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[BillGraper]

The last cut you made around 500Hz made it sound so sweet! It cleaned up some of the grit & made it sound more like a true bass.

[mlwsf]

what happened to the audio at the 11:35 mark?

[calebgwin]

Hey Joe! Having mixed bass guitars countless times, I always loving clicking on videos like these to try and get out of my own tendencies and try new methods and thought processes. I can easily admit - sometimes it is so easy to get caught up in all of the minute details that I forget that mixing is supposed to be fun and expressive! Thanks for teaching throughout the years, and always subconsciously teaching to always enjoy what you do. It's helping at least one person out here.

[sj]

I'd have to say I learn by far the best from you than any other youtuber, the way you explain the material is just clear.

[shadowmixx]

Hey Joe. I'm glad that you made the comment 13:00 about the bass sounding too loud. I'm watching this while listening thru studio headphones and the bass actually sounds good to me. I think the bass players should get to shine more too. So there's that.
Also, for the 100th commented time, ...did you or did you not say anything significant or profound between the 11:50 and 12:11 mark? LOL! I wasn't going to address it after all the previous clever comments about it; but you know we tend to hang on to follow you like that scene in Forrest Gump when he ran cross country and crowds of people ran with him.

[cmlowpro]

Wow.... I was just talking to my brother about what I needed to add on a beat I am working on and he said it needed more bass.... Thats wild how this video came up without me even You just gained a subscriber....

[bedbedrooms]

Guess you're giving a speedy short lip reading course also at 12 minutes 🤪. Great stuff overall in a quick vid Joe, because I wanted to mix down some bass parts next few days.

[jerialice]

My ex bass player is THE dude in Austin Tx! He played on my first self produced cd… couldn’t get him for the 2nd cd so I played bass! He heard it and is still supporting my efforts 🌝…due to current reality I’m at it again. The bass I used on the last cd was an ancient fender acoustic. It has a super gritty sound. Not the best for everything…. So I’m borrowing a bass to track. Please wish me luck since I’m engineering, performing and praying.

Joe why is your bass track stereo?

Merry Christmas y’all!

[yawpaw]

Hey joe grat advise! Wise too!!!

What i do is play real hard with pick close to the bridge to get the full and controled wave and then compress the hell out of it while the mix is playing. Bass is the last instrument. First kick snare then gtrs vocals panning then bass. I use bass as the glue.

Youll notice in motown records that gtrs vocals and violins etc may sound good but the queen of spades is always bassline clarity.

Love joe!

[petermazur]

Joe, you are such a great teacher. I learned so much from you. Thanks

[eddiedpaulding]

Thanks Joe, keep up the energy, I love it.

[playlyssmusic]

top 2 Joes in my life right here. Thank you Joe

[natepotter]

Excellent video and advice as usual, brutha! I particularly like the part where you throw your voice so far out into space that it hasn't returned to our ears yet. That must be part of the VIP course. Hehe, hope you and yours are well!

[corrsleo]

hi Joe will you pls repost this video with the good audio around 12:00? really appreciate that!!

[BojanBojovic]

After 20 years of doing this job I always have the same "problem", where is the line that separates too thin and too thick when it comes to low frequencies.
There are many great mixes out there, some of them being really thin, others really thick so there is no general rule about this as it all depends of the context, that is why I do not like using a referent song while mixing, such a misleading strategy.
The main issue is how to choose whether to turn the volume up for the low frequency instruments (kick and bass), or to add more low frequencies with the EQ, two very different approaches.
Still searching for a sweet spot though. 😃

[Grid]

Hey at 11:52, your voice isn't there at all, I see you speaking, but no audio at all. Guess you'll have to refilm it again. xD

[RudalPL]

3rd time upload coming? The 11:50 to 12:12 mute is brilliant. :D

[philipmervin]

recently I started using studio one 5, but I am not a musician, basically electronics and audio.
my daughter is doing music with yamaha psr I455, and I am trying EQ of bass guitar, noiw I got the idea !

[Vancity-]

Hi Joe, I hope you can find my message here after two years, thank you for this wonderful video and tutorial, I'm using Mooer GE-200 as my audio interface and after recording my guitar and bass, the waveform is different with other audio interface like Focusrite, ...., my waveform is fully occupied the track, is that because of GE-200?

[rabidsniper]

Awesome.. thanks.. as always... Btw.. audio dropped at around 11:46 for a few seconds... fyi