Your kick drum is the anchor which keeps your mix grounded for the listener. As such, you want to have a clear and present kick in your mix. While you can and should use bass drum EQ to emphasize the lowest fundamental frequencies and boost the high mids to bring out more of the beater […]
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When it comes to compression, we talk a lot about threshold, ratio (see compressor ratio explained), and attack and release. The compressor knee usually gets overlooked, but this setting can drastically alter the effects of your compressor. Sometimes you want to use a more gradual knee (soft knee compression), and other times you want a
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Arguably the most confusing setting found on virtually every compressor is its ratio setting. This is the most influential setting on a compressor to dictate how dynamic or conversely how squished your audio will be (alongside the compressor threshold, of course). Let’s talk about this oft misunderstood feature with an overview on compressor ratio explained.
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One of the most frequent questions I get is how to make a kick drum sound better. This is understandable as, and I’ve said this many times before, your kick drum is the anchor of your mix. It grounds the groove and rhythm of the song and is how the listener finds their bearings so
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Proper bass drum EQ can make your kick sit in and cut through the mix better. This is typically job number one when I sit down with a mix. If the kick is a mess, the mix will lack purpose and feel lost. EQ should be the first processing you apply to your bass drum.
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