How To Mix & Process Kicks (Mixing tutorial)

In this mixing tutorial, you will learn how to mix and process a trance kick, but the same basic procedure applies to kicks in other genres as well. The kick is arguably the most important element in your mix, so it's crucial that you get it to sit right in the mix. The kick needs to be fat and tight, and it needs to be able to punch through the mix without any problems. In this fl studio 20 tutorial, I will show you how to process a kick with the usual plugins such as EQ, Compression, transient shaper, and so on. Mixing and mastering doesn't have to be difficult and many of the same mixing techniques are used for various elements in a mix. The mixing skills you'll learn in this tutorial will work for most kicks in most genres, and will help your music stand out from the rest.
I recommend mixing the kick first, and then mix everything else in your mix around the kick. That way the mixing process will become easier, since the kick will usually be the loudest and most powerful element in your mix. You want your kick to be able to punch through the mix and provide plenty of power and punch. If you want a fat and punchy kick that is sitting perfectly in your mix, then this mixing tutorial is ideal for you.

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00:00 - Introduction
00:42 - Kicks from sample packs
01:31 - kick and bass
01:35 - The importance of mono in the low end
02:04 - Compression: Compressing the kick
03:01 - How to EQ a kick
06:15 - How to remove resonant frequencies
07:54 - How to find the key of a kick
08:40 - How to tighten up a kick and the low end in general
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