Need help with EQ, cant have bass and drums :/

[gdp]

Hi there! I've recently (past month or so) began messing around with some software in hope of one day making a dubstep song..and the more I learn, the more I know I have to learn. Basically, at the moment I have a drum loop and a backing synth and they play fine by them selves but when i try and play them together, the synth kinda gets overridden by the drums? I googled and looked around as much as I could but all I could find was i needed to use an EQ? So far I have tried putting the drums down by 60 Hz and the synth up by 60 Hz ( not that I have a clue what that means!) Anyway jsut wondering if someone could help me out?

Please go easy, im a newbie

many thanks, GDP

Also, I am using FL studio 10, and have NI massive.

[Majin]

YouTube 'Reso Masterclass'. He's basically showing how he writes and mixes a whole tune. Watch it start to finish so you can get a good understanding of what mixing actually is. Should make things a lot clearer.

[gdp]

oHK Thanks very much, will do that in a few

[syrup]

Well what you did was boosting/cutting specific frequency range. Each sound has its own freq range with higher frequencies for sounds higher in pitch (hi-hats,cymbals...) and lower for lower sounds like kickdrums and bassline.

Basically you don't want two different sounds in same frequency range fighting for space, so you take a bit of this frequency here and bit of that one there to make space for the elements to sit nicely in the mix without clashing.

There's this analogy which says you should think about your tune as a box and your instruments as stuff you want to put in it, each one needs its space.

Hope i helped somehow