I'm looking for some mixing feedback on a beat I'm working on. I'm still in the mixing phase, but wanted to get the low-end right before I finalize the rest of the track. This track consists of a fat, subby kick, so I've naturally been having trouble getting it to sit with the bass.
After doing some research and trial/error, I've realized that it's usually going to be a trade-off between whether the kick or the bass will occupy the lower sub frequencies. I made the decision on this particular track that the heavy low-end kick is more essential, so I high-passed some of the sub freq out of the bass.
The only issue I'm hearing is a strange duck in the attack of the bass...like there's sidechain compression going on when there isn't. Other than that. it sounds good to me, but I've been listening to this beat daily for a few weeks now lol. Any opinions/advice on how the kick and bass sound on this?
(The only "mastering" on this right now is some limiting and excitement)
During the first few bars of the verse the bass is ducked, so you can hear the kick on it's own.
If this thread belongs in the Showcase section, let me know and I can move it.
Thanks guys
After doing some research and trial/error, I've realized that it's usually going to be a trade-off between whether the kick or the bass will occupy the lower sub frequencies. I made the decision on this particular track that the heavy low-end kick is more essential, so I high-passed some of the sub freq out of the bass.
The only issue I'm hearing is a strange duck in the attack of the bass...like there's sidechain compression going on when there isn't. Other than that. it sounds good to me, but I've been listening to this beat daily for a few weeks now lol. Any opinions/advice on how the kick and bass sound on this?
(The only "mastering" on this right now is some limiting and excitement)
During the first few bars of the verse the bass is ducked, so you can hear the kick on it's own.
If this thread belongs in the Showcase section, let me know and I can move it.
Thanks guys