Restauration of two pieces with Arturia FX

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I’m trying to remaster two “old” pieces I find interesting for which I only have the final track
I use to master with Comp-FET, Comp-Tube-STA and a limiter and I find the bass is to strong, the drum too weak.

On both pieces I lowered the volume of the track in the DAW, added a Addictive Drums2 track (Gospel and Hip Hop) and Sitral-EQ, Bus-Peak on master

Les 80 (evocation of the 80’s)

Probably from 2018. I find the chord progrssion interesting which is why I want to keep it
The bass and synth are from Arturia (which one?)
Added Addictive Drums2 Gospel and Hip Hop

KIller Joe (jazz)

A recording (no later than 2010) with a friend on real Musser vibe; I play a real Yamaha 82z Alto sax
The bass in the original track was inaudible. I had too boost it with efx_Transient (Buss Punch, punch on bass only)
I added a AD2 drum track (Gospel and Hip Hop)
LX_reverb, Eq_Sitral and bus-Peak on master

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Hi @francoise
Just listening to them now…
The drums MIGHT be a little far back on the first one, but i think it sounds fine personally. I’ve heard drums mixed further back than that on commercial tracks, so i think it’s likely down to your own personal preference, and of course we all have our own personal preferences when it comes to our own music.

Enjoying your sax on the second one, nice dark sound and no clacking key noise either! :grin:

I think they’re both fine as they are.
If you REALLY want to change some levels, if you have the original multitracks then i’d go back to those first. If you don’t have those, then iZotope’s Ozone plugin, particularly the new Ozone 12, has some VERY clever stem EQ and rebalancing tools included for this exact type of scenario.

HTH!