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Tips for Mixing Low End:
Monitoring - Can you hear the lows?
You can’t mix what you can’t hear. Should you get a sub woofer? Closed back headphones will give you an extended low end. The Blue Headphones I use have an extended low end, they are not that accurate, however I am used them. While you’re learning your room don’t be afraid to check in other environments. There is nothing wrong with the car test, or the boombox test, or any other multiple ways of double checking what you are hearing! Many amazing Mix professionals check their mixes on multiple systems. Once you’ve got the low end to translate on many different systems you will start to understand how it should sound in your own mix room.
Not All Low End Mix Tips are Created Equal
Mixing a live recorded Bass Guitar is very different from mixing a programmed bass line, also mixing a live Kick Drum is very different from mixing a programmed one.
Use A Frequency Analyser
Using a Frequency Analyser will really help you learn what you’re hearing, especially if you’re working in an untreated room with issues and using headphones that don’t have an accurate low end.
Don’t Boost What You Can’t Hear
If you work mainly on 4, 5 or 6 inch monitors you can create great mixes as long as you understand you won’t be reproducing super lows through those smaller speakers. Don’t boost the frequencies that the speakers can’t reproduce effectively, if you do boost them and they start to become audible then you end up with excessive low end which will become evident in other systems.
Don’t be afraid to high pass!
Create space in the mix for clean Low End for the Kick Drum and Bass. Take care of your high passing on individual channels rather than trying to fix on the stereo master bus.
Evening out Low End on Organic Instruments
Plug ins like Waves RBass not only adds consistent low end it also adds harmonics, which (particularly on programmed sounds) can add extra sonic characteristics to your bass sound. Programmed Bass Synths and Bass Guitars will stand out of the mix more if you add definition by adding presence, high mids and even saturation.
Keep Your Low Lows Mono
High frequencies are very directional, low lows are not. Keeping the Kick Drum and Bass centred. Removing low information from the sides will help them feel firmly in the sides, giving your mix more width.
Solve Your Problems inside of the Mix, not on your Master Bus
This is a big one for me! I like to find the issues inside of the mix and deal with them at their source. Trying to fix low end on your Master Stereo Bus (Mix Bus) should be a last resort, removing above 20hz will severely remove real low end and compromise your mix. So if you feel like you’re reaching for this area then look for the cause inside of the mix, looking at the individual elements that generate the low end.
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