An example of mastering audio

Wassup Y'all

I have been working a bunch mastering and editiing a track I recently made "Dooha." I wanted to show how much work it takes to simply master and edit a track to mediocre level. This took me around 6 hours in total to "evolve" this track into what it is now. I see another 4 hours put into the finalizing of Dooha!

Go on my SOUNDCLOUD to compare the two drafts.

DOOHA= first draft

DOOHA VER. 2= Second draft.


A basic overview of the changes are the following;

1. Lay down bass line.
        -I'd say it takes around 30 minutes to find the right sound, write the bass line, and record it correctly and in a manner that will allow me to manipulate it later (looping and such.)
2. Find and apply effects that sound good. 
         EX.) 1:07 to 1:10 contains an example of post production effects you can use. (whirling sound)
3. Give it a listen and see if any of the new elements clash with the old.
          Ex.) The bass line was drowning out the original kick drum noise so I had to either find a new bass sound/frequency or change the kick. I liked the original kick so I decided to only change the kick drum where there was bass over it!
4. Master the levels of the track.
        Ex.) the snare in the First draft was way to loud, so I decided to lower it, but also EQ the sample so i could Highlight or diminish certain frequencies of the snare. (High's, Mid's, Low's.)

Possible next steps:
a. re-record any element that sounds off beat.
b. Looking into more appropriate sounds to incorporate.
c. developing new sections to add.
d. Recording vocals over the beginning
e. Rage?

Tell me what you think!