5 Misconceptions About Bass 

I wish these videos existed when I started. Producers in this era are so lucky to have a real community.

I WAS LITERALLY MIXING THE BASS IN A SONG WHEN THIS NOTIFICATION CAME UP 😂😂!! Thanks Alex :)

I needed a doctor to deal with my sloppy low end. Then I found this video. Truly lifechanging.

Am I a music producer? No. Do I know my kicks from my hertz? No. Did I watch all ten minutes of this video because it was fascinating? Yep.

Here’s two for you 6) EQing the low end of your kick and bass is a good idea - low end EQ adds either phase rotation to the low end, or pre/post ringing artefacts if using linear EQ which cause more issues. It’s possible to work around these issues with ducking and phase management, but it’s a lot to manage especially if you ever want to change the EQ again later. Instead get the bass or kick synthesis right in the first place so you don’t need to add EQ. Learn how to edit wave tables to bake EQ choices in to the harmonic levels. 7) stereo width in the bass is bad. This used to be true when songs were played from vinyl, or if not correctly thinking about how a mono down mix affects phase cancellation (this is relevant for large PA sounds systems where they typically still play tracks in mono or use large subs - which are mono in nature. Correctly dealing with mono down mixing can still allow you to create stereo bass in your track, which can sound great for consumer playback , especially headphones, so don’t shy away from it.

Me listening to the bass on a laptop speaker:

You know you've learned a lot when the channels you looked up to start giving tips which you already came up with yourself :D

Great video. It's been about 20 years since I actively made music, but this got me wanting to start again.

great video! thanks for sharing Alex

always helpin all producers big or just startin out! thanks man

I'm simply amazed by how fast you got to the point and started explaining. I didn't search for this or even produce music myself but you earned my sub! Keep it that way brother 🤙🏻

You are always using so clean and crisp sounds in your videos that gives me inspiration! 👊👑

dude i wanted to take the time to tell you how much i love this channel bro! soo much tips and knowledge. helping me cut the cream! working on my basslines now they are tricky! 😝

I absolutely love the way you explain things!

I really appreciate how concise and directly applicable all of these tips are. Thank you!

Thank you, Megamind

This is a much talked about topic and I think you did an excellent job in explaining the issues in a very understandable way! Awesome work!

I always learn so much from your videos, I can’t wait to try this out on my mixes!!! Thank you!!

Thanks for the knowledge man!

Thanks for the tips man! Also I’m still enjoying your Orbital pack! I love it!

Absolutely an simple but straightforward tutorial on bass mixing. I mean by the time you got to the end on bass & kick not coming through in the mix. I heard the bass not present like it should. Then you explained what had happened. Great short powerful class.❤🤘

Thank you brother for all you doing for us ❤️🙏

Wow thats amazing! Thanks so much for sharing !!

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Learned A LOT TODAY! THANK YOU MAN! 🔥🔥🔥

THIS is a really helpful video. Saw so many vids and tuts about mixing and EQing, but nothing of that quality. Thanks alot!

Great tips man, thank you

Great Video. Thanks for this very useful Tutorial.

Sir, you singlehandedly carried everything I needed to know about the low end. Thank you 🙏

great advice and super helpful thank you brotha !

never thought about that, was really helpful dawg

Great tid bits for newer producers and well explained. I knew all of these tricks but I did learn a more in depth explanation into why I do the things I do while producing. Thanks!

Great instruction, clear comms!

Thanks Alex, would like to see more output from you again

Excellent pro tips. Thanks. Subbed.

Super helpful. Thank you! 🙏🏼🙏🏼

Been struggling with this as a total noob to production for a while now. I copied step for step, the results where what I was looking to achieve 🤯 Thanks so much man!

Thanks alot man... My favorite stuff to try and learn. I listen while I'm working first, then after work I'm able to relisten while attempting to implement and reinforce. I'm making progress fast from creators like yourself, thanks again.

great tutorial and music! That tune sounds very good, hope you have it somewhere full release

Holy shit bro! I haven’t came across you in a while, glad you still making videos bro. It’s crazy too bc a few months ago I was wondering what happened to you

VERY VERY USEFULL info!! and WELL explained THANK YOU!!

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It’s awesome to see how much there is to music

Alex, thank you so much for this video - I couldn't subscribe fast enough. Your explanations are excellent and I have learned so much from just this one video. Thank you again!

This is excellent Information!

For a beginner you've explained this brilliantly. Thank you!

This is exactly how I mix. Great tips.

Yep this video is the one 🙌🏾🔥💯 thnx bro

This video is a fundamental for anyone who wants to approach music production. Priceless tutorial, thank you. Even if I produce since 2018, it was an useful refresh for me too

Suddenly after few months he's back with a very helpful video!

Yeah I feel like way too many people overlook the taking out the lows of all their instruments with highs. Kind of hilarious because that's the very first thing you learn when you watch a music production video😂😂

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Great Video Alex ❤

Thank you for this. I’m somewhere in the middle with my knowledge but still a noob. Love your channel!

Thank you sir ❤

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Thank you for sharing

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Great video!

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Way to cram a lot of legit info into 10 minutes! Super helpful!

Very good explained!

New sub! I’ll probably revisit this video a few times. I write metal music but this is still so helpful.

Thanks for this. Clear explanation. I’m literally on day 16 of learning how to do any of this. Immediate subscribe.

Broo love ur vids, can you make a video about fundamentals sounds for melodic techno, melodic house please, thank you so much for all your vids, really helpfull

You are a real creative person

This was just the tutorial I needed 🙏🥺 I would love to see also when to use and when not to use reverb.

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Another video. Great 👍

Amazing vid. Very to the point. To expand on the masking aspect. Sometimes it’s not just the low end of the other instruments clashing with the bass. It’s having too much low mids and mid frequencies can make you “perceive” a lack of bass. You can sometimes achieve the perception of a deeper low end by scooping out low mids on things. It’s easy to go overboard and get it too thin, but it works!

thank god, finally a likable edm tut guy

Good tips. For EQ-ing the low-end I'd personally use a low-shelf filter, as that doesn't change the phase as much as a high-pass filter.

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Thank you!

Nice!! I use a mid-side EQ on my Reese to stay mono in the sub bass range and wider in the high end

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I just came across this video, but I already knew this from car audio installations and tuning. But I think this video should get A LOT of traction for people just starting to make music. Very very important

Awesome tips! I've always wondered why my bass doesn't hit as hard as ARTBAT bass for example. Now I know why lol. Thanks!

I didn't understand any of it but it was interesting to watch and hear and... Feel. Thanks.

Thank you Friend .-.-.-.Always Helpful

I’ve been doing this since the 90s didn’t really know why exactly but I just liked the way pushed and pulled

Thank you megamind!

Alex... this video has very nice content. Congratulations. It would be great if you'd played both before and after following each other for further consolidation of the principles you are explaining, as well as comparable portions of audio (such as in the part where you are filtering all the pads to enhance the bass, the comparing piece of audio after contains a vocal that goes on top of everything, thus making it impossible to appreciate what you were explaining before). Good and useful content man!!!

Great job keeping your explanations simple throughout, although I prefer shelf bands to brickwall, personally. Also the bald look is a win, brother

Excellent advice. No bullshit.

Damm bro blew my mind

Nice!

For Bass-Sidechaining, I usually like to put a multiband compressor onto the non-kick-track, and sidechain just the lows.

This was so good! Can I just ask that you put more before and afters at the end of each tip, or, since you pretty much already are, have less time in between them by putting the talking before or after _both_ of the clips you're comparing? Especially with the sidechaining examples, I couldn't really tell the difference between the two clips, even though there were only a few seconds between them. Then, when I replayed them one after another with the scroll bar, it was really obvious. Thanks for the advice!

Hey Alex what I'd like to see next is how to keep your mid and side levels consistent, there's some weird things that happens in a stereo mix that makes it so that your mono mix doesn't sound the same volume as your stereo mix

And this is why sound selection is really important on a production 😊. You select sounds with mixing in mind.

Appreciate you

There is also some interesting phase effects when kick and Bass come together

goosebumps...

You have a very good ear brother