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Ldizzy
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Re: Sub Bass Question...

Post by Ldizzy » Fri Nov 05, 2010 4:41 am

deadly habit wrote:people do realize in essence compression is just an automated process the same as riding the gain controls right?
I DUUUZZZ :D

Just one thing : ... its pretty ueseless to make a sub sound good if its to make it sound good by itself... u may want your sub to sound good in the MIX ... so if u ask me.. ur question is much more about the whole mixing process then just the sub... are there conflicting frequencies? is your sub playing a melody over more then an octave?? seriously theres a lot of factors ..
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Re: Sub Bass Question...

Post by yamaz » Fri Nov 05, 2010 5:52 am

paravrais wrote:I don't compress my subs or eq or filter them :\ I don't see the point when they sound more than fine how they are. I used to spend ages layering 2 sines together and detuning them or layering a sine and a square or compressing the sub to keep the levels consistent etc etc blah blah blah but eventually I realised that a simple sine wave played at the right level with the right notes is all you need. That's it. It really is that simple.

People mess up their subs by overcomplicating things.
Ok but do you increase the volume db or not? It seems like whenever I put two instances of massive in a group chain in ableton, I really need to increase sub by +1-3 db in order to hear it undernearth the mid/upper synth? is this right people?
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Re: Sub Bass Question...

Post by Ldizzy » Fri Nov 05, 2010 6:17 am

again : theres more then just twiddling with the sub. u need to make ur overall mix good to have a good sub.
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Re: Sub Bass Question...

Post by jsills » Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:10 am

deadly habit wrote:people do realize in essence compression is just an automated process the same as riding the gain controls right?
read a bunch today and nothing said anything about not compressing your subbass so.... :wink:

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Re: Sub Bass Question...

Post by gantzgraf » Sat Nov 06, 2010 8:39 am

loefah sez u should use ES1 in LOGIC for the sub bass

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Re: Sub Bass Question...

Post by symmetricalsounds » Sat Nov 06, 2010 8:52 am

FSTZ wrote:I use a multifilter on my sub bass and dial each lpf so it makes every note hit

click my soundcloud link and listen to "Metaflexible" if you want to hear what I am talking about

if you want to see how I got that, let me know and I'll post a screen shot
i'd be interested in seeing the screenshot plz

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Re: Sub Bass Question...

Post by FSTZ » Sat Nov 06, 2010 11:38 am

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Re: Sub Bass Question...

Post by symmetricalsounds » Sat Nov 06, 2010 1:02 pm

cheers that's what i had in mind when i read your post but just wanted to be sure, interesting approach.

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