This Will Change How You Mix Kick And Bass FOREVER

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[PauloARod]

I've just watched 5 videos from this channel and I think it's now my new favourite Music Production channel. So much simple and great information, priceless! Thank you 🙏

[hrtz]

These tutorials work way better for me than any others. Very well structured and explained, deep enough to teach me things I didn’t know and something that’s very rare these days: a modest attitude paired with a high level of professionalism. Keep up the great work!

[friedrichvanzandt]

I love it! Try using a multi band compressor on your bass and side chain your kick to the lowest band. Around 40hz (depending on the sounds of kick and bass of course) should do it. In that way you can leave the kick and bass as loud as you want them to be cause everytime they are played together one will make room for the other in the clashing frequency area.
Another thing I would recoomend is making sure the transients in the drums stay in tact. Especially for kicks in that type of music. If you route your kicks to a kick buss and do the processing there, you could send your raw kick(from the track before it hits the kick buss) to an aux that feeds back into an overall drum buss after the kick buss but before the mix buss. Now you got tons of great oportunites. On the kick buss you process the kicks however you like and actually clip them at the end of the chain, so you get a great sound without a lot of the transients left. NOW on the Aux (that you're sending the raw kick to) low cut all the lows and most of the mids and just keep the highs OR the frequencies around the transient, emphasize the transients with a transient designer if needed and use a bit of saturation to make it less pokey and then add it back to the kick sound AFTER the clipper(in a later buss like described before). You can add it back in just a tiny bit above the clipped kick, now you have a kick that apears to be loud as hell but hasnt lost the original transients at all plus you probably wont clip your master buss compressor. This way of mixing with transients in mind is kinda hard to understand at first but will really take your mixes to a completely different level. Combine it with the sidechain thing I mentioned before and theres the best kick/bass balance possible right now.

[auedpo]

I've really been trying to focus on finishing the ideas that I have and allowing my creations to be 'done' - this is exactly the kind of video/advice I was looking for! Too many tutorials are these 'gotcha' techniques or rough generalizations, you present definite information with logical and empirical reasoning. Awesome video and I'm looking forward to watching more of your channel! The point that you make at 13:19 - Think in terms of solutions rather than in errors. Just great! 🎼

[mattjaekel]

this really was a mind blowing tutorial, ive been mixing for a while now (amateur) and have always had chains of processing that i was never satisfied with. Watching your logic and preservation of the sound you chose originally was what i needed to witness, thanks Phillip!! instant sub!

[tristangieler]

Great job Phillip. Your videos really show the nuances of mixing without using hyped up tricks. You really illustrate how subtle, deliberate techniques make for the best sounding mixes. I'm learning a lot from you

[NAex]

I wish you posted this when I was trying to figure this out. I debunked a lot of the kick and base tutorials by trying and failing. I ended up doing a lot of the things you do here to make my kick punch, still learned a lot, great vid :)

[Q-TK]

I've just discovered your channel and I'm so glad I did! This is top notch, no-nonsense mxing advice here. Looking forward to binge-watching your back-catalogue!

[mrfeelthemusic]

one of the most analytical course on mixing techniques, thanks so much

[maxreinsch]

Gentle adjustments with adequate monitoring🙂 thank you!

[briancase]

You should adjust the speed (the average time and the block size) of SPAN to see the low end accurately. Without a faster response, you cannot see what's actually happening below, say, 100Hz. You should notice the difference between the display on the Live EQ8 and the SPAN instance. Otherwise, this is a good video. Thanks. Also, the airwindows totape6 is an excellent low-end saturator and it's free. ☺️

[era-ashix]

When you mentioned that it's okay to mix in solo, I'm very glad you made sure to remind people to double check if it works in context. It's a topic I've had many a discussion about and I was very happy to hear a supporting voice on the topic. Very good video with a LOT of valuable information!

[BahadirTubay]

Finally, a great tutorial without all the stereotypical operations. I really liked you using kick & bassline but at the same time SUB! Please make more video about those triple combinations like how to achieve groove by using both bassline and sub like PROs! Thank you.

[rachelslack]

Thanks so much for this video. I love how simple you make everything, with no gatekeeping. I'm so happy to have found you!

[noizebusters]

finally someone shows that mixing is not going crazy with stuff, instead of massage the sounds to their right place ;).... well done

[manmachinemusic]

Love how you've addressed the simplicity of the Kick & Bass topic. Thank you🖥

[anonymous_guy]

Thank for all your time and value information, amazing job, great form to explain

[auxcordlord]

Absolutely AMAZING tutorial. Jam packed full of great nuggets of information, presented in a concise and educational way. Easiest subscription of the year for me. I look forward to consuming all of your other content. :) Cheers

[midnightidol]

I also mix in solo in the early stages and get great results. Glad to have finally found someone who agrees. Will definitely be checking out more of your stuff 🙏🏼

[jordans]

This is the no bs video I needed, thank you