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This helpful and informative video tutorial shares something that the big studios would rather you don't know. Follow this one tip and you'll enjoy a cleaner mix every time!

When it comes to mixing, and achieving that elusive cleaner mix, there are really very few rules to follow. And they aren't exactly printed anywhere readily visible when inspiration strikes, especially this one. Here it is in a nutshell. Most people want more bass in their music these days. To get more bass, you actually need to cut more bass from your project!

Well...that seems confusing.

But, really it isn't! See, there is only one frequency spectrum at the end of your project. And if you have sounds competing for the same space in that spectrum, it makes it quite difficult to hear everything clearly. A perfect example of this is what happens to my voice in this tutorial when the field recording starts playing at the same time I am speaking. My voice becomes much more clear and present as more of the low end frequency activity is removed. You can actually hear it become a cleaner mix as the EQ work progresses.
Now apply this same theory to your own music. If you have several different sounds in your mix that occupy (at least in part) the same frequency range as the main bass instruments in your mix, there will be issues. Perhaps your music doesn't have the clarity or punch you know it could have. This could be because of this very problem. Dealing with this sound-by-sound, as soon as they are added to your project is the most effective pro-active way of combating issues like muddiness and the first step towards a cleaner mix!

As you can see in this lesson, it is not just a matter of using a high pass filter. In fact, there are many, many more things you can do to achieve a cleaner mix, but it does start here. And remembering to bust out that high pass filter for every sound that is not a 'bass instrument' is one of the best habits you could ever form in your music production career.