I recently covered bass drum EQ tips which you can use to sculpt and clean up your bass drum’s tone. While it’s certainly not the most dynamic of instruments in your mix, a little bass drum compression can go a long way in smoothing out inconsistencies in the performance to ensure that what is essentially […]
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A good bass tone is achieved both in the recording and mixing stages, so let’s cover the best EQ settings for bass across the board. EQ Settings for Bass Let’s begin where the bass sound begins itself, talking the best EQ settings for bass in the recording stage. Best EQ Settings for Bass in Recording
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808s are a combination of both bass and percussion and help drive a mix forward rhythmically and otherwise. Because they share a lot of traits with kick and bass, it’s a similar approach on how to mix 808s to get them sounding their best and sitting just right. Let’s cover how to mix 808s. How
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One of the most frequent questions I get relates to the low end of the mix. Striking the right balance between the kick and bass is essential to getting the mix to sound clean and professional, so here is a brief and direct guide to mixing kick and bass. Mixing Kick and Bass Before we
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When your bass is getting lost, isn’t consistent, or just isn’t sitting right, it’s typically down to an issue which can be corrected through bass EQ and compression. With that in mind, I thought I’d put together a comprehensive guide on applying the two most important types of processing to one of the most important
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