FAT Reggae Bass! Mixing Tutorial 

Thanks so much for the kind words. Means a lot! 🙏🏼

Bless when a bless a due.@@thirdislandproductions9708

Thanks so much! Glad it helped!

Blessings! Thanks for the kind words!

The exact comment I was about to type!

Super hyped you've been waiting on specific stuff! Hope it helps. Shoot me more Ideas if you want to learn anything specific!

@@thirdislandproductions9708 Definitely!! I know you already have a bit in "HOW TO MIX REGGAE" | Reggae Mixing Tutorial", but a video focused on Mix Bus processing would be awesome to learn from.

Yeah man! TBH, I don't do too much mix bus processing except usually adding a pultec EQP and Using Reasons Master Bus Comp (Which is essentially an SSL Bus comp. Sometimes I use a tape emulator on the mix bus as well. Definitely a great idea. I'll put that down for a future video. Thanks a bunch!@@StoneLionProduction

@@thirdislandproductions9708 Probably one reason why your mixes stay so clean! And no problem! I'd be honored to collaborate sometime - you're a big inspiration and definitely help push my sound in the right direction 🙏

MY dude Leo. Thank you brother!

Thanks so much!

Yeah man Reason gang. 🔊

I used to use mainly Reason, now I'm with Reaper and the Reason Rack Plugin, best of both worlds I guess

@@tupaibeat 🙏🏼🔥

I don’t have modo bass unfortunately so I can review it. I could try to download a free trial but I’m just as unfamiliar it. What DAW do you use ? Look for sine wave bass patches where it’s all just low end. Look up some videos on how to make sub bass with a synth and it should do the trick

@@thirdislandproductions9708 thanks, i wonder if they would give it to you for free since you are a great youtuber.

@@gcastroism I could reach out to them but not sure if they would be willing lol

you think there's no compression used at a live show? it's like the most used effect in live sound engineering.

Greetings. I wish I was more familiar. I am not sure! look up channel strip plugin for garageband

@@thirdislandproductions9708 could not find anything to bus the drums just ended up running two compressors on the chain .

Yeah I’m not sure about the fundamental of the kick but the snare sits at roughly 180hz -200hz. So I totally agree. they sound very close to one another and kind of compliment each other. The way I mic’d the kick is with no resonant head directly pointing at the beater. AKG D112 and a sub kick. But optimal frequencies I boost for it are 10k and 3.2k for the click and clarity. Because of the way it’s micd it’s rare that I need to boost a lot in the low end because naturally Punchy.

Naturally punchy and Fat*

No reso head seems like a standard in reggae, especially on toms, not so sure about kicks but the result kicks... could be a thing.@@thirdislandproductions9708

My reso heads are off on my toms as well haha. I'm not a seasoned drummer and suck a tuning reso heads so it worked out lol@@jemwand2530

Thanks a ton! Yeah the 4 string was actually recorded by someone else DI into a focusrite Scarlett. So no compression on this one. I track compression through an 1176 usually. It helps balance out the recording and gives it more round character. I will say you don't need to track through a compressor to get a great sounding bass tone. The performance and EQ on bass is the most important thing to get right.

Thanks so much. I will try no compression while tracking or minimal compression and see it that helps. I just notice sometimes when I play a G or an A on the low E string the note sounds wobbly and not tight. Any suggestions?

I figured out my own issue. Low frequencies from the acoustic guitar were conflicting with the bass guitar. As soon as I put a low cut on the acoustic up to 100hz it cleaned up the low end.

@@jdgilbert3672 Awesome. Yeah When in doubt high pass everything that doesn't need low end in the mix. Once I learned that my mixes changed drastically

@@jdgilbert3672 Look up a video "Two Knobs That'll Change Your Mixing" The channel is "Reason Studios" best video on the high and low pass

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the samples on an MPC are already pre-compressed heavily.