10-06-2013, 11:24 AM
Hi Frittus
Interesting little fast chorus you have on the vocals here.
As far as the kick goes, it sounds like you have added a lot of bottom end thump below 80Hz to the original audio file? I'm hearing a lot of very, very low boom but no body. Take the sub boost off and put in a little peak around the 100Hz area, wherever there seems to be a nice bit of thump being added. Scoop a bit of this same area out of the bass (complementary EQ). Finding the clicky attack of the kick drum as Sano suggests adds to our perception of the kick's presence in the mix - kind of alerts our ears to it when listening at low levels or with small speakers.
If you still have trouble making the kick be heard against the bass guitar, try ducking the bass when the kick appears by adding a compressor on the bass sidechained to the kick drum channel - very fast attack, fast release, 2-3dB reduction, NO MAKEUP GAIN.
Hope this has helped a little!
Dags
Interesting little fast chorus you have on the vocals here.
As far as the kick goes, it sounds like you have added a lot of bottom end thump below 80Hz to the original audio file? I'm hearing a lot of very, very low boom but no body. Take the sub boost off and put in a little peak around the 100Hz area, wherever there seems to be a nice bit of thump being added. Scoop a bit of this same area out of the bass (complementary EQ). Finding the clicky attack of the kick drum as Sano suggests adds to our perception of the kick's presence in the mix - kind of alerts our ears to it when listening at low levels or with small speakers.
If you still have trouble making the kick be heard against the bass guitar, try ducking the bass when the kick appears by adding a compressor on the bass sidechained to the kick drum channel - very fast attack, fast release, 2-3dB reduction, NO MAKEUP GAIN.
Hope this has helped a little!
Dags
So many songs, so little time!