r/trapproduction • u/dettka • 18h ago

Beat Send

Would there be any issue with working from a mastered version of the beat? The unmastered beat is hitting around -6 dBFS, but once I start building the song around it, the Spinz doesn’t hit with the same impact. Should I push the beat louder in the mix before sending it over, or is it better to keep the instrumental at around -6 dBFS and leave the headroom for the vocal and final master?

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u/UnexpectedlyClosed 17h ago

-6 is plenty of headroom, no need to push it louder. the problem is probably the Spinz clashing with other elements once you start layering things, not the beat level itself. try carving out space for it with EQ on the instrumental instead of just turning everything up.

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u/tomtomallg 9h ago

Partly it’s about leaning head room if it’s still heading to mastering but giving it mastering treatment when it’s going to head to another mix and master stage is overcooking it.