03-11-2018, 05:11 PM
You seem to have a passion for mixing, as I am. When I strap on my cans and open my DAW, the world doesn't matter that much anymore.
I don't lower the kick+snare (never thought about it that way) until now. Good move to know.
I learned this from the Net: Put either a kick or bass thru a VU meter (they have them round here for free. I got mine a long time ago and forgot where I got it) and pick a number, I usually choose -7. If I meter using the kick @-7, then when I bring in the bass, together with the kick, it should read -4 (that's 3 dBs more). Well, as I understand it, and according to science, 2 similar audio signals when combine will add 3dBs; 2 identical signals will add 6dBs. Once I get that going, I build everything else around it. I do check them from time to time to make sure I dont stray too far from that. Once I learned and applied the technique, I found that I received less complains about my bottom end
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I don't lower the kick+snare (never thought about it that way) until now. Good move to know.
I learned this from the Net: Put either a kick or bass thru a VU meter (they have them round here for free. I got mine a long time ago and forgot where I got it) and pick a number, I usually choose -7. If I meter using the kick @-7, then when I bring in the bass, together with the kick, it should read -4 (that's 3 dBs more). Well, as I understand it, and according to science, 2 similar audio signals when combine will add 3dBs; 2 identical signals will add 6dBs. Once I get that going, I build everything else around it. I do check them from time to time to make sure I dont stray too far from that. Once I learned and applied the technique, I found that I received less complains about my bottom end
.