17-02-2020, 02:59 PM
Thanks for the feedback! Now that you said it I noticed the master limiter was doing something weird. Used a new (free) one for the first time and managed to get the weird pumping you mentioned.
Will need to have a look at the other compressors as well. The Kick has a sidechain to the bass buss (high and low eq). Maybe it would sound better with just the low one sidechained in heavier music?
Found messing with the snare and guitar sounds a lot of great fun. So ended up editing the original sound in the final mix as well. I guess my ears just got very used to them haha.
Hei!
Usually sidechaining while rolling out of the bass frequencies and using then "only" the transients helps glue togheter bass and Kick in my opinion; doing so you'll have the attack from the kick followed by the sustain of the bass guitar having a stronger and neater low end
And, in the end, as Dave Pensado once said, you're selling your own taste when you're mixing so don't be afraid to break the rules!
Will need to have a look at the other compressors as well. The Kick has a sidechain to the bass buss (high and low eq). Maybe it would sound better with just the low one sidechained in heavier music?
Found messing with the snare and guitar sounds a lot of great fun. So ended up editing the original sound in the final mix as well. I guess my ears just got very used to them haha.
Hei!
Usually sidechaining while rolling out of the bass frequencies and using then "only" the transients helps glue togheter bass and Kick in my opinion; doing so you'll have the attack from the kick followed by the sustain of the bass guitar having a stronger and neater low end
And, in the end, as Dave Pensado once said, you're selling your own taste when you're mixing so don't be afraid to break the rules!