Mixing Low End

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[@BillGraper]

10:14 This one is VERY important!!! Many instruments have a certain sound, and putting on a high pass filter takes away the range that isn't helping the sound. I love doing the same on reverb. The super lows on reverb sound pretty muddy. You want the mids & up on reverb. Maybe SOME low mids. Even cutting the super highs helps sometimes. Another great video!!!

[@sageaudio]

I agree! The lows get muddy quick when there are instruments that don't need to occupy the range. Good idea about reverb too!

[@GloveBunniesVideos]

I never thought about using Fresh Air on Kick and Bass but it makes sense!

[@AudioReplica2023]

Im glad you touch the subject more related to tune your kick drum lower or higher before hitting record. Now thats producing. I think the only problem a lot of home mixers have at this point isnt understanding what not to do or do while mixing ..that area its been already covered. The real issue is we keep hearing this "use your ears not your eyes" to people that have a really bad sounding room to start. And yes I know we can go around that learning your room curve but thats another problem ...we as humans adapt really quick to anything including how a room sounds but that doesn't mean that just bcuz you know how your room sounds ...you have to ignore the real problem ....the problem be that , if you are not hearing the real problem ...you cant fix it. Simple as that. thats why we see ppl setting up 3 pair of speakers and so ...because they looking for those problematic frequencies that the room keep hiding from them or over exaggerating. Its like a famous mixer (cant remember now) once said; Bedrooms are made for sleep...not for mixing music.

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[@burns46824]

you shared some good ideas here. Back in the day, there were not all of these tools, especially the dynamic equalization stuff, and they made it work. Personally, I do a lot of ducking using analog compressors with a side chain. Cutting some 250 Hz from the kick helps as well.

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@@sageaudio I have to find a way to make it work in the analog realm, since I use analog tape for recording!

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Here is the wierd part, the low end was the easiest for me to mix,until i was told its the hardest,ever since then it has been very difficult.

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It's cause you started thinking too hard about it!

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[@lalocura1828]

In the low end situation on masters I usually go straight for fab pro mb and use downwards expansion to create more dynamics or space in between those instruments... like chords that have a lot of low end and bass that are clashing. Using downwards expansion is a fast way to seperate it when there isn't much left to do especially in a master. I really like using expansion because you can shape the attack and release and really seperate things dynamically when they're just to close in volume together. To me this is differentiated with feeling and not so much sound. It takes some experience using expansion and knowing what you're looking for and notice those subtle yet powerful changes. Separation causes a much better swing or groove

[@sageaudio]

Very cool! Ideally this could be handled during mixing, but I see what you're saying. Once you get the attack and release in time with the music, it'll add to the swing or groove of the low end while increasing the dynamic range.

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[@lalocura1828]

At 9 minutes when you turned on the compressor I really like noticing increase in swing but when you turned on the eq it definitely got cleaner but now some peaks of the bass are being pushed making it a bit less impact full which is fine depending on the genre. In some cases using expansion to stretch it a bit might help create that clean separation without compressing so much. Just depends. Bcuz sometimes one can compress more than they need on the bass to get cleaner sound but that'll make it sound a bit over compressed. Usually it works fine but expansion is just another dope tool to use

[@sageaudio]

Very true! I'll try some similar techniques in this video but with downward expansion and upward expansion to see how it creates a different sound.

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Great one!!! Waiting for LOW TOM mixing with low end please!...

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Thanks for watching! That's too specific to make a full video on, but I can add that to a video in the future.

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@sage_audio what was the frequency read out application you used to get the pultec eq curve response? That’s really handy!

[@nastika888]

15:17 whats the name of that plugin? i always looking for some meter like that !

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Bertom Audio - EQ Curve Analyzer

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[@schoo006]

First: your videos are absolutely VERY good in all aspects!! Thank you for this hugely helpful and detailed information. I'd like to ask three questions here: 1: Am I right when I conclude that - given the natural limitations of the human hearing spectrum - I will never escape the fact that those bass heavy instruments NEED a significant dB advantage (higher peaks on the dB meter) to ‘stand out’?...even after some (deliberate or accidential ) saturation? 2: If so: can I solve this problem by simply lowering the gain on all the other tracks? (and get the volume back in the mastering stage?) 3: Does it make a technical difference if I choose to lower each and every single track individually or save myself some time by lowering the gain of the whole groups that they belong to?

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for watching - It's great to hear you like the videos! 1. Yeah - our ears don't prioritize low frequencies (instead emphasizing speech due to the ear canal's shape, size, and the diaphragm size of our ear drums). For reasons unknown to me, though, we still really enjoy the sound of low frequencies, especially kick and bass, so those need to be higher in level, as well as saturated with harmonics to make them easier to perceive. 2. Yes - if your tracks are peaking, but you still want more bass or low frequencies, lower the level of everything and then increase the level of the bass/lows. The loudness will be re-established during mastering (and in a way that sacrifices clarity and balance as little as possible). 3. If you have processing on the buses, then it will make a difference. So, say you have a compressor on the drum bus and you lower the level of the individual snare track. That drum bus compressor will have less signal running into it. If you lower the level of the bus instead, then the compressor still has the same signal running into it, and the level is turned down after the compression occurs.

[@DJONTHETRACK985]

Great info, that low end can get tricky

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It really can!

[@felixklein7683]

why nobody talks about compressing the sub lows? is there a trick to make the under 100hertz freqs even? or how it works? or shouldnt you compress lows?

[@mikylemusic]

can you make a mixing vocals to a 2 track beat part 2 ? 👀

[@sageaudio]

Maybe in the future! Thanks for watching

[@boristubeti6776]

What channel do you apply the Pultech technique?

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[@OKFCPrez]

Another awesome video, and thanks for confirming a lot of what I have been doing. Seems like you default to a high pass filter slope of 12 dB/oct for tracks where you're clearing mid-range instrument overlap. Is that correct?

[@sageaudio]

Thanks for watching - yep, 12dB/octave. If I go higher, like 18dB/Octave, there will be a small resonance above the cut off, which will amplify the lows around that area, so I try to keep it around 12dB/octave instead

[@37hertz.studio]

What is the name of a plugin in 15:35 showing difference before/after?

[@sageaudio]

Here's a link: www.bertomaudio.com/eq-curve-analyzer.html

[@RaptureMusicOfficial]

It's so subtle that I don't hear any difference when ON of OFF. So, why care then?

[@sageaudio]

That’s a valid observation! If you’re not noticing changes, it might be helpful to review your monitoring setup. Sometimes, differences are more apparent on reference-level headphones or studio monitors in a well-treated space. Even subtle adjustments can significantly impact the overall quality of a mix. Paying attention to these details helps ensure that your music translates well across different listening environments and delivers the best possible experience to your audience.

[@RaptureMusicOfficial]

@@sageaudio Thanks for your answer! Yes my monitors (Behringer) might not be the best, but at least I have studio monitors. Now think of 99% of consumers who have kitchen radio speakers. They won't care about differences in mixes on masters. They just want to listen to good music. I'm a composer and arranger and my clients and audience don't want different mixes (although I offer them they don't care much)they just want good music and that's what counts. :)

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[@DjForceWonderz]

dynamics sounds better to me

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