How To Get A Mathematically Perfect Low End Mix! 

I´ve never seen someone explain it so understandable. Thank You!

A kick can be mathematically described as a sine wave that is being transposed from a high frequency to a low frequency with a sinusoidal amplitude curve. Essentially you can just cut out the tail of the kick at the sample point when it reaches your bass's frequency and align the bass's phase with that sample. The phase cancellation occurs because you are allowing the tail to continue dropping in pitch frequency past the bass frequency. If you try to match the phase perfectly your bass would not have a constant amplitude as the kick's tail amplitude would sum with your bass and your bass would pitch down as you try to match the kick's pitch drop then you would still need to figure out a way to pitch it back up. So might as well just cut the kick's tail 😅

The best way to control the phase when the pitch is changing that to assign the phase to the velocity and you can control it in the piano roll.

this is why modern "808s" are the perfect solution for this, because they usually an already mixed kick + bass wav file that u can place at any frequency without having to mix each note differently.

Finally someone who has an honest approach to this topic and actually seem to understand it. I didn’t think I was going to learn anything but I did, in the part with noise canceling in headphones. Definitely going to recommend this video if someone asks about phase relationship within the kick & low end. Good job!

I have been wondering for a few months now about this. I watched many tutorials on making your kick and sub in phase with each other, but I quickly realized that pitch completely messes it up so it only works on one note (which conveniently the tutorials were using only one note). This all seems so obvious now, but thank you for making it make sense man!

great knowledge big z! always comes up with the best

You make the best tutorials on music on RU-vid!

This is the ultimate kick/bass mixing tutorial that everyone needed for decades.

Your videos and the way you structure them are always a treat!

I have been having this problem with bass for years and never knew how to fix it - and judging by the countless other videos I've watched on RU-vid noone else seems to know either - so a huge thanks Big Z for your great work to figure this out, and your generosity in sharing it!

Big Z - i've watched dozens of videos on this subject. You make this so understandable. Well done!

In order to have a perfect low end, it is important that both the kick and the sub-bass and the bass play in different places so as not to overlap each other. It is also important to separate the frequencies of each element, so that everything is ventilated and does not interfere with each other. Thus, you don't need Phase Invert or things like that, the important thing is that the track is from the beginning a well-defined production, and from the mix, separate the frequencies between them as much as possible.

This is the best explanation I have ever listened to! Thanks Zach!

I swear I know all of this stuff and have seen other videos all over about these things, but never one so well broke down and put together. Subbed!

One of the best classes that I've ever watched! Thanks

been watching your videos the last few weeks, great work on the detail and explanation. subbed and supporting!

Honestly the best tutorials & explanations on Soundcloud, legend!

I think i never met any of a genius and helpful guy on the youtube before, than you BigZ! You help so much with your videos constantly when i watch any of them. Thank you for being selfless to share your knowledge! Love and peace🙏

Best video ever on YT for learning the basics of mixing lowend!

Amazing video mate. Your stuff are really REALLY helpful!

Awesome video! The problem that you show at 4:01 can be avoided by just changing pitch in audio after you have sampled your kick. That's how we pitch our distorted 909 kicks in hardstyle. You just find where the attack (kicky sound) and tail (subby sound) best split and cut there, then change the pitch of the tail. Cubase's mpex sounds great for this, as well as cool edit pro, kontakt, adobe audition and I've heard great stuff about Logic Pro too, but never personally used it. There's also a plugin that specifically does this, it's called Nimble Kick. Basically does all of the above for you in a plugin, and then you can play your kick in midi. just watched a bit further, yea you do have to mind the phase of the two, but you'd cut the audio at zero crossing anyways so it shouldn't be an issue. Don't know about other DAW's but cubase has a snap to zero crossing feature that comes in clutch for stuff like this hehe 7:39 Haha shit, guess I'm a psychopath xD

For normal songs where the bass needs to be pitched, I seperate the bass of the kick aswell and then manually adjust that. Kick2 is a great plugin for this, If you want another midend or topend on your kick you could just simply cut out the first part of the kick and align it it with the basstail.

Great explanaition, I saw Dasclitch covering the same topic. Which was already an amazing tutorial. But yours adds extra depth to this knowledge, and that tells something because Dasclitch is pretty insane.

well explained. also the grit when you talk over the bass is dope. the high end artifact-ing making you sound chipmunk-y is a wild side effect.

Finally! Someone who explains so precisely and clearly, thanks bro

This was pure gem 💎👌 Thank you Big Z

Hands down the best video on the topic , thank you so much!

Wow - what a video man. just learned so much

Very good visuals and editing! Well done

So first off.. THANK YOU for being the guy that finally states the flaw in most of the videos out there. Most of the tutorials on this are all like, here's my simple 4 on the floor beat with a 1 note repeated baseline.... lol I can mix that shit easily in my sleep, and it was always frustrating for me to see these tutorials ignore this obvious problem. Unfortunately the simple 4-on-floor, /w simple bassline is a style of music I have no interest in making, and I struggle with mixing when a) my bass synth is a variety of notes (i mean, even just following the chord progression.. nothing crazy) and b) not necessarily in sync with the kick as far as rhythm. I think I still have some blanks to fill in on my own, but I think using the scope to "get as close as possible" like you showed will help me make it work.

The random airpod breakdown blew my mind great work homie!

Most tips videos out there don't actually provide any tips or will give some basic advice "use some white noise for your drop" they just make you think they give value with the title of the video but it's just to get your attention and they don't provide for anything, your channel gives ACTUAL techniques and tips for music production. Keep it up

Always learning. Ace man, just ace!

one of your best videos ever ! thank you so much

One of the best videos explaining low end period

Thank you for your knowledge! I leran a lot from your videos! You rock, man!

Thanks for this, definetely thinking about it in my productions!

One of your best videos yet

Once again, the greatest of all time. Love ya Z

7:45 THIS🙌 But the knowledge here is Superb, I didn't knew the Noise Cancelling thing

Sound design masterclass! Great work mate!

Big Z is the best!!!

This video is so cool man! Thanks for that knowledgeee

Brilliantly explained! Thanks a lot!

Well done buddy. You nailed a tricky subject in less than 8 minutes. Brilliant.

love this guy

Brother this is the best instruction I've ever seen of this!!!

I watch your videos mostly to see you bobbin to the beats, but also the knowledge

This is an awesome video, the cadence of explanation, the methodology… great job! 🎉❤🎉

probably the single most useful video on music production ever created on youtube on any topic. ive subbed,liked this video, i dont have anyone to share it to.. question, whats your approach on ALL percussion's and the rhythms you programme in your tracks, do u opt for simple 2 and 4 for clap/snare and off beat for hats, etc etc, or does the rhythm of your bass and leads dictate the rhythms of your percs?

I'm a partial psychopath! 😄 It's pretty quick to just leave your kick as is and have some automation changing the starting phase on the bass synth for each note and once you have a section of the song done, that automation can easily be copied to like the 2nd/3rd verse etc. I've found having another automation lane that slightly increases the attack time of the bass synth envelope for some troublesome notes is sometimes necessary when you can't get max correlation with phase alone. Oscilloscope is mandatory 🤘Signalizer is a great free one that works well for this. awesome vid!

Wow. This is incredible knowledge. Great video

Did you try plugins that automatically align phase? Melda has one, SSL have one, ... there are a few in the market. From the top of my head, I can remember these two. Producer Dominik Eulberg mentioned in a video course that this plugin (I think he uses the one by Melda) makes a big difference. I didn't understand what he was talking about, honestly. After watching your video, I think that might have been exactly what he is using this plugin for. Definitely worth a try.

Just here to say Thank You. I learnt a lot from you throughout my journey ❤❤

love this geeky explaination, i never knew what hertz were kudos

Incredibly interesting video. Cool information explained well and quickly. Many thanks!

That was so well explained.. thanks man!

Maybe this is the most video ive enjoyed ever!!! plz more videos simillar to that!!!!!!!

Thanks for explaining this so clearly.

Just found your channel today love it

By far the best video you have done! Thanks dude! You should do an introduction to ASMR and Synthesizers i think beginners would benefit A LOT! Also could you do one on MIDI programing for us more experienced?

The most useful 8 minutes on mixing low end anywhere on the internet

love getting these music tips by Owen Wilson, thank you

super interesting man amazing job!

Great stuff very helpful!👊

bro i was experimenting with this whole day and had a same conlcusion and now i see you added the same topic video, we live a simulation :D

great as always! thanks again

thanks for sharing it bro! wish u the best

Thanks, great tutorial. Very useful.

Sometimes I'm this psychopath and I actually do align kick with each sub note separately, in such cases usually I prefer to have them on audio tracks and then I cut the bass notes and fade/align them manually. Actually, this is a great idea for an app / VST / synth / DAW that could automate this process :D

One of the djs from Dada life had a video on this.He modulated the phase within serum to the velocity of the midi and changed the velocity accordingly to keep in phase. Completely changed the game for me!

I have to say, dude... I love your work. I've been producing for 24 years and people have told me that I should be making tutorials as well but I can't be stuffed, lol. I spend most of my time producing. Whenever I sidechain a bassline to a kick, I use two sidechains. One for the general volume and the second for just the bass frequencies. Which sits at the zero volume point for a little under a quarter of the beat. The second sidechain is flat at zero vol and when it comes up its perfectly linear as opposed to the first sidechain which has a typical SC curve.

Nice work!

Very nice and well explained tutorial!

Great explanation! TBH i feel like its not a huge problem because its also ok to have some separation between the kick and bass. For example your side-chain could be setup so there is really minimal overlap and potential phasing and that can also help with the groove of the track

Thanks Z This is really insightful 😊

"Sausage looking low end" now that is memorable hahahaha

3:15 super interesting I've always wondered that thanks for explaining simply

insane Video sir...Mndblowing info !! love from India

i watch different videos and non have been as informative as. good game. ima watch it over and over again

Well done I hv talked about that in one of my ITB mixing tutorial

Great stuff, so well explained, I'm all in, SUB'D!

what a badass tutorial!!! thankz

Great content Big Z!!! Always on point! But as I've stated on my own production = (if it really doesn't change anything in my personal listening and in listening in general, why to do so?), I mean that because I'm very focused in been "mathmaticly" doing things right, but its to much time consuming and really thats not what makes u sound better, and I say that because I came from a place (Brasil 🇧🇷) were we mix focusing really on vibing, things being dirty as distorted as fu**, because doing so just make it feel right... as always, music and mixing in general has no rules, crazy shit and I love that hahahah! Kkkk thank my man, love your content!!!❤❤❤

Thank you for this video!!

Thanks a lot, amazing tutorial!

To avoid clashes with different pitched subbass notes I have the habbit to shorten the kick envelope to just over 1/16 and have almost no overlap with the subbass enevelope. There is more drop in volume that way but at least its more consistent.

..you are amazing..respect!!!!

Noise cancellation technique explanation blew my mind 🤯

Great video and very well explained. Well done! RU-vid should make it easier for people to rate individual videos for awards. I'd rate this!

Thanks Z!!!

amazing tutorial z 🙂

TOP CHORD PROGRESSION!!

Thanks enjoyed that 👏👏👏

If you have a crappy song, your low end will matter absolutely zero.

You are sooo good bro! :3

I learned so much from this. Thank you! I hope both sides of your pillow are cold tonight.

You make a great case for offbeat basslines.

Great video! Thanks : )