I feel like this is a really basic thing but it never seems to get addressed.
I remember doing an early track in C and I made this awesome sub bassline at C1 that sounded fine on my monitors.
I sent it off to get mastered and the engineer rolled off the low frequencies starting at about 30hz, which is pretty standard I guess to stop the sub bass sucking all the energy out of the speakers. (I think this is because most sound systems people have at home and car stereos can't handle much below 30Hz without distorting, correct me if I'm wrong about this)
In my noobness I didn't realize that C1 is about 33 Hz, so any notes below that were pretty much wiped out.
Anyone else encountered this, or take key into consideration before starting a track? If so do you find any particular key better than others for bass heavy music?
Thanks
I remember doing an early track in C and I made this awesome sub bassline at C1 that sounded fine on my monitors.
I sent it off to get mastered and the engineer rolled off the low frequencies starting at about 30hz, which is pretty standard I guess to stop the sub bass sucking all the energy out of the speakers. (I think this is because most sound systems people have at home and car stereos can't handle much below 30Hz without distorting, correct me if I'm wrong about this)
In my noobness I didn't realize that C1 is about 33 Hz, so any notes below that were pretty much wiped out.
Anyone else encountered this, or take key into consideration before starting a track? If so do you find any particular key better than others for bass heavy music?
Thanks