Bass+Synth+Chaos = MUD…??!!
A question from our Forum:
I’ve got an insane drum loop and bass synth line happening. Distortion and all the bells and whistles but it’s really complex and loud and I can’t hear anything else in the mix and the bass and subs sound like mud…help!!
Thanks for this, here’s a few suggestions:
If you can, take out everything in the loop under 120Hz…an i mean use a brutal hi pass. make sure the only think under 120 is your kick and bass. When you master it, it will THUMP.
If you want the bass synth to be supremely HELLISH, only use a single oscillator. A single oscillator will cut through more than a huge stacked bass sound – it’s fat and wonderfully defined.
Also cut -12dB out of the loops around 600 (depended on taste). this frees up space for guitars and voxes. You could also cut -12 around 2.8kHz…this makes space for the hats and “air”
Hope this helps!
ROCK!
ZooG
