This week I made this new, harder D&B track.
It has a vicious, layered bassline and unique use of reverb to break up the beat a bit.
My PC (Athlon XP 1800+, 256MB, XP Pro) really struggled with this though and peaks at around 55% CPU when playing the track due to the amount of effects and synths.
I made use of send tracks as much as possible but it couldn’t be optimized any further.
Any comments or ideas will be gratefully received!
Nice approach and structure, but the bassdrum could be more audible and punchy. Here is how to do it:
Download the Paris EQ and assign it to your Basdrum-track. This plugin has four bands, it’s really really useful for either enhancing certain frequencies or subtracting from muddy parts. Use the first band to cut anything under 80Hz and a second one to boost the Bassdrum at about 100Hz with a small Q-factor value (here they call it PW). Adjust the value a bit to get the most of it. This should do it, i guess