How To EQ: Mixing Kick Drum and Your Bass (Part 2)

[mbot48]

Does it make a difference if you EQ then compress?

[ElementzSR]

Very nice technique, i would have personally left a little more low end on the bass guitar, i would have probably rolled off everything under 60 - 80hz like u were going to do at first, lost just hair of body, but very nice meshed together. I'm finding out more how important frequency cutting is and actually do more cuts then boosts now, and my finished product sounds much clearer. Nice vid!

[ArisMetal]

Nice tips but lower your voice man

[BluegillGreg]

Excellent again.

In a related vein, two blasts from the past: Hale Smith (beloved UConn Prof & great pianist with Dizzie Gillespie et al) always had the bass player & the drummer tightly grouped by the bass end of the piano so they could "duck" out of the way of each others harder hits. Same concept as Adam gives here, & very time-proven. In Seattle, Kearney Barton (early Hendrix, Wailers, etc) always tunes (think:  "eq's") the bass drum Before recording so it anchors the mix. Again, sam

[tiggame23]

Thankyou once agian

[Tsvetanof]

You just can copy/paste between the EQs and then work with dB only

[jjr0077]

Love it! Thank you so much.

[Imakeilltrax]

instead of boosting maybe try cutting at 400 about 5db, and you will still have the bass.

[dez5]

Nice video but I actually like the way it sound when all the effects was off. It sounds fuller.

[ElementzSR]

@dez5 But not as clear, post production will make it sound fuller and clear

[MrDREWPARR]

***QUESTION PLEASE READ***

This was a very good tutorial, and I greatly appreciate you taking the time out to show this, however, I've always been taught to roll off the low end frequency of my kick so that it does not sound muddy in the mix. I noticed in this video you actually boost the low end which is quite the opposite. Can you give me a brief explanation as to why you chose to do it this way, the Kick was higher than the Bass to begin with? Thanks as always!!!

[ElementzSR]

@MrDREWPARR Its whatever sounds sexier to your ear my man!

[DannyPolDiaz]

@MrDREWPARR your ears are your best judge, really. You can leave the low frequencies on the kick alone if it works, you could use a high pass filter and roll some off, or you could boost it. The beautiful thing about mixing is that it's all a matter of personal preference with things like this. Some people like to compress everything, some like to eq more than compress. Lessons should be applied, of course, but in the end it's a matter of you enjoying the sound :)

[jeremyfonseca7]

Whats the frequency gain Slope button on the eq for?

[CeciDJing]

Love your tutorials mate.... But you really should try to talk a little slower... you know, like you read and there is periods and commas.... It gets a little tiresome to listen to you sometimes... Just a tip... If you do this, your videos get even better...

[videosongman]

Great Vid! I am also amazed how drastic sometimes one must EQ to get the kick and bass to work together. I also love the pumping compression or ducking technique too (it's a very musical way of using it). I will definitely be using it in future sessions.

Thanks for sharing! =)