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This rules!
Widening/beefing your mix Is all in the bass guitar! - Well it can be haha
What are you using for bass and how are you processing it?
im trying withought over compensating haha, for bass im using an ibanez 4 string in drop D. as for my fx chain it goes as followed; bass, Reapitch(shifted down 5 semitones) amplitube, BBE sonic maz, EQ, and then compression. and thats prettty much it
+1 for Reaper!
Try taking the recorded bass and copying it onto 2 new tracks - 3 in total - and process them all differently.
Make the first very clean with some low and high mid boosts for clarity and bass respose. Take the second and compress it with some minimal eq to make it punchy to your tastes. Also add a bit of distortion but not enough to actually make ot gritty. On the third scoop out alot of the mids and boost a bit of the high end. Distort the .... out of this track and blend it into the other 2. This may sound extensive but i garuntee it will warm up your entire track and make your bass presence more than it is. Also all the tracks should be running what ever vst plugins you use too amp your bass, just adjust the presets from clean to gritty from track 1-3. Lemme know if it works like it does for me
+1 for Reaper!
Try taking the recorded bass and copying it onto 2 new tracks - 3 in total - and process them all differently.
Make the first very clean with some low and high mid boosts for clarity and bass respose. Take the second and compress it with some minimal eq to make it punchy to your tastes. Also add a bit of distortion but not enough to actually make ot gritty. On the third scoop out alot of the mids and boost a bit of the high end. Distort the .... out of this track and blend it into the other 2. This may sound extensive but i garuntee it will warm up your entire track and make your bass presence more than it is. Also all the tracks should be running what ever vst plugins you use too amp your bass, just adjust the presets from clean to gritty from track 1-3. Lemme know if it works like it does for me
Shiiiet dude! Way better imo, your mix actually sounds full and glued together! I would suggest busing all 3 bass tracks to 1 new track and low cutting the sub bass from it so your kick can breathe a bit more and you do not have the low subsonic hum. Do you prefer this mix compared to your last?
Cheers, i am stoked to hear some of your next original tunes!
Btw, just listened to the second demo after i made my last post. Sounds good. Defiantly tighter and everything seems more pronounced.