Hi,
Im having several problems mixing a track in Garageband 09 (Im tracking into a Mac Pro with tonnes of hardware and memory).
I put down a track with virtual keyboards, a modified drum loop, and some guitar, bass and vocal tracks.
Problem 1: when I mix the drums to what sounds like a good volume, and then burn the stereo .WAV file to CD, the mix sounds as though it is pumping.
Specifically, the vocals, and an eighth note chugging guitar track (playing only on the bass strings), sound as though they are being rhythmically pushed back after each bass drum kick.
Problem 2: if I lower the volume of the drum track to stop the pumping/compressed sound, the kick drum disappears (as does the pumping sound).
Problem 3: the drum track is consistently visually clipping strangely, I cant hear the clipping even when I solo the track. And if I lower the track to the level where the clipping light is not lit, I can hardly hear the drum track as a whole.
Other considerations: the only tracks on which I have used a compression effect on are two handclap tracks so nothing else, including the master track, is compressed. One of the things I did do with the drum track, though, was to boost the bass and midrange EQ to get the kind of sound I want. Maybe the meters cant handle that and maybe that accounts for the pumping sound appearing above a certain volume.
I would be grateful for any thoughts and help with this.
Thanks,
Im having several problems mixing a track in Garageband 09 (Im tracking into a Mac Pro with tonnes of hardware and memory).
I put down a track with virtual keyboards, a modified drum loop, and some guitar, bass and vocal tracks.
Problem 1: when I mix the drums to what sounds like a good volume, and then burn the stereo .WAV file to CD, the mix sounds as though it is pumping.
Specifically, the vocals, and an eighth note chugging guitar track (playing only on the bass strings), sound as though they are being rhythmically pushed back after each bass drum kick.
Problem 2: if I lower the volume of the drum track to stop the pumping/compressed sound, the kick drum disappears (as does the pumping sound).
Problem 3: the drum track is consistently visually clipping strangely, I cant hear the clipping even when I solo the track. And if I lower the track to the level where the clipping light is not lit, I can hardly hear the drum track as a whole.
Other considerations: the only tracks on which I have used a compression effect on are two handclap tracks so nothing else, including the master track, is compressed. One of the things I did do with the drum track, though, was to boost the bass and midrange EQ to get the kind of sound I want. Maybe the meters cant handle that and maybe that accounts for the pumping sound appearing above a certain volume.
I would be grateful for any thoughts and help with this.
Thanks,
