Reply To: ED RUSH AMA

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,EdRush
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Hi panoptessoundworks,

Usually when designing bass sounds, I have an effects chain that consists of lots of distortion (sometimes multiband), eqs and multiband compression. I use these tools to get the desired sound then its a question of finding its place in the mix.
If its a tune that mainly focuses on the bass mids then they obv have to be upfront in the mix. If you bass sound has lots of high information, which is usually just fizz you have to find a balance with the top end of your drums like hats and rides etc. There are some great tools for carving space in your mix like trackspacer or FabFilter MB if things are getting a bit crowded and cluttered in certain areas. Most of the time as I mentioned in an earlier answer I will split the bass into 2, sometime 3 sections and run a clean pure sub underneath so my low end is strong and consistent. Trash 2 is a great tool for bass design as it gives us so much control in multiband mode so we can throttle the mids whilst leaving the low and high end information clean.

All the best!

Ben.

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