Hardstyle Elements Q&A: I tried to use reference tracks but they are too loud, that makes it difficult to judge my own mixes, any tips?

“There are few ways. If you have ideas for lyrics, you can hire a vocalist, just search online, listen to demos on website, if you like something, contact them and ask for prices. Sampling speech from movies, video games etc. You can hire people doing Voiceovers. Most of them have their own high end gear…

“If you are just starting its not necessary. If you got pc speakers already, then invest in good studio headphones. If you kinda know what you are doing, buy studio monitors. But don’t rely too much on one reference, play your own stuff on earbuds, PA, hifi & car speakers etc.” Get Q&A Hardstyle Elements…

“Limiters can add some loudness Saturation, distortion can add nice harmonics, but don’t overdo it. Try this, pick any sound, add saturation plugin, set drive to +5dB and output to -5dB, set soft clip on, check the meters, now the signal sounds similar but it’s peaking less, you reduced dynamics. Basically when we use limiters,…

“It depends on what you want to achieve, you can put reverb on the Lead bus to affect all layers equally, but sometimes you want more control, so what you can do is to make a separate buses for reverb and delay, and then send the output to your Lead bus, now if you want…

“First you need to separate Attack from the tail, we gonna pitch only tail, if you do it on whole kick, it will lose its impact/punch. There is no one solution, some might work better than others, it’s all about pitch algorithm. You can try Adobe Audition – use stretch and pitch algorithm and export…

“When we use equalizer we basically boost and remove frequencies to create space in the mix. Most common techniques – Boosting and cutting fighting frequencies, for example boosting 500Hz on Kick and cutting 500Hz on Lead – Mid/Side Eq, Mono/Stereo for example Removing any stereo signal below 200Hz, – Removing unnecessary frequencies using LowCuts and…