Vibrations - Toddlove

Nice.

Hey Mate, My apologies for being so Blunt. So Brick walling refers to the Waveform which literally looks like a brick. Reasons for this are usually using too much massive compressor/ limiter. There is nothing wrong with compression but you must lower the input to gain more dynamic sounds. When you brick-wall you sometimes lose the listener as it can become tiring to the ears to listen to. There are a few schools of thought on this sometimes called the ¨loudness wars¨. Believe me, a few years ago I was caught up in this as well. But I realized the comments people have With, my sounds now are more about how good the quality is and the stereo spatial separation as opposed to the slamming sounds. Less is better sometimes. You did back down a bit and it does have a better listenability. Virginia Slim is on the ball with his comments. presets are nice, but experiment with the tools by trying different settings. We all have the impulses to push the lever all the way up, but if you learn discretion and backing down on the Gain, you will see some amazing results. Trust me mate. I like what I hear, it just needs some fine-tuning, but you are9 on the right track.
Cru

Reminds me of Chemical Bros. If brickwalling is an issue(sounds like it might be), you can test by turning up the volume on your monitoring system. If it gets more fatiguing at higher or moderate volumes it might be too slammed. If clarity drops off at higher volumes it might be over-crushed. You can always sidechain to regain clarity if you want a slammed sound but lack some articulation or dynamics across volumes(NY bus compression)
Good cinematic feel to the production and arrangements. Lots of good things here.

Outside of the bricked compression dynamics, this is a cool industrial tune.
Cru

Very cool track!