Can someone help me with my mix?

[Venefician]

I will send the files in skype or something. Just pm me.
http://soundcloud.com/modern-techno/xenadin

[Patriek]

What kinda help do you need? Can you specify what problems you run into?

[Venefician]

I am having trouble layering all of the tracks. I cant seem to find the right level, i want the rain to be heard through the mix but cant seem to make it happen without problems.

[Patriek]

What i would do is turn all the volume sliders to 0. Then start with the rain sound. After that i would slowly up the volumes of the other tracks until i am satisfied with it. Not sure if this is any help, but that how i would solve it

[Venefician]

Its a bit more to it than that.. i'm also having the issue with the stereo space.

[Mattias]

There's pro's to hire for this kind of jobs if you wish!

[sam]

I am having trouble layering all of the tracks. I cant seem to find the right level, i want the rain to be heard through the mix but cant seem to make it happen without problems.

I think if you want your tracks to sounds like Yagya then you have to scale back on the layers because maybe you have a bit too much going on there.

[Wiu]

People can give you tips and you can read up/research into mixing all you want, but you just can't beat good old trial and error. With each track you produce, you'll learn something new.

[sam]

People can give you tips and you can read up/research into mixing all you want, but you just can't beat good old trial and error. With each track you produce, you'll learn something new.

Thats how it's worked for me too. Lots of trial and error and getting stuck doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result (a definition of insanity according to lore), but I'm slowly starting to realize what's what.

[Venefician]

http://soundcloud.com/modern-techno/xenadin-mix-2
ok so here is what i have now come up with. Better?

[StandardModel]

the rain isn't very good

[Venefician]

hmm.. i did compress it to hell.. and its a group of beach waves on a rainy day with a clip of thundering rain. maybe its too much? do u think i should just have either one and not both?

[StandardModel]

probably neither to be honest

[surface]

Yagya seems to use a lot of sidechain off his baseline/kick and wide pads that have lots of release and reverb.

The rain/wave sounds are a bit too prominent for my ears, which kills the track.
Maybe eq it a touch higher and bring it more to the background with reverb?

I would try setting up with just the baseline and kick and then add the field recording samples and try to get that to sound balanced. Then bring in the other elements.

[Venefician]

Yagya seems to use a lot of sidechain off his baseline/kick and wide pads that have lots of release and reverb.

The rain/wave sounds are a bit too prominent for my ears, which kills the track.
Maybe eq it a touch higher and bring it more to the background with reverb?

I would try setting up with just the baseline and kick and then add the field recording samples and try to get that to sound balanced. Then bring in the other elements.

Great post!! I just got done with my next mix.. lets see how I did. I read into sidechain and other production stuffs.

http://soundcloud.com/modern-techno/xenadin-1

[Venefician]

Any comments for my latest mix? still very wrong? I think its my best so far.. tho i think im going to now changed the bass drum to sound more in mix.. i guess the question really is.. amidoingitright?

[Venefician]

probably neither to be honest

lol. those are the key sounds.