AstroPilot

Dear Friends! I would like to present a very special album to you! Unlike my previous works that were inspired by specific ideas and influences, the “33†album is the epitome of my experiences on Earth as a human being. It is about little victories and disappointing misfortunes, about things thriving and passing, about falling in love and falling apart that I have witnessed. Ultimately, this album is the collection of things immaterial that I’ve carefully gathered and became during thirty-three rotations around the Sun. And I would like to share them all with you! I hope these melodies will evoke long-forgotten memories that will wash over you with warm nostalgia! Sincerely yours, Dmitriy AstroPilot https://astropilotmusic.bandcamp.com/album/thirty-three

Ok, my new tip about using maximizer in mixing! Astropilot Mastering Studio Tips #3! Do you wanna be ready for results after mastering of your track? Probably you know that after compression, maximizer the balance of you track could be changed. To avoid this you can some standard maximer of your DAW or L2 from Waves. Just put on master channel with 2-3 db gain reduction while you do mixing. And don't forget to switch off it then you will rendering of the track.

Astropilot Mastering Studio Tips #3! Do you wanna be ready for results after mastering of your track? Probably you know that after compression, maximizer the balance of you track could be changed. To avoid this you can some standard maximer of your DAW or L2 from Waves. Just put on master channel with 2-3 db gain reduction while you do mixing. And don't forget to switch off it then you will render the track.

Astropilot Mastering Studio Tips #2! Clean reverbs and delays tails! It's best and easy way to have wide and detailed space in your mix. Just set-up few sends with needed reverbs and delay (usually I use in mixes hall reverb, plate reverb, room reverb, short mono-delay, long stereo-delay and dub-delay) and place a filter after it. Cut unnecessary lows, low mids and highs. Remember most important information of reverbs/delays is in mids! And don't forget to check the result before and after edits.

some of reverbs has bpm sync pre-delays, waves h-reverb for example

I recommend Dave Pensado's channel https://www.youtube.com/user/PensadosPlaceHe is real pro, yeah he works with pop and commercial music, but his tricks and technics are very useful in every music genre.

Check this great limiter - https://vladgsound.wordpress.com/plugins/limiter6/

Omnisphere is king of pads synths, imo. most of pads/soundscapes in my tracks were made with omnisphere

you can use compressor for glue it all together. but if it will be mastered by another guy - keep it for him

Greetings! I use room reverb for snare (and other percs, hats and etc) with decay 200-400 ms, pre-delay time = 60 000 ÷ track tempo ÷ 4 = length of 1/16 . and for example, for 120 bpm, 60 000÷120÷4=125 ms, so its to big number for pre delay time, so why we need to divide on 4 again and we got 31.25. Usually for different reverbs in one track I use different pre-delay time, so let's say for big reverb I will use here 62,5 = 31,25*2 . But anyway don't forget to check everything with your ears!

Hello psybient musicmakers! I decided to share with you some simple tips that help you make your music sounds better. So let's go! Clean mud on every channel of your track, just keep in mind that in most of cases only kick and bass needs low frequencies, while on other instruments you can cut lows till 80-300 hz, depends of exact instrument/sound. I recommend you to check Tokyo Dawn Records Nova and VOS SlickEQ filters, it sounds great and musically for me. And if you make music but you are not happy with your sound, I can help you! https://www.facebook.com/astropilotstudio/