Tweaking And Mixing Bass

[mindbenda]

if this aint the hardest shit for me iono what is........

first off i got alright bass im not gonna say i got that fire as far as my bass collection goes cuz its far from it (i got dope vsti's but they too lack in bass but not in other areas).......

i tweak it with waves maxxbass or waves rbass and at times i use both......but i just dont get that UMPH people feel.....

I mix it either to LOUD or too LOW its like i can never get it perfect so my question is how low should my bass be mixed at db wise??? (before i compress and limit the beat as a whole)

[thescript]

[misscc]

"Bass -10 db maybe hotter Always front and center. If you use FX restrict yourself to chorusing or a light flange--no reverb. Note that the quality we associate with "good" music is a tight syncopation of kick drum and bass. If you hear any duff notes make sure you fix them.

Cool trick: Bass does not have to hit exactly on the kick drum. But it a wee bit after so the listener hears the kick 1st. Do microseconds count? Yep. Ears are really good at detecting even tiny, tiny delays in what we hear. Are there more secrets in the micro-timing domain? Yer catchin' on dude--good work!

Big Bad Tip: Keep the bass and kick out of the way by giving each a different EQ. If the kick peaks at 65 HZ make sure the bass peaks somewhere else. You can use a spectrum analyzer to see where the loudest frequencies are for each."(tweakheadz)

www.tweakheadz.com/perfect_mix.html