LOW END in your MIX - Here’s how to FIX IT.

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[victormendez]

Drinking game: take a shot every time colt says: "low end"

[TheSpeenort]

I made myself some panel speakers as per "Tech Ingredients" channel. They're excellent, but they bottom out at 90 hz. So I decided to try building a panel subwoofer by putting a bass shaker on a 1" sheet of polystyrene. That doesn't work until you get to a fairly huge size, 4ft by 5ft. I suspend them from my ceiling and at first I had my sub too close to the back wall, about a foot, and it was cancelling the subs. When I moved my sub panel out to about 4ft away from the wall, magic happened. I now have a nearly perfect 20/20k flat response curve. In addition, suspending these panels cuts down on reflectance.
An additional word about panel speakers is that, while traditional speaker cabinets only have tiny little tweeters, a panel speaker has its entire surface as a tweeter. This makes for excellent crispness and presence. The drawback is that, though they're flat, they do take up considerable space in your room.

[jimdukeproject]

I just experienced a mix I have to remix because of too much low end when I played it on a device. This video came up spontaneously on my feed at the right time. Thanks.

[Kaotix_music]

Clicked because im a Sub :D But wanted to chime in on a big mistake I see mixing engineers, mastering engineers, producers make. They build a studio, get some decent speakers (or super expensive high end speakers), put in some room treatment (in the correct places too with the correct kind of room treatment) and maybe even invest in some room correction software. But they dont listen to music. They spend all this money and time building the studio to sound right....but then dont understand what they are listening too. I just moved into a new house in February and I was finally able to have a room dedicated to just my studio. I spent maybe 2 months building it out to make it sound perfect. But I knew everything was going to sound different than the last 3 studios I have lived in. So for an entire month I made zero music. I mixed/mastered zero tracks. I spent an entire month listening to music. Every single track I have in my DJ crate folder (the songs I tend to DJ at a club/festival that isnt any of my own tracks) And just listened. I listened to what was going on down in the low end, where the mid range was, how the high end was doing. I was listening to the depth of all the tracks. How far back or up front certain elements were. I needed to understand the room. I needed to develop a new relationship with my equipment in this new room and we needed to understand each other. Were now in September and not once have I took one of my productions to the car and went "UGH! THIS MIX IS TERRIBLE!!" It literally translated to my car exactly how it sounded in my studio note for note, frequency band by frequency band. And it was all because I sat in my room every day, maybe for about 2-3 hours a day just listening to the room, so that when it came time to do a mix down and even master the track, I knew what to listen for. I was able to know right away if something didnt sound right. People need to stop making music or mixing music for just a little bit - and get to know their room.

[khay_mix]

Colt you've changed my life, God bless

[FreefallRescue]

Fantastic, thank you. Just a musician here, decent at mixing, and I'll mix my own stuff for social content, not for albums. But I don't have proper listening environment, so this gives me perspective and motivation to farm out more mixes to pros with good rooms. And of course, unlocks more of the mystery of low end for me!!!

[mcsweet]

Hey Colt, Thanks for the Video. I never boost anything bellow the fundamental, I like to put my low cut at about 1 cycle bellow the fundamental of the instrument that I`m EQing so as an example if my Kick is at 60 I will start fishing around 30 and listen for the tonal boost that I get when I find that sweet spot were all the energy get in focus .

[LiamDriver]

Awesome video, especially the tip about the fundamentals!

[GASH_one]

Funny to see that video today. I just checked a trap mix in my car. The first time I can say I have better bass control than a lot of current top producers. I am so happy right now.

[ractorstudios]

Great tips. I also recommend using room correction software if you're treatment cant get your there. And reference using headphones.

[jdubbs]

Another kick ass offering Brother! Please make the video you mention at 11:02 here! Keep Doing That Voodoo That You Do! 😉👍

[CreateArtRecords]

Hi Colt. A shelf do the Job mostly with less artefacts in my opinion.

[sfischer]

Great thought. Low end doesn't matter if mids aren't right. Thanks

[jubinroy]

Add an ssl waves on the channel and see the magic. Everything just comes to life. Drums starts hitting wow

[TheFrankiejay]

Greetings Colt. You got me hooked. You are so good at explaining things. My low end will stop sucking after watching your expert tips. Thank you. Peace and love.

[johntomanio]

Great instruction, Colt! Your explanation of Hi-Passing and EQ-ing the lows is the most clearest, concise I've seen on the internet OR in a book -- and I've read them all. You are a first-rate teacher!

[iananthonyofficial]

Yes please do a video about measuring your room! That would be super helpful!

[Brutuscomedy]

Nice. On many tracks I record and mix bass guitar last.

[jeffwick]

This video convinced me to finally pull the trigger and order a sub. Seeing that my near fields only go down to 80hz and that I'm missing a lot of info when mixing.

[tomace]

Thanks Colt - again quick and to the point understandable and useable for a non professional like me who just want some better results.