How To Layer Basses For EDM

[@dicasdoanthony]

Great tip, man, thanks! My annotations for bass layering were: main: 100hz a 1500hz, pluck: 300hz a 5000hz, adjust with transient designer, stereo: 300hz a 5000hz, mid/side eq, -6db mid, sub: 40hz a 100hz.

[@vakseen2618]

yo thanks for the summary my man

[@musaire]

because he used mid/side EQ to cut every freq in center, you could actually just low- and highpass first, and then use any mid/side plugin for that mid-cut part. Good free plugins for that are MSED and A1StereoControl.

[@miscellaneous1276]

You forgot To put your sub In mono.

[@RickHillMusic]

what about the bass bellow 40 hz ? 20-40 hz is also considered as sub frequencies right ? I've heard that some some producers do it to save some energy (cuz the lowest frequencies tend to eat up a lot of energy) but at the same time some audio engineers say it's better to keep em. what do you guys think ?

[@zephyr8037]

Sub should be 20/30-100 depends

[@hassangolden12]

Pure GOLD.. yes you read right. All his tutorials are gold😎💯😎

[@darlingtonpersonal]

Pls dnt switch up on your method of teaching as some do when they get bigger,your method is just simple and very understanding,you definitely gonna be a hit bro,thanks,jst found you today and really appreciate your videos,so helpful.

[@cekirdekci32]

i dont know how come this guy is not a famous DJ yet?

[@Schatten2712]

my dude you are one of the best teachers in youtube! You've got a natural talent there! Subscribed without thinking it twice, thanks and please do keep it up.

[@heroforest]

"Natural talent"... Years of work! Hundreds and thousands of hours put in.Otherwise I agree fully :).

[@matthewtoledo3675]

Priceless... I'm watching this one every week

[@cloudscape5996]

Ohh lol nice.. xD

[@jrapp654]

I love that workflow, especially with the point you made at the end where you can audition different sounds to see what else might fit. Solid video 👌👌

[@lleevv1052]

Thank you. This really helped me. I've been struggling quite a lot with a bass on one of my songs. It just felt like something was missing. It doesn't anymore. I used other sounds of course but now everything works with the bass in the song . Again thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@minleemusic_]

THANK YOU

[@kijan9551]

My favourite producer-KZbinr right now! Keep the quality up!

[@LUCKYKATmeowsic]

Super useful and explained in a clear way. Big help mate as I was struggling with this on my next release. Thanks Big Z. Peace!

[@ayMillmusic]

Very interesting approach to layering!

[@nickjames2687]

Best tutorials on KZbin for edm in my opinion

[@jl9205]

Awesome tutorial! This video and another from Zen World are the two best I've seen on this topic. I only discovered your Channel about a month ago. I think you just popped up in my feed. I became an immediate subscriber. Excellent demonstrations and great advice.

[@nipambarman3221]

Trust me bro the way you explain all these tutorials is so amazing . #respect ❤️

[@arziva1615]

King of Tutorials :) !

[@darick8963]

Here I was looking all around my preset packs for the perfect all in one preset. This makes so much more sense & I feel quite dumb I didn't think of this.

[@PortoGamingBR]

Man I’ve already said , but you’re the best !! Complements from Brazil brotha!!

[@TheDude-vx6wn]

These layering tutorials are much needed. Thanks!

[@MeExpressing]

I don't even have a computer or software right now and I think this information is fantastic 👏🏼💪🏼👍🏼🔥

[@xanderlorea]

This is the Best tutorial for layering basses! Thank You for sharing ;)

[@Ufowavecollective]

Watched through your ad for presets. It's actually a really well made ad. I like that you showed each instance of serum on the screen, as it played. Very sweet. The sounds are beefy too 👍 Keep it up man. Great sound design

[@retsmej]

wooo! i'm glad i found Big Z channel ! many thanks !!!!

[@jordanhamana1816]

Sickest tutorials around atm !

[@johnpaul5949]

big z at it again

[@simme4u]

Right now it the best music youtuber according to me

[@amour2615]

I love how every videos starts with a relaxed "Big Z here!"

Man, your videos are the best! Thanks and keep that going

[@BigZMusic]

thanks man!

[@zanngoc]

Sir, you are one amazing fella.

[@koczkadavid2009]

I love your work dude, both your music and these amazing tutorials.

[@systemaxx]

Love this guys tutorials.. works like a treat

[@KipKontje]

Happy I found this channel last week. Thanks!

[@paul6925]

Short and straight to the point!

[@seangray4512]

Awesome tutorial Z, no bull shit and straight to the point. Cheers bro!

[@andytrung2720]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR FUCKING KNOWLEDGE OF GOLD BIG Z IM SO GLAD THAT I FOUND YOUR CHANNEL. IM STILL FAIRLY NEW TO MUSIC PRODUCTION AND YOU HAVE BEEN A SAVIOR. tHANK YOU!!!

[@41ex]

this man is a genius, subbed & liked.

[@cannonstudios]

Loving this stuff, simple but effective...I'm always learning!

[@Symphoniics]

DEEP DONK. My favorite.

[@pirre6404]

Big thanks for your tutorials, Big Z! As always, great and very helpful work!

[@finessebeats1258]

This helped a lot you are such a tranquil person

[@NooneyMusic84]

Great advise for Layering bass. Easy tutorial to understand. Great work 😁👍

[@michaelandersson1904]

Excellent lesson!

[@vlad47333]

Its awesome.Your videos so usefull. Looking forward for the next video. By the way make some mastering and mixing tutorial

[@simme4u]

Maxi Smith agreed, leveling especially

[@BigZMusic]

thanks i'll make some of those soon 👌👌

[@markjhorsley]

Another great vid! Can you do a video on drums / processing and parallel compression please dude

[@ethjam0909]

Dude your vids are awesome! Super helpful man thanks a lot!

[@arjayvebeats3817]

Man this was so useful! Thanks for the help!

[@abyssent]

a lot of the times when i have a stereo bass layer i like to leave the stereo cutoff with a lil more of the lowend and then reduce the mid frequencies of the low end w a low shelf so it sounds like its more like the same sound as the main bass but w some extra depth to it

[@jl9205]

Video suggestion: can you offer any advice on where to start mixing so that when you are done with the mix you still have sufficient Headroom for mastering? For example, where do you place your kick drum and bass to get started before layering all the higher elements on top of that? As i gain experience, I am starting my mixes quieter and quieter, but it always seems to creep up. Any advice you can offer on this topic is most welcome! Love the channel, Z. And it looks like it is really gaining momentum.

[@aufake2585]

About 7 years too late here! Man, this sounds awesome. Do any phase issues pop up using this method?

[@Cryptiiix]

Do you apply compression to all the layers afterwards to blend them?

[@2crimesmusic]

You are the best bro!

[@Thadnill]

Haha I was like on the first example ''Yeeaahh I like this, so this is what a layered base from Z sounds like, awesome!!'' 1 Sec later: ''So this is just one base sound''

[@KitKalvert]

Great video! Im a little late to the party but may I ask? Im really interested in the Buss process, the most important plugin on your chain would be the OTT, It would be great if you could disclose the general settings and purpose of the OTT; is it glue? Or Something extra too?

[@akshayyc010]

This helped allot...thanks brotha!

[@h4rdedge105]

Thanks again bro!! Really appreciate it!

[@lens8933]

amazing tutorial. thanks!

[@ItsDJPJ]

When you are selecting the different layers for the bass sounds can you theoretically use any sounds as long as you eq it correctly? Or do the sounds have to be the same key etc…

[@jesperhjholdt7871]

Amazing content as always!

[@brianroyt]

What settings do you have up on that CLA Bass plug-in?

[@MolotFx]

Thank You!

[@djgstefan]

Great stuff.

[@canwefindout]

Great video! But what about bus processing to compress all the basses? Is that not necessary?

[@BigZMusic]

I do compress all the basses together in a bus I just completely forgot to talk about it in this video haha sorry

[@aobaprod9918]

Very useful, thx!

[@dandan-o8v]

Beautiful, thanks!

[@kelvinc5874]

You helped me a lot! Thanks!!!

[@yvesdje820]

big z the great

[@AlejandroGonzalez-wo5fk]

Youre a freaking professional

[@13ounce30]

Why do you not have over 50k subs already?

[@emirunalan1287]

he might be reserving them for kick i think

[@michaelmarkspersonal]

That was really good

[@EzGriefing]

Nice video once again! But what do I do if my main bass layer isnt a plucky bass but is more on the high end?

[@BigZMusic]

that's fine, this is more of a general template - the important thing is that you separate the basses in the frequency spectrum so as long as it's high passed out of the way of the main bass it's all good

[@EzGriefing]

Big Z Thanks for the reply mate! Maybe you could explain stereo image-ing aswell :) I've been seperating certain frequencies that overlap on chord layers in the stereo image but after this vid I am not sure if I should get rid of one of them or keep seperating them in the stereo.

[@MRK24567]

what are the sends on the bass channels doing?

[@valentinafreitas7412]

What is CLA Bass Settings?????

[@TracingFlares]

veeeery good man😊

[@Driven2Beats]

okay great stuff but how do you do the first bass ;D

[@DaytonaHills]

Thank you for this

[@ferez1985]

good tutorial, thanks

[@kalairubinvenkat8333]

Very useful!! Keep up...

[@ginotarabotto]

Thank you Sensei

[@Danielmksmusic]

tysm

[@thisislucydarlyn]

Please release this serum sound set Z.!!!

[@ThandoNewYork]

Would you mind posting the presets for the synths?

[@julianbates]

Please make a tutorial on "JLV - Look Away"

[@brendanevo4g]

Good man, thsnk you fot this

[@RickHillMusic]

what about the bass bellow 40 hz ? 20-40 hz is also considered as sub frequencies right ? I've heard that some some producers do it to save some energy (cuz the lowest frequencies tend to eat up a lot of energy) but at the same time some audio engineers say it's better to keep em. what do you guys think ?

[@ItsAzeza]

Even i am confused, because usually i used to take from 0/20 hz till 150hz for sub bass

[@xInvinsiible]

Would love to see a remake tutorial of Flume- Take a Chance, Innerbloom (What so not remix) or Don Diablo-Survive!

[@ZandraNelli]

Dope!👏😍🔥

[@pianiccsmusicfactory6526]

Many thanks!

[@valentinafreitas7412]

I think there is some compression on your bus 4, which is actually affecting the sound

[@troytang9040]

Bruh your Nexus is definitely crack I already know

[@santhiagowav]

Nice tutorial! You seem like you are baked

[@Marcelo-gv1xg]

Good stuff!

[@laalpanda5805]

Love it

[@valentinafreitas7412]

is it possible to share this Logic pro project???? it`s not possible to see you CLA Bass settings, and further more, my timbre is not equal than yours, your're not opening all channel effects to see how you dit it! pease help....the sound gets closer, but i`m missing the click, or something like that, there are several effects in your bus

[@banyanmusicofficial]

Valentina Freitas Transient shaper on the pluck layer for a nice click

[@ProjectsToMansions]

We hope to work with them one day

[@gavinwolking4902]

Yo Z! Question came up in my head. Why don't you go lower than 40hz for the sub? I thought that 70/80/90hz was too high to use a sub? I could be wrong, but curious what your take is! Thanks, G

[@abinashsharma1688]

depends upon the key of your track... you can search the frequency for every note in google and know better

[@TriadIncofficial]

Hey Big Z! Thank you for share it!! Are these presets are selling in your presets pack? Thank you! Could you tell me the names in the pack?

[@euveras]

Yeah, I liked the video.

[@riktascale4]

Wow tricks man!

[@nicomoreno9531]

what about between 100Hz and 120Hz?

[@emanueleciccone2200]

Awesome!