listening. I think a real Audio Engineer could make it sound a little less harsh. The high end is kinda too much probably.
My mixes are terrible, think i'm gonna re-open this beat and eq the drums a bit better.

 

[DJ Mart-Kos]

What did you do to improve?

Basically get a good Limiter first. Cause i wasn't using a Limiter at all cause that Limiter inside FL Studio F'd up the whole sound. Made it sound superflat.
I think Fabfilter Pro-L is the best Limiter i've tried yet even though i only use the Presets.

Even though i think my arrangements are pretty good but they are always the same. I just need to learn how to EQ a little better.
My beats aren't rappable though. I try to make it sound like an instrumental Trip-Hop kinda track.

EDIT- I forgot to add that i had a Sound-Design course which was the most important lesson but the most recent thing that improved my mixes was buying the Fabfilter Pro-L Limiter. The Sound-Design course was the most important cause that's where i learned how to EQ and give the elements space in the mix. I didn't know how to EQ at all.

 

[DJ Mart-Kos]

Alright i'm just gonna be honest. I couldn't mix my beats cause i was going through so much mental problems that i couldn't listen objectively to my own beats.
I thought they where all good cause it was just simply a sound i was feeling at the time. But it was just me basically feeling terrible inside.

Do you guys agree that i need to make the Snare and Hi-Hat sound less harsh?

 

[DJ Mart-Kos]

You want to mixdown the mixes and do submixes.

64gb is around the corner

There are audio production PC

I know but i don't have that kind of money.

 

[DJ Mart-Kos]

Generally what I been doing recently though, is organically recording and I'll send my stuff off to get mixed and mastered. Its crazy, i'll know what I want it to sound like but I rarely can get to it, but when I get it mixed from an outside source it be on the money.

Yeah, i feel you on that.
I don't have the money to get things mastered neither.
But i just enjoy making beats as a hobby for now. I never wanted to be a famous producer. I just thought making beats would be a fun hobby to do. Not to make money of it.
If i would ever release a real record in a recordstore i would get it mastered though.

 

[mortuus est]

saturation

 

[DJ Mart-Kos]

saturation

Yeah, Saturation can be very useful to. It warms the mix up.

Sorry i was posting so many times right after each other. I was a little confused.

 

[Young/Nacho\Drawz]

I use way too many effects. It makes my FL Studio crash all the time. Everytime i discover a new plugin that makes it sound better i feel like using it. I have a 32 GB RAM and a i7 processor and it's still not enough.
But i'm a striver so whenever it crashes i just simply restart it. Damn, i know i don't need all those plugins but i want it to be perfect even though it's not.

I'm terrible at mixing actually but i improved in the last few years.

^dis

FabFilter plug-in's are great.
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Plug and Mix has some nice joints. There sort of old skool.
Melda production has some underrated gems. There is one I love where you can pan the low, mid or high frequency of a sound.