Mixing Kick and Bass (for a full yet tight low end mix)

Kick and bass mixing can be difficult to get right because they both occupy the same area of the frequency spectrum and can easily mask each other so it can be challenging sometimes to get the two to sit together to create a full, yet clean, tight low end. In this video to take you inside one of my recent sessions, where I go in-depth about my plugin choices and mix decisions around how to mix kick and bass (and guitars!).

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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:21 Low end mixing problems
00:55 Studio monitors for low end mixing
01:37 Mixing on headphones
01:51 Kick and bass mixing session layout in Pro Tools
03:37 Playing through the verse
03:58 Low end bucket analogy, how to visualise the low end
04:50 Electric guitars and the low end mix
06:50 Keyboards and the low end mix
07:05 How to mix bass guitar
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20:26 Kick drum in detail
25:31 Mixing the low end summary


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-- Mixing Kick and Bass (for a full yet tight low end mix) --
One of the more common questions I get asked is about mixing kick and bass for a tight low end and. One big mistake in an amateur mix is having too much low end that sounds muddy and dull and being able to mix kick and bass guitar together well is a skill you need to produce professional sounding mixes.
In this video, I open up one of my recent sessions to show you exactly what I did to get a clean, tight low end when mixing kick and bass.


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