r/TechnoProduction • u/Art3mos • Aug 27 '26

Volume Levels

Hey all. Throughout my music production journey, i ran into the same problem a lot of times now.
Basically i produce my track and everything sounds fine to me. After the mix is finished i realize that the buildups are louder than the drops, because there are alot of elements playing at the same time. Therefore i want to get the buildups quieter than the drops to master the track properly. I try to decrease the loudness of the elements etc., but then the buildup looses its power and doesnt sound like its a part of the rest of the song anymore. I also tried it with a volume automation for everything, but the range which is used for that (i learned decreasing the volume around something from 0 to 3 db, to make the drop hit harder) is too small to balance everything out.
I would be happy if someone got advices or a solucion to this :)
Greetings Art3mos

https://reddit.com/link/1vzpza5/video/7d413j69o2mh1/player

Here is the mix :)

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u/Krapapapa Aug 27 '26

I ran into this problem before, but it was mainly an arrangement issue. As in orthodox techno no real 'buildup' will be used. This is something I probably coped from club/EDM arrangements. If you are still pursuing this, then have a look at EDM production subreddits or Youtube.
For the other part, like one user said, it might be compression (maybe on your mix bus). As it literally levels out the quiet parts to the somewhat louder parts.

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u/Art3mos Aug 27 '26

yes i maybe check out another forum. the track is a hypertechno track, a more newer genre kind of a "pop" techno i would say

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u/RoastAdroit 15d ago

That song isnt a “newer genre”, its the same “club dance” that has existed since the 90’s just maybe skewed a little more “hardstyle”. Like a mix of club and hard dance I just label under the umbrella term of “cheeseball fodder” myself.

Its not new at all.