Take Your Thin Sounding Demo to a Full Sounding Master

I do this in every song I mix!
Doc
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[@jjtweed-music]

Bob, thanks again for sharing.

[@mikewallaceguitar2538]

That's a great tip and trick. CLA does something similar which he calls the "bass and drum compactor." He doesn't use dynamic EQ though, or hasn't said so.

[@larswillsen]

Interesting little trick man!! Thanks :)

[@66falcon99]

So much faster than what I've been doing! Better sound, too. Thanks for the video!

[@michaeltablet8577]

Excellent and I could listen to that tune all day! That's beautiful!

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks for listening

[@Beldvlmnt]

Great video doc - appreciated this one big time!!

[@theslideguy4228]

BRO! GAME CHANGER! Working on a heavy mix right now and adding about 30% of this makes my nuts shake... Thank you.

[@BobbyHuff]

Fantastic! It really works!

[@williessandwhich9725]

Gotta hand it to you, this is extremely clever

[@davebops2478]

Very interesting Doc - I'll have a play with this.

[@BobbyHuff]

It’s amazing!!

[@TheDeaconKragDaggon]

This is exactly what Ive been looking for Doc. My mixes have been super thin... cant wait to get home and try it. Question?... will this work with the overall mix?

[@TonyJBrennan]

Best way to think of this is pretend its a reverb send for lowend ..and send a little from each track you want included to it. But the reverb is really two eqs instead.

[@TimE_5150]

Great stuff as always Bob!, when I hear that ending without the vocals I can picture George McFly and Lorraine dancing at the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance! . Thank you.

[@BobbyHuff]

Haha! Thanks Tim!

[@Paul-dw2cl]

that track sounds great

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks Paul!

[@JaviBello]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOB!!!!! That's an interesting aproach, thanks for sharing!!!

[@BobbyHuff]

JAAAAAAAAVVVV!!! Thanks my friend!

[@paulnagel8161]

Another great tip!

[@BobbyHuff]

Glad you liked it!

[@TwoSouls-productions]

🎉🎉

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks!

[@fstudiosmusicandvideo7795]

Couldn’t the same effect have been achieved with a multiband compressor?

[@edsohovocals]

Sounds good but can you do an A/B with just an EQ on the master-out so we can truly hear the difference?

[@Owl-qh2rh]

Awesome! Not familiar with the phrase 'just a return not a bus'? Is that the similsr to an Fx send or parallel compression?

[@BobbyHuff]

Yes it’s an fx send!

[@Owl-qh2rh]

​Thank you Sir!!! I've never thought of doing that with an EQ!!! Great tip! Have a great week!!! 🙏🕊️​@@BobbyHuff

[@markthefrontman1]

❤❤❤🤟Wowzer !!

[@BobbyHuff]

Thanks!

[@klaatuklaatu1]

Bob.. If you do that EQ boost on the master bus, will it work too?

[@BobbyHuff]

Yes but don’t cut the high end and make sure you do it with an eq and compressor that has a mix knob.

[@EdwinDekker71]

Sounds good, I'm not sure why you'd need both plugins though, couldn't you just make the first one dynamic?

[@BobbyHuff]

Yes you can definitely do that. For some reason I like to use both but u are correct!

[@EdwinDekker71]

@@BobbyHuff whatever works 👍👍

[@tcr4451]

BLACKHAWK just played down the street at our RibFest. Thought of Dr. Bob!

[@BobbyHuff]

Aaahhh! Great! Love those guys!!

[@subterraneanpimpernel9455]

would you say this is a mix trick or a mastering dark art?

[@BobbyHuff]

Well it can be applied in either situation. I just do it in the mix stage to get it as close to how I want before I master.

[@bvdtunes]

Bob, is this trick basically the same thing as Andrew Scheps' 'Rear Bus' trick - only with adding the drums?

[@BobbyHuff]

I’m not sure as I’ve never studied his rear bus trick.

[@bvdtunes]

@@BobbyHuff Thanks for responding. Along with his full mix, he creates a bus with a compressor and sends everything except drums there. Then he brings that track in to taste. I suppose the only difference is that he doesn't lo pass or specifically choose a 'magic' frequency to boost. I think adding a compressor to your trick might be the best of both ideas. Adding the drums does make sense. Thanks again.

[@PocketSunlight]

Sorry, I didn't get the bit where you said you'd copy it and shoot it in - it seemed a key bit that was rushed over. Can you elaborate, please?

[@ivywilson6515]

That FabFilter EQ works as a regular EQ or a dynamic EQ. He made a copy of the regular EQ and turned the copy into a dynamic EQ. If I understand the technique, it's compressing the boosted frequency range, making it thicker.

[@kevgamble]

@@ivywilson6515 From what I can tell, for those who don't own the FabFilter, this would also work with a free dynamic EQ like the TDR Nova, which can also do this. I will have to give it a try.

[@BobbyHuff]

@@ivywilson6515that is exactly correct.

[@PocketSunlight]

@@ivywilson6515 Yes, I get that but that didn’t answer my question!

[@PocketSunlight]

@@BobbyHuff Thanks for the response, Bob, but it doesn’t answer the actual question of why you then copied that texture nor where you shot it in. The eq already on the track you’d adjusted, so why was there a need to then copy it and shoot it in? What does shoot it in mean in this context??

[@batheavy2834]

Sorry this is an effects return channel with an EQ in it?

[@BobbyHuff]

Yes that is correct! I may not have been clear enough on that.

[@musiclovermbk4723]

Fancy way to parallel eq.. I would add saturation..

[@BobbyHuff]

Yes that could work as well. No rules!

[@asor8037]

Yeah f honing your craft, making your art as great as can be... Just use a 1 minute trick! that's all you need!

[@BobbyHuff]

Yes that’s correct. Every career is full of one minute tricks.

[@rt5u]

Did you read the sign where it says "Do this one minute trick to skip years of practice"? Yeah me neither.

[@asor8037]

@@rt5u He changed the title of the video 😉. I just get sick of all this clickbait sometimes, everything is a "hack". There's no art in "hacks". Yes, you can learn techniques, but the mindset of "just use this hack, and you'll be succesful" is BS

[@BobbyHuff]

@@asor8037 I NEVER changed the title of the video…you have to understand that a career is full of these techniques. Any career is full of techniques. Techniques are valuable…they are what allows us to improve. Don’t hate…learn. Be open to techniques.

[@BobbyHuff]

@@rt5u I never said skip years of practice. Sad this to your years of practice. Why the hate? Relax and learn.