Tales from the mix lab: let's CLIP this low D&B bass š [video]
Iām doing this DNB mix+master and its really low bass needs some special attentionā¦letās use clipping to help it.
USE HEADPHONES OR GOOD MONITORS or you won't hear a single changeā¦this is not for phones that much š§šš
Not every song and its element is 100% ideal, and the bass department in this song isn't the easiest, so I'm trying to help it a little bit.
I'll do a bit of on/off, and also at the very end, blow up the bass completely so you can hear what clipping can offer to your bass, so that's the tip.
Let me know what you think!
Haven't sent this to the label/client yet, so I'll have to see what they have to say š¤š»š
Comments (4)
Devious Machines Bass Focus has a harmonic generator that works really well for this too.
nice stuff bro!
Great tip Fanu. In the end when you pushed the sub even more to the limiter. What if you copied that signal, then rolled off the super lows and kept only that extra growl / dirt from the harmonics and blended it with the sub that was limiting 2db only? In order to get that extra information on the top?
Yessir, thatās what Iāve done quite often when I want an aggressive bass, because roasting it often hurts the sub!