Managing Low End

[@anonagain]

I really enjoy your presentation style and humor, as well as the clear useful content - thank you!

[@jrclarkbass]

I have an addition to the studio monitor argument. Ahem. Listen to your monitors. I mean just really listen to them. Good advice to play your favorite songs on them. Get to know them. It doesn't matter what you have so long as you really listen. What songs do you like to hear on your car stereo? Go and play them in your flat studio and see what your monitors sound like.

[@MrBinthestudio]

Excellent advice. Totally agree.

[@garrettbuck512]

Thanks for making these videos. Even if this video has only 760 views, you've helped 760 people. Good info.

[@Turtle1057]

Another great video. Thank you!

[@BensRightBrain]

I really appreciate the work you put into these.

[@FormerlyKnownAsArt]

Love your videos. I watch Jason Moss's behind the speakers too. Please keep it up, I always get valuable information here.

[@andresgabana]

The best on KZbin teaching audio, please do more videos if you can. Thank you so much.

[@jerrywemhoff]

Those Avantone Mixcubes were my first tech topic!

[@andreumateulamas]

Nice to hear from you again my friend...Here I am .. . Your student .. Paying attention to everything you say.

[@keithbarnhart6952]

The genre means as much as anything. Hip Hop/Rap tends to be bottom hyped, since the tempo is usually slow, the bass tones can have longer decay times from the kick. Busier kick beats usually have much shorter release and compressed attacks. The #1 thing I do is determine from the get-go, is this a kick drum heavy track or a synth/real bass heavy track, because usually the both don't exist in the same mix IF bottom end is pronounced in the mix. Its easy for the low frequencies to get muddied. Another problem is mismatched frequencies between the kick and the bass instrument track, I usually solo-up those tracks to make sure there isn't freq-beating, destructive ( and some complimentary) phase issues. Also, you'd be surprised just how often you actually don't need a bass track if the arrangement provides that. Prince's "Kiss" and "When Doves Cry" don't have bass tracks.

[@TommyVamoz]

Thanks Mr. B!

[@timothylawrence707]

Another great instructional video from Mr. B! I just bought a used Avid C24 and I noticed that's the same control surface you use. Please keep the videos coming; with a lot of study at KZbin University I just may be able to learn how all these cables, knobs and buttons make wonderfully-sounding recordings! :-)

[@saadmemon543]

Thanks dad!!

[@afganshredhead]

I love your content, keep it up!!!

[@izmar]

Thank you! I'd love a video, or series, that goes further into detail on how to approach/balance various instrument frequencies within a mix.

[@smoreshaunted]

I really needed this lesson, working on it everyday. Amazing bloopers!!

[@MatthewDovetail]

Falling in love with your humor, Mr.B

[@seanmangan2769]

Your videos are entertaining and educational - thank you for your creativity and experience!

[@carrik_caser]

Fantastic as always, Mr. B. In addition to a few sets of speakers, I keep some studio headphones and a couple pairs of consumer headphones on hand to check the mix as well.

[@MrBinthestudio]

Everyone's got their "secret sauce" as far as that goes. For me, it's this piece of crap kitchen counter radio

[@torpedroboy679]

Man i love your humor

[@alexchandras5618]

Great video. I waiting your video tutorial recording from start to finish .

[@jonathantaylor5020]

these are great facts. I have found them to be true overtime myself just working through trial and error

[@botimsifmusic3319]

I just discovered your channel and I must say that I love your content. Your videos are well made, understandable and provided with good examples. Thank you so much for that!

[@HazeAnderson]

Imma try this out today. I sequence desktop synths and drum machines with MIDI (and CV) and mix their audio outs into a 24 track analog mixer. Mixing line level inputs (-10dBV or +4dBu) is SO MUCH easier than mic level inputs and I do a pretty good job of keeping things clear and balanced but I still have a lot of headroom that I could fill up. Additionally I do noticed that my kick drum tends to be a bit weak thru 💩speakers -- eschewing no real available compression options I tend to crank the bass EQ instead ... your advice seems much more sane. Thanks again!

[@atroeds]

Great content! Easy and funny with lots of actual knowledge behind them. Subbed!

[@samuelmatthews1137]

Hey man , I really love your videos , and they're extremely informative and helpful ( not to mention hilarious.!! ) . Can you do a video on mixing and mastering a whole project from scratch pleaseeee :D

[@MrBinthestudio]

I do want to do a video like that, but I have a lot of ducks to line up to get ready to shoot it. Thanks for watching!

[@smak8224]

Subscribed. Very constructive content.

[@protoman247]

cool. new vid.

[@duroxkilo]

this is only the 3rd video i'm watching on this channel.. thanks for sharing your knowledge mr B.. nice production value too.. ps: a little to much defensiveness for my taste, but that doesn't really matter :}

[@kenwebster5053]

"Have you ever asked a guitar player to turn down the bass on their amp?" LOL Actually, I did have a problem doing mixing for a live Christmas concert. At practice about a week or two before the event, there was too much muddy bass & nothing I could do about it as the bass amp was out of my control. I had a think about this, and decided to try putting the bass amp up on a stand to decouple it from the stage floor which was at about audience head height, spilling excess low end boundary reinforcement directly at the audience. Well I tactfully explained that there was a problem that would not be apparent to anyone on stage, but was bad for the audience. So, I built a heavy MDF butterfly stand that lifted the amp and angled it upwards some to decouple it from the stage floor. Stand hinge was a webbing strap, added cork feet and lined the amp seat with more cork. Absolutely no vibrations & it killed the problem stone dead. The Bass player was very happy with his tone & so was the audience. It was one of those rare wins on the 1st guess. In fact I think it was possibly the best concert with the tightest bass line I have ever mixed. I came home from that one stoked & with absolutely no regrets.

[@MrBinthestudio]

Great idea! Well done! :)

[@duroxkilo]

i don't like at all and i don't use mono/blue-tooth/smart speakers... but lots of people do, and honestly the sound on some of those is just amazing these days.. compared to what was available just 10 yrs ago, the sound improved A LOT for portable/small speakers...

[@coyoteserranoband]

The monitor debate is now open. I wish sometimes my degree was in recording engineering rather than music ed.

[@musiqah3849]

why would someone dislike this?!

[@MrBinthestudio]

"Some people just want to watch the world burn!"

[@billybadwordproductions1857]

I only use low end on my Kick and Floor Tom. :)

[@electromaniacal]

My vintage KEF bookshelf speakers are the best monitors. Fight me.

[@jrclarkbass]

We're going the wrong way! LMAO!!

[@the_electronicTech]

makes me feel better that im not the only one who fucks up when talking on front of the camera. lol

[@pbenson56fran]

Thank you . How can you apply this information to virtual instruments in a DAW?

[@MrBinthestudio]

No differently, really. Once the sound is coming out of the speakers, it doesn't matter where it came from, you treat it just the same.

[@pbenson56fran]

@@MrBinthestudio okay

[@hifijohn]

Cars are the worst for sound if it has the factory sound system especially if its an older car, I can mix a song that sounds good on a boombox/headphones/cheap to a good sound system but it will still suck in a car stereo, it's like you need a separate mix just for the car.

[@MrBinthestudio]

Agree!

[@Tappits84]

I mean if your not even using a set of Yamaha NS-1000m's are you even mixing real sound? :)

[@MrBinthestudio]

Get off my lawn! ;)

[@artbremer4076]

Are related to Steve Albini?

[@MrBinthestudio]

Ha! I get that quite a lot, but no. 🙂