First ever dubstep track (comments please)

[dylooooon]

Please Rate and Comment, Criticism is HIGHLY Appreciated

[mynameisjonthenoob]

Not too bad, it's got an amateur feel to it....you know what I mean?
I'm diggin it though, and it's better than anything I can make
Just wondering, what program did you use?

[dylooooon]

Abelton is my daw and I use komplete 6 for my instruments. Timestretch by bassnectar was my inspiration.

[the4thImpulse]

you need to work on the mix.. the drums are far behind the bassline, you need to really beef them up and the track will sound much better. The kick is almost silent, try to layer and eq some bass heavy and sharp kicks together to form one usable kick.

[dylooooon]

Yeah i noticed that too, I am in process of fattening them up. Thanks for giving it a listen! ps do you recommend side-chaining the kicks to the sub or to the entire track so you can really hear it punch?

you need to work on the mix.. the drums are far behind the bassline, you need to really beef them up and the track will sound much better. The kick is almost silent, try to layer and eq some bass heavy and sharp kicks together to form one usable kick.

[the4thImpulse]

Yeah i noticed that too, I am in process of fattening them up. Thanks for giving it a listen! ps do you recommend side-chaining the kicks to the sub or to the entire track so you can really hear it punch?

thats something should mess around with, try diffrent cobinations, even make a seperate sidechain kick to create diffrent sidechained patterns.

[CryptikBlu]

It sounds good, but i agree the kicks and snares need more. also if you have any sample packs try adding something simple to the end of an 8 bar phrase to signal a turn around. its awesome for a first song definitely you are on your way! One last thing, mess around with some pads or something to add some depth to your rises and to add just a hint of background noise to the mix as a whole. Nice Track bro!

[Towner]

Yeah i noticed that too, I am in process of fattening them up. Thanks for giving it a listen! ps do you recommend side-chaining the kicks to the sub or to the entire track so you can really hear it punch?

maybe im reading this backwards or you said it that way and im confused. but you dont sidechain your kick. you would sidechain your bass to your kick, which will make the bass duck the kick so you can hear the kick better.

Because this is dubstep i dont think thats a sound you really want

I think your issue is different. your kick just isn't good enough. (not being harsh, you can spend hours finding/perfecting the right kick)

do this

you need to work on the mix.. the drums are far behind the bassline, you need to really beef them up and the track will sound much better. The kick is almost silent, try to layer and eq some bass heavy and sharp kicks together to form one usable kick.

add some compression to the kick too. not so much that it looses its punch

do the same with the clap and add reverb to make it fatter

[dylooooon]

here's the remaster, please let me know what else it needs

[Towner]

nice, snare/clap is much better
and the kick is improved (im on headphones so its tough to get a good feel)

bass sounds heavier too. do some eq'ing/mastering?