The SCIENCE of Mixing Perfect Kick and Bass

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[alkali]

The best thing practical thing I discovered from this video is the piano roll at the bottom of pro q-3!

[ancestralvision]

Spoiler: this video delivers exactly what the title teased on. Well done, super interesting and helpful!

[nubia]

This channel has made such a better audio engineer. Thank you & I appreciate u.

[panorama_mastering]

Great work expanding on those notes! Keep it up!

[Platinum_XYZ]

1:30 I definitely think this is an over simplification. we can definitely perceive differences in pitches less than 6%. microtonal music and even just pitch bends wouldn't exist if this was the case

[patrolduty]

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[Reggi_Sample]

This video is a winner. You put in a lot of work I hope it continues to grow exponentially 🎉

[RemstageMusic]

The more i learn the less i feel i know...

[dremoss]

you give some of the best and clearest explanations. thank you sir. and btw guys the course is 🔥

[tululublue]

A complex aspect of audio science explained succinctly and - most appreciated - efficiently.

[NRVE]

What are, if any, benefits of high pass filter on kick and bass verses just a shelf to achieve both more head room and take away unwanted/ muddy low end frequencies

[DJONTHETRACK]

Always coming with game changing info 👍

[darkindustry]

Speaking of overtones (at around 4:25), personal opinion: Making a perfect 2-octave overtone could sound like an ideal solution... but does it? Fine, the kick's freq is E1, let's make that E3 the first heard overtone! A learner would say "hell yeah, that's it". Before we jump into conclusions, look at the guitar market where the demand for (deviant) tube amps is greatly higher than the need for (perfect) solid-state amps. The sound of tubes is simply warmer, more appealing, preferable. If we reed the overtone spectrum of solid states, it lifts up 1st, 3rd and 5th overtone (all perfect octaves). On the other end, tubes engage all deviant overtones of 2nd, 4th and 6th (those would be 5th, major 3rd, minor 7th). These are all much 'denser' intervals compared to perfect octaves that cohere in subtle dissonances. But we seem to find these 'deviant' sounds much more appealing than the sterile solid-state sound. So, be careful with math in music. Trust your ears!

[whitedovemusic]

Another awesome smudging out the "negative frequencies" tutorial! Thank you so much Sage Audio 👑 Definetely gonna join as soon as possible for me!

[mielushelheureux]

Great teaching as always.
I was expecting you to mention side chain just like another useful technique to set separation between kick and bass.
Thank you for these precious insights!

[dravokivich]

Really good video to demonstrate the need to watch phase across different types of instruments.

[thomasrodriguez]

3:01 just heads up that some people are watching on systems that can’t pick up 41hz. I know what phase cancellation, and the wobble that comes with it but not everyone does. Just fyi

[ishanroj]

This is amazing! Thank you for this! Brilliantly explained. I do have a query, though. Kick is going to have a static and fixed fundamental frequency. But if the bass is playing the groove, and it's fundamental keeps changing, doest the same thing apply? As in, if my kick is on E1 which happens to be 41.2 Hz and if the bass hits Eb1 pretty often in the song, which is roughly 38.9 Hz, how is it supposed be processed?

[PilzE.]

Utter GENIUS! So well explained, which tools to use, when and, for what. Thank you SO very much!
Hey, you guys should think about taking this up full-time, like starting an academy or something, I think you “might” be onto something here! 🤔 🤭

[mrcristinistor]

Guys, I am really considering joining your membership but, please, tell me. Are there private courses, person on person or it is just about having access to some courses that you read alone, you try to apply alone, etc. alone? Is all communication with the teachers done via texting? Because even when listening to your YT videos I have hundreds of questions and there is no one there to answer them for me. In rest, great stuff, thank you for everything.