Mixing Bass to Sit PERFECTLY in the Mix | Are You Listening? Season 5, Ep 3

Learn the essential tips and techniques of mixing bass guitar to create a balanced and powerful low-end. Latin GRAMMY Award-winning mix engineer Enrique Gonzalez Müller shares how to edit the amplitude and comp your bass recordings. Then, learn how to evaluate the low-end treatment of the bass in each section of the song with compression, EQ, sculpting, and more. Discover how to apply processing like distortion and saturation effectively to fit your genre, and explore advanced techniques like automation. By the end of this video, you’ll learn how to create a bass sound that sits perfectly in your mix.

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Inspecting the arrangement
02:33 - Comping & amplitude editing
07:33 - Mixing the verse bass
24:02 - Pre-chorus & chorus bass
31:55 - Sub-bass
35:18 - Bass creativity
42:57 - Automation
49:39 - Review your work

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[aKRo]

This is not only tutorial on how to mix. This is a masterclass about how to teach ! 🙌

[ryangiggles]

This is one of the best mixing tutorials I have ever seen. It seems like I'm sitting beside you while watching how you do things (and WHY).

I'll keep coming back to this video and the previous one. :-)

[AurasSparsas]

Very clear, very informative. Thank you very much!

[jonathanbyrdmusic]

“It’s quite grotesque, and by grotesque, I mean awesome.”

[Jess-P]

Love all of the different types of processing you used on the low end. The “exploration journey” you shared is a fun, meaningful way to get the sound you’re looking for!

[thomfraney]

You are EXCEPTIONAL at this sir. Every time I watch one of your sessions I learn SO MUCH! Thank you!

[FreeTimeSpacken]

I really enjoy watching you ❤😅 thanks !

[mystikrebel]

Yep im listening as i need this tutorial...

[Tinyten]

"Why? Because of metal."
*Writing that down for the final exams*

[usr]

Didn't want to put it in the time to watch this video but it was worth it.

[williamhively]

42:30 The flanging on the spacy harmonized bass seems to be overkill until the EQ and compression give the swept frequencies a vocal, melodic sound. Cool!
BTW, I bought my A/DA Flanger in 1979 and sold it about 10 years later when flanging was out. Big mistake.

[eegoal]

27:18 once I told someone that in my head red lights on plugins mean that it sounds good; he literally told me I had no idea what I was talking about and told me to learn

[Simeonital]

This is the first I've heard of this series and the first video I've watched. Love the overall approach to the mixing process and after hearing the the track at the end... OMG!!! There's some serious isht going in there. I'm now exploring further tutorials to see/hear how that was achieved. Awesome🔥

[regmonmusic]

Very nice! You've brought the rough from a mighty long way.

[DarkTrapStudio]

Bass :
Enrique :"This is the part that gonna be the low part"
Bass : Less low than Enrique Voice

[brokent]

Great video, the section on sub-bass was a godsend. I have struggled mixing sub in my mixes. Thank you, Enrique!

[MusokeMSK]

Love the Metallica stories - especially the part with the red light on the ssl🤣

[davidasher]

God.. I feel like you’re giving away all my secrets. Lol. But seriously, this is great information.

[LindaMissad]

This is so fantastic. I have a question though... when the sub bass is by itself, why would you have its volume that low in the mix? I'm not sure I understand the why of that. THANK YOU for these incredibly informative videos

[davidfiori]

Next time put a sign wave under ever other kick in the key of the song for low low parts and Stretch them out will do the same thing and save anyone a lot of time .