How to Compress Low End

[@badtrip858]

Hey, I really appreciate your work and consistency. Can the next video be "how to mix double stacked vocals?" I am referring to the technique where people are recording two separate takes and stack them on top of each other to make the song sound fuller.

[@FredDeMassiveAlambic]

you have to spend time aligning perfectly the two takes (most often the 2nd one on the main), even if this implicates croping, cutting, editing audio. The only reason to separate the takes in time would be artistic choice. Most of the time, you want the 2nd take to be more compressed (I personally often use opto comp emulation pushed to -5/7dB), less present (slight 2-5kHz cut), and plays of course at a lower level. Last tricks would be to use a slapback delay for fullness, reverb to fit the song (do you want fullness ? depth ? space ?), compressed high-shelf air boost for crispness.. Many tools, tricks and solutions but aligning is 90% of the job

[@AkposbeatzMusic]

Interesting techniques 💪🏾 Sage audio never misses out 💯🎶

[@doreldumbrava2627]

Totul este foarte util. Dacă aş fi avut ştiinţa asta acum 15-20 de ani, acum aş fi fost departe. Mulşumesc pentru cunoatere şi bunăvointă..! 🙂

[@amybigbruda]

These videos are gold. I find it best to turn my head away from the screen and just listen when testing sound. It lets me know if I really hear a difference and if I don't then I don't use said technique. Good ish tho

[@RufusJacson]

This is superb, really easy to follow as a step by step. Got a full day of mixing tomorrow so I'm going to rewatch this as I'm mixing the low end!

[@jojomarino7327]

Great toutorials. I think that for some electronic music genres like tech house where the sub bass might bend up an octave suddenly, compression or some form of dynamic control on your bass sound is definitely required. In your example the midi was playing notes relatively close to each other in pitch so the compression probably wasn't necessary.

[@inhorama338]

I've watched several of your videos and I can only be grateful and say thank you ! Awesome tips, processing show in depth, thanks again !

[@JTFuller]

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[@beatcookinncleveland]

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[@adamsmith7058]

With synth bass. I frequently use a lot of modulation of filter, fm amount (if there), adding modulation through external filtering, bit crushing, phase/flange/chorus, all sorts of stuff. So yeah, I frequently have to compress synth basses. The only exception being sine bass which I would often use for weight, with a layered bass that is hi passed at 90hz or so. Even then with sine bass there are a few filters I'd send it through to add saturation/harmonics which would also have the effect of creating compression on that bass.

[@SHAMESOUNDS]

Love the content, starting to look forward to every video you put out

[@djvoid1]

Request! How to choose effective reverb, delay, chorus etc for dry sounds such as synths, di instruments or samples

[@thebeatmajors_yt]

set up busses with different ones and try them out to see which fits the song and surrounding material

[@reziahamed6654]

Thanks millions for these insanely helpful content.... Love your presentations soo much... If possible pls do a video on how to get the maximum loudness thru streaming services pleeae.. cheers...

[@Darksagan]

Excellent! I am learning my fabfilter plugins via your videos. Thanks

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[@westthampton]

I watched almost every video but I always wondered, is he using Abelton Live or protools

[@JamEZmusic86]

Neither, It's logic

[@westthampton]

@@JamEZmusic86 thanks

[@Hassan_Omer]

Hi, thanks for the tutorial. I have a question. How do you explain pumping in audio theoretically ?

[@sageaudio]

It's the attenuation of the full frequency range whenever the kick hits. Since the kick is often more powerful, it'll trigger a compressor more often. If that compressor is affecting the full mix, attenuation to the full mix whenever the kick hits will create a "pumping" sound. SageAudio.com

[@Hassan_Omer]

@@sageaudio Thank you very much 🙏

[@SonoraOndaLatinaOficial]

Genial

[@sukhi.rockstar]

thankyou for lovely videos ...

[@Pirosticks]

I don't think the compression on the bass synth was needed. A mild distortion thingy would have been better

[@phantomhim9523]

Question: with that divide Freq by 1000 thing. How do you pick the frequency that's suitable for your track? Wouldn't you have to individually compress each note with different attack and release settings? Maybe I'm being dumb but I don't understand that one.

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for watching! I picked the lowest frequency that would be run through the compressor. So say a mix has frequencies as low as 30Hz, then I'd divide 1000/30 to get 33.3ms as the quickest time I could set without distorting 30Hz. In this example, frequencies above 30Hz wouldn't get distorted. But if we're using a compressor like the 1176, with an attack time as short as 0.02ms, this distortion could affect the full frequency spectrum. SageAudio.com

[@phantomhim9523]

@@sageaudio Ah, I see. I thought that might be it but then I thought that was kind of unusable for any modern electronic stuff being that we're always using fast attack times. Super interesting none the less, I didn't know it worked like that. Thanks for the explanation bru.

[@johnmichael6441]

This is awesome

[@dgalloable]

I sent in a song I made 3 months ago and never received the free mastered sample.

[@sageaudio]

Hey Duplex! Sorry about the difficulty! Have you logged back into your account? The file should be uploaded there - if not, please contact us directly and we will get this sorted out. SageAudio.com

[@seangill2413]

One of the best types of compression for basses is simply adjusting the velocity of notes that pop out too loudly no cap

[@HollerAtcherBoi]

True, but that will vary depending on your monitoring system. So you may be compensating for poor monitoring

[@PatrickObiang]

BRAVO! 💯💯💯💥💥💥

[@dannydaniel1234]

A analog compressor would sound so much better

[@lillightstruck5378]

shoulda have included ff mb

[@ARKHONBEATS]

First ✌️

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