23-05-2023, 01:45 AM
In broad terms, starting off I tend to think about it more in terms of where I want each instrument to sit in the frequency spectrum. But yeah - as you say the kick is usually one note so to speak. You can generally find the fundamental and boost it a touch if required to provide a solid foundation to build everything else on. Depends on the track of course, it's generally going to be the kick or bass that 'wins' the low end of the mix, and I find I do generally end up choosing kick. As you say it acts as an extension of the bass. Unless there's a Djembe or Cajon or something in the mix as they can't half generate some sub tones.
This track is a bit tricky as there is quite a lot of low end (sub) information in both the kick and bass to tidy up, and a lot of it you cannot hear unless whatever monitoring you are using goes that low. I probably could tidy up the low end in my mix even more than I have so far.
Yes you can target different areas on the mix bus with eq. Vocal, snare, or just to add a bit of body or air on the mix. Whatever really. For me it's the final polish that hopefully brings the mix alive, with half a db here and there.
I know a lot of people say oh, I'll save that for the mastering engineer. Well, I am no pro, and really only post mixes on here so there's really no danger of any of my mixes bothering a mastering engineer any time soon. For me it's become part of the mixing process, and part of the attempt to present my mixes as best I can. Well that's the aim. Just my opinion though. As with everything we are talking about, everyone is of course free to do what works best for them and mix it how they like.
Cheers!
This track is a bit tricky as there is quite a lot of low end (sub) information in both the kick and bass to tidy up, and a lot of it you cannot hear unless whatever monitoring you are using goes that low. I probably could tidy up the low end in my mix even more than I have so far.
Yes you can target different areas on the mix bus with eq. Vocal, snare, or just to add a bit of body or air on the mix. Whatever really. For me it's the final polish that hopefully brings the mix alive, with half a db here and there.
I know a lot of people say oh, I'll save that for the mastering engineer. Well, I am no pro, and really only post mixes on here so there's really no danger of any of my mixes bothering a mastering engineer any time soon. For me it's become part of the mixing process, and part of the attempt to present my mixes as best I can. Well that's the aim. Just my opinion though. As with everything we are talking about, everyone is of course free to do what works best for them and mix it how they like.
Cheers!
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