7 Low End Mistakes That Are RUINING Your Mixes (and How to INSTANTLY Fix Them!)

Whether you produce house, techno, drum & bass or even pop, mixing low end frequencies correctly can be the difference between a hit and a dud.

These 7 low end mixing mistakes could be ruining your mixes (mixing kick and bass correctly is essential), so in this low end tutorial I show you how to instantly correct them all, and it will show you how to get a perfect mixdown.

If you’ve always wanted to know how to mix the perfect low end, this tutorial is a must!

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In this tutorial we go in-depth into:
00:00 - Intro
02:51 - Mistake 1
05:37 - Mistake 2
09:14 - Mistake 3
12:19 - Mistake 4
15:50 - Mistake 5
17:22 - Mistake 6
20:50 - Mistake 7

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[yonewolf]

Man, nothing better than when you find the tutorial that finally ties together all the other tutorials you've watched. I redid my kick and low end on my newest track based on these suggestions and am sitting in my studio dying laughing from joy. I love that I can move forward on all my future tracks and carry these easy methods with me to find what kind of sound works for what type of track. I was definitely someone who would find a "good enough" kick and bass and then spend ages adding effects and EQ'ing, only to have to come back later and redo it all again. Starting off with strong sounds is absolutely key and got me 95% of the way there before doing any EQ'ing, compression or sidechaining. I was shocked at how good it sounded with no effects on the channels. Thanks so much!

[angstrom]

When you want to pitch your kick back down from the high tuning range the quick octave shortcut is : select the pitch parameter then press shift and down. The pitch will transpose down by an octave. Press again for another octave. No need for a calculator.

[DanLaDue]

When I saw the title of this in the suggestion queue I wondered “how much do I need to watch this one” and holy shit I’m glad I did thank you

[deepupadhyaya]

A tonal balance control tutorial would be great👍

[Buzzard]

I think Will is the entire reason why I never finish a track - every week I learn something new and then have to go back and apply these learnings.

[jobu]

This One Is Just great. The Kick "Trimming" is "Fab". This low End Tips really make a mix better. Thanks Maestro :)

[mrbass]

I agree, the kick will effect even the high end! That’s how important the kick is

[drxmxrxm]

try reversing the "basic shapes" sine wave so that will actually be a true sine or you can just go into the wavetable editor, left click; hit clear and make your own sine wave by just turning up the very first frequncy bin as high as it goes ... you could even add some more punch to it by slightly turning up the next few bins up and play with the phase offset (the bins underneith the freq. bins to get your prefered sound. but yea... that basic shapes sine is backwards

another important thing is to make sure the random knob for the oscillator is off.

awesome trick though for sure!

also a big thanks for showing the bark of dog plug in. im going to half to check one that out. I love subs with tons of low end. alot of times for my own mixes i wont even cut off the 20hz and just let it jam( i know thats kind frowned upon but its crazy how much a 20hz cut can change a sub)

[embarrassedartsrecords]

I am not going to tell a lie BUT this made a 500% improvement to what I am working on!
Will, you are the best! WOW, what a game-changing tip right here AND as always
delivered in the concise and understandable manner that makes EDM Tips stand out above the rest!
Thank you so much for this!

[marcelomendeztorino]

Thanks Will. The best tutorials on the web. Greetings from Argentina.

[oriongiant]

This is honestly one of the best videos I’ve ever seen on balancing your low end on any social media platform. Just a gamechanger. Thank you SOOOO much!!!!

[franksilval]

These are the best music production tutorials ever

[shari_]

I think what is very Important too is the Mid/Side Equing especially on the Low End when it comes to the Mastering Process or in the Bass+Kick Bus , a 12dB/Oct Lowcut at arround 150-170 Hz in the Side Signal helps to clean up the Lowend aswell, important to get a Loud Mix and a Lowcut with a 24/36 dB/Oct at arround 30-40 Hz in the Mid Signal makes the Lowend a bit more Solid :) And of Course all Elements which dont are called Bass or Kick with an obligatory Lowcut anyway :)

[robertmills]

Thanks again, Still learning. I make dnb & was having trouble on getting the right subs to match the mid,
it sometimes sounds too separate.
Using the same set up as the mid minus the effects & just put one Basic shapes wow 🤣🤣 it’s so much better 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[BurningBushPedagogy]

I can imagine the course will be SENSATIONAL

[StayFunKey]

ALT dragging the threshold of the pro-L does autogain reduction I believe.

[BorisG]

I just learned that you have a mixing guide. Thanks for making it free, most people say “IT’S JUST $10” (for example) but when everyone is charging you $10 (or more) for everything + all the money you just dropped on you new equipment you suddenly start feeling like you won’t be a good producer unless you have a ton of money (which is technically not true, but they really are making it that way)

[rene.rodriguez]

Great video. The LP filter trick alone is gold. Thanks!

[adammolot]

Bro your help is invaluable. I don't have the opportunity to buy your full course but even so I'm extremely grateful to you. You know perhaps this is really one of the best channels on this topic. *THANKS A LOT BRO!*

[zach]

Tip #2, if you press shift + up or down (arrow keys) it will go up or down 12 semitones (1 octave) in ableton, alot easier than grabbing out the calculator!