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1. When you trak don't mix anything until everything is done. So when you are lsitening to the song, you are hearing a completely unmixed version. It needs to already sound really good just like this.
2. Mix your song. If you mix into a compressor fire that puppy up early on. Just EQcompress/distort the channels and groups at first..get them all to sit right..then add delays and reverbs. This really helps.
3. Master the ounced track by boosting the volume of the 2track mix fader all the way up. Send this into a group with a limiter on it that is pulled down 1db. This will ensure that you do not lose your snare drum in the mix. I think you are losing your snare because you are compressing way too hard trying to make the song loud.
I did this exact sequence on the first song on my myspace page. It is at -9 RMS, and that is plenty loud for me. I barely compressed it, and the snare never gets lost.
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