Hey guys, I want to share what I do to eq the low frequencies involving the subbass, kick, snare and main bass to ask if you do it the same way or if you know any better ways to do it than me.
I use Fab Filer Pro Q to low cut/high pass things at a 48dB per octave slew rate.
35 - 70 Hz - this region is only used for sub bass (just a sine wave, nothing else)
70 - 100 Hz - this region is for the kick. I still side chain the kick with the sub bass to get extra clarity down there.
100 - 20KHz - this is for the main bass sound
200Hz - this is where the snare peaks so I cut a chunk out of the main bass sound to allow for this, and also usually sidechain the main bass to the snare so the snare cuts thru more.
Mud in the main bass - I find this is usually around 250 - 500 Hz so I listen for it by combing through with a freq band at plus 15 Hz and then cut it out.
Is this what most of you do as well? I have had mixdown problems recently which have prevented me from getting a couple of songs released (the labels liked the tracks but wanted me to work on the mixdown and I couldn't get it right).
I was also told the bass should be a straight slop from 30Hz all the way to 20 kHz, but I find there is a lot of mud in the bass if I do this.
I appreciate your help with this stuff. Thanks!
Xenflex
I use Fab Filer Pro Q to low cut/high pass things at a 48dB per octave slew rate.
35 - 70 Hz - this region is only used for sub bass (just a sine wave, nothing else)
70 - 100 Hz - this region is for the kick. I still side chain the kick with the sub bass to get extra clarity down there.
100 - 20KHz - this is for the main bass sound
200Hz - this is where the snare peaks so I cut a chunk out of the main bass sound to allow for this, and also usually sidechain the main bass to the snare so the snare cuts thru more.
Mud in the main bass - I find this is usually around 250 - 500 Hz so I listen for it by combing through with a freq band at plus 15 Hz and then cut it out.
Is this what most of you do as well? I have had mixdown problems recently which have prevented me from getting a couple of songs released (the labels liked the tracks but wanted me to work on the mixdown and I couldn't get it right).
I was also told the bass should be a straight slop from 30Hz all the way to 20 kHz, but I find there is a lot of mud in the bass if I do this.
I appreciate your help with this stuff. Thanks!
Xenflex