Why do my tracks sound like there in a box?

[admin]

Where should I send it? I have sent two already to the Contact Us button...

Ok weird didn't get anything.

I'll send you my email via a PM so check there.

[sven hauck]

Welcome. I haven't heard your track at all but I used to have this problem and it turned out to be due to too much compression and a shitty mixdown, ruined by what Bob Katz called the Loudness Wars.

This was a phenomena he identified in the industry between one track sounding hotter than the other, making future releases louder and more compressed, thereby reducing the dynamic range.

In my case, I basically did myself in by doing it on a part to part level, a little nudge on the kick, a little nudge on the bass, then on the synth, then on the kick again. By the time I was done all the parts were out of wack. When played in a club the balance was way off and the track definitely had a boxy feel to it.

This may not be your issue but it hurt my productions in the past.

One producer I know touches the volume fader for each part mainly one time.