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As you prepare to argue and tell me that I’m crazy for suggesting your mix needs less bass, take a deep breath and think about all of the fighting you’ve done with bass guitars in the past. It takes a lot of time and energy to get a decent bass tone at every stage in the recording process.
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Whether your primary genre is metal, pop or anything in between – synthesized bass is quickly becoming one of the most common ways to fill out the low end of a song. Some genres are using it to reinforce a live bass guitar.
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For a lot of audiophiles, adding a subwoofer to their car or home theater system is a must-have. As an audio professional, your goals aren’t the same.
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Bass not low enough? Not enough rumble in your track? Can you hear the low-end frequencies pulsating against your ears, but can’t quite seem to give your mix the kick it needs to feel the music?
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Do you struggle finding the right place to sit your bass guitar in a dense mix? It’s a tough instrument for a lot of engineers. While a lot of instruments fight for definition in the mid-range of the frequency spectrum, bass stretches toward the depths of your mix, encompassing frequencies shared with your kick drum, while still sharing a lot of its range with low-mid focused instruments.
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