Mixing and eq'in dubstep

[T_macabre]

all about the double drop and eq'in
if u double drop the right 2 tunes it can sound fantastic

have a wee listen to the mix in my sig

[ufo over easy]

Obviously I know he dbl drops that's why I used him as an example, I've been lucky enough to see him DJ up close in the club I play at a few times - and he cuts ALL the bass out of one of the tunes when he's double dropping.

exactly

although with the kind of tunes andy C plays the sound of the basslines mostly comes from the midrange - so it sounds like two basslines working together although it's really not at all... when you're playing the kind of tunes he does EQing is so important, as the tunes are all designed to be incredibly full on - look at some waveforms and most of them will just look like rectangular blocks...

[Horza]

I wouldn't imagine I'd (personally) just cut the bass off, can usually make stuff some a bit weak. Saying that I imagine on a big rig, one song doing all the bass is all you need...*ponders*

[__________]

i thought it was obvious to only play one bassline at a time?

two sine waves hitting different notes, dissonance, sounds fucking horrible.

even if they're in the same key, it'll most likely sound shit.

i heard andy c presses all his dubs at the same tempo, so its not that amazing that he can double drop so easily and quickly.

[Horza]

To be honest I've only ever played in a proper club enviroment a few times but I've never really had anyone saying anything about the bass sounds off.

Obviously if I have 2 songs in at full volume, one bass line is gonna be on like 25-40%. Would you really reccomend doing a full EQ kill?

[typo]

i heard andy c presses all his dubs at the same tempo, so its not that amazing that he can double drop so easily and quickly.

Urban myth! If you know your tunes that well, anyone can mix that quick - well not everyone.... I can't.

[spender]

To be honest I've only ever played in a proper club enviroment a few times but I've never really had anyone saying anything about the bass sounds off.

Obviously if I have 2 songs in at full volume, one bass line is gonna be on like 25-40%. Would you really reccomend doing a full EQ kill?

Turn your headphones to full volume, press them tight to your ears and mix in two basslines with no eq. There's your answer.

[xirrus]

every track is different... Every DJ's mixing style is different as well.
When I mix I only adjust either mids or lows. High's are always set to half.

I'll give you an example of 2 tracks and how I normally mix it in.
Lets take - Bloc Party - Where is home? (burial remix) on deck 1 and Distance - Feel me on deck 2.

Cueing the track on deck 2 would have all the levels normal (half way). When I brick track 2 in I have both mid and low's off. While I bring the upfader in I am now bring in the mid slowly up to half way and of course all the the same time I am counting bars. Once when the appropriate amount of bars have been reached I then bring in the low immediately halfway on deck 2 and kill the low on deck 1 while both upfaders are open and again I am counting bars before its time to fade out the track on deck 1.

Others may have different methods on mixing these 2 tracks. Really there isn't any boundaries. Another thing to also know is how to control your gains on your mixer. Hope this helps out a little.

[claw]

wait....mixing and dubstep in the same breath??? someone alert 90% of the djs out there playing dubstep rite now

[Horza]

Haha well said mate. Yeah going to a club and the DJ not mixing is incredibly annyoing. Mary Anne Hobbs is a prime example. Good song selection, no Djing skills whatsoever...... MOOD KILLER! I know she's a big name so thats why she gets all the gigs but you would expect her to learn some basic skills after years of being into music and being a Radio DJ.

[savage]

iiiiiiiiiiiisss it @ MAH?

wouldn't know

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in answer, imo- kill switch, know your tunes, bring the drop/ switch bass