The biggest Kick and Bass SECRET I ever learned
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
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Mixing low-end can be TOUGH, but Getting a tight low end mix is ESSENTIAL for ending up with a dance floor banger, and these 12 Steps will help you get a PERFECT low end mix (kick and bass) every time you use them - regardless of track or genre.
If you’ve ever wondered “how do I mix low end?”, this technique is what I’ve developed to help me over the course of producing thousands of tracks and mixes. If your ears struggle to focus on the low end (as mine do), these techniques will help you simplify mixing your kick and bass and break it down into a step-by-step process WITHOUT the need to just “trust your ears” 🤦♂️.
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In this tutorial, we cover…
00:00 - Overview
02:22 - Decide on the genre
03:18 - Load in the reference track and sync it to your project
04:05 - Set-up your DAW project
05:14 - Setting up the loudness of your reference track
06:01 - Making life easier for your ears!
06:48 - Setting up our track
07:46 - Mono-switch
08:26 - Balancing kick low-end
09:43 - Visually checking
10:49 - Balancing sub-bass low-end
12:06 - Balancing mid-bass
13:32 - Low-end amp shaping
16:05 - Selecting the perfect bass
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My magic wand would be making an actually good track ._.
Nice, talk about Sound selection, different sound, I just don't know how to pick good sounds, and sounds that sounds good
My magic wand would now be wanting to wave over the high end as getting that nice and crisp without losing its power, thanks.
Gain staging. Everything at its proper levels and panning
@@samuraiowlmusic Absolutely possible! Keep practicing and use reference tracks, and you'll hear the difference fast!
I really wish this channel existed years ago when I was making music full time. I had a difficult time conceptualizing some of these techniques and you’ve really lifted the guesswork out of it. I’m inspired to work on music again because you’ve helped make it more accessible and understandable. Thanks you are doing a great service for your viewers.
Thank you so much, this message means a world to me! I am really stoked my videos reigned your passion for music and motivated you to start making it again! 🙂
I couldn’t agree more. This channel is awesome for production
Thank you so much, I really appreciate the support! 🙌🏻
I agree I watch and learn stuff all the time re: mixing but this guy gives me a full understanding, which I realise I didn't really have before
The Kick and bass relationship clip at 0:07 was hilarious 😂
Fantastic. You amply deserve the hundreds of thousand views and the money that comes from it. Thank you so much for putting such high value out there
Thank you so much, I really appreciate the kind words of support 🙂🙏🏻
Whoa! I have been struggling with low end mixing for the last year and wasted hours of mixing mistake upon mixing mistake. But I just tried this method for the first time and it's absolute gold. I barely did any mixing and my mix sounds infinitely better (driving energy). Thanks again Will!
I always look forward to your videos, I learn so much from you and it's helped my production a ton over the past couple years
Thank you so much, I am really glad my videos have helped you so far! 🙂🙌🏻
This tutorial was mind-blowing! Definetly a must to see and I will sure apply all the learning you've showed us! Loved this video! Thank you for being an amazing teacher!
Rock on! Let us know how you get on 🙂🙌🏻
Amazing tip, actually a game changer for a clean and punchy low end if you need to play your music in clubs with huge speakers. Thank you very much
Thanks for the video. In your mix you already go for maximum loudness, not necessarily in your mastering process, so a reference track should be played at is full volume.
Will ur an absolute legend! thanks for making our days brighter and our low end banging!
You're welcome! Glad you found it helpful 🙂🙌🏻
Excellent video. Thank you for your generosity!
You're welcome, Luis, glad it was helpful! 🙂🙌🏻
Pure Gold! Thanks Will!
You're welcome, Martin, glad you enjoyed it! 🙂🙌🏻
Yes! I am in the Example 2 category. Thanks for this!
You’re welcome! Glad you found it helpful 🙂🙌🏻
This IS GOLDEN! I'd been working myself towards finding a similar system and seeing it here makes me glad. I hadn't thought of track keys, which is a super plus too. Maybe if I down pitch up pitch the reference track in ableton and keep the warping it can work for that too.
Love this mate. You always tell in such an understandable way 👍
Glad you found it useful, and thanks for the kind words!
Thank you for the class!
You are a great teacher! I have just jumped back into your course now I have more spare time, and you have made me feel inspired again
Rock on! I am glad you found this helpful!
Anything else in particular you’re struggling with and would like me to cover on the channel?
this guy is the best! love your work keep up the great videos
Thank you for your work! 💪
You're welcome, glad you found it helpful! 🙂🙌🏻
thank you much for your videos! love ur channel!
Thanks for watching and supporting the channel, Emmanuel, really appreciate it!🙂🙌🏻
That was amazing both the mix and the instruction.
Thank you, glad you liked it! 🙂🙌🏻
I rarely put comments in any video I watch in CZcams, this one deserves a tons of positive comments. Really, I can't describe in words how educational this video is. Thanks a lot for this. I learned a lot.
Thank you so much, Tiago, I really appreciate kind words of support and stoked to hear you found my video helpful!
Anything else you’d like me to cover on my channel?
@@EDMTips quite hard question, because you have videos about everything on music production. However, as I beginning, I’m struggling with melody and sound production as well as the right moment to add stab, plug or pad in the track. Thank you for asking by the way.
You're welcome! Check out my recent video on melodies (if you haven't already), it should help: czcams.com/video/rXJka9Rb0Bo/video.html 🙂
Hey Nick great first tutorial - perfect tips in a great structure and was really easy to follow and replicate. Thank you!
You're welcome, glad it was helpful! :)
I am Will by the way 😉
Another superb presentation! THANKS
You're welcome, glad you liked it! 🙂
Another cracking vid Will - thank you man ❤❤❤
Thank you so much, I am glad you enjoyed it! 🙂🙌🏻
Big thanks! Exactly the questions I have and answers I need! :)
You're welcome, glad it was helpful! 🙂🙌🏻
Very helpful. Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome, glad it was useful! 🙂🙌🏻
thanks for the info!
So awesome thank you!😎🙏
You're welcome, Angelo, I am glad you liked it! 🙂🙌🏻
the best videos on the internet. No bs. Straight facts and pro tips. Me and many more appreciate Your effort !❤🔥
Thank you, I am glad you found it helpful! 🙌🏻
Excellent approach, thanks you!
You're very welcome, glad you found it helpful!🙌🏻🙂
I have to apply this to all my tracks!!
Go for it, and let us know how it goes 🙂
Great overview, good video!
Thanks, glad it was helpful! 🙂🙌🏻
Im really loving these general tips style videos, it's easier to use them in the music i want to create 👍
Stoked to hear that, SomA! Is there anything else you'd like me to cover in my future tutorials?
Yeah but he cussed at 06:45 😭
@@EDMTips Thank you for asking again! I would really love some more tip videos on different melody patterns for all kinds of instruments. Arpeggios, solid basic melodies etc. I would also like to know how to better use effects and samples more effectively. Cheers!
Same. This is exactly the advice i was missing thus far… Thanks Will!
You're very welcome, Marco, glad you found it helpful! 🙂🙌🏻
This video is one of my favorites ;) ty soo much.
You're welcome, glad you found it helpful! 🙌🏻
This is really helpful, thanks.
Awesome, I am really glad you liked it! 🙂🙌🏻
amazing mixing and mastering videos a big thanks for all your guidance
You're welcome! Glad you found it helpful! 🙂
I'd add, using an oscilloscope over a filtered low-end signal helps better visualize the relationship between kick and sub over time.
Love it! Great tip 🤙
Great video please keep it up!
Thank you, Andrew, I am glad you liked it! 🙂🙌🏻
Again a very good one.
After I learned the bass decay tuning to release energy the tracks got much better
It's easy to overdo it sometimes, but after a while it gets a lot better.
My speaker port was broken for a long time so I made music on some terrible speakers, I went back to check everything I made on that, and the kick adsr was by far the biggest overal issue. It made me realize something, though... It can be worth it to keep more decay/sustain/release on other frequencies, depending on the kind of kick and track.
In most house kicks etc. it's mostly just the lows that last long anyway, but for hiphop, for example, it can be a way to keep some of the character of those kicks even in tracks where they shouldn't dominate the low end.
Of course, it's also common to layer sounds with multiple sources, a real kick drum's ~300hz + with some nice sustain over a tight bassy kick is great for mixing in an organic sound, for example. Noise can also be great, as usual!
Thanks for sharing here. I agree to kick adsr. I‘m using good headphones + sound Id reference plugin to finally hear the details, which was impossible before in my untreated room and monitors.
Gracias aprendo mucho de sus videos y experiencia amigo!
You’re welcome! Glad you found it helpful 🙌🏻
Hey Fella!
Huge thanks for this tut. I am making music for years now and I have seen a bunch of great tips n tricks. I love those sub heavy genres and I could not figure it out why my tracks lack energy and it was the very first time I checked the low end of my track and the reference and boom. I gues this technique can be used for every frequency ranges, that was gamechanger for me, thank you very much I cannot tell U how happy I was when I first noticed that sound, you know, when u go in the club, and u only hear the lowend at the enterance while u buyin your tickets, but this time it was my track on the filter oo my gosh thank you sir!
You're welcome! I am glad you found this video helpful! 🙂🙌🏻
@@EDMTips Sir even tough I am not so interested in the genre u produce in, I am watching your videos, you are one of the greatest tutors right now and share dope ideas. Thank you very much for this content!
Mmm, I love that idea of showing the examples one after the other. 😍
It's always a struggle to visualize these concepts but damnnnn your way of teaching them is PROPAH.
Glad it was helpful!
man i dont make edm but this is amazing knowledge, i can't believe how much good info is free
Happy to hear that! Thanks for watching and supporting 🙌🏻🙏🏻
Now that’s an EDM tip. Great tutorial, thank you!
It really helps me alot for better uundersatnding on low end technique...Thank you....
You're welcome, glad you found it helpful! 🙂🙌🏻
Uhhh, instant subscribe. The presentation is just brilliant! Bring on the edutainment!!
Thank you so much, John, I really appreciate the support!
Anything else in particular you’re struggling with and would like me to cover on the channel?
Really love this guy. Straight forward, no bullshit talking. One of the best on YT. Thank you, Will!
You're welcome, glad you found my videos helpful so far! 🙌🏻
@@EDMTips Well, I think I am a professional engineer, after working with audio for thirty years. (You know, no-one should say this professional Blabla. Just want to make clear, that I was working for customers with recording, mixdown and mastering. Music is my first love, but I am not a musician, so this is why I am searching to improve my production skills. I want to start making my own music, after years having no time for my own little project. And YES, your Videos are really great, you're a cool guy and it's fun to see you enjoying your own music :-) Have a nice week.
Great video insightful and useful concepts
Thanks!
No problem, and thank you!
LEGEND!
Thanks Will. this is great.
You’re welcome, glad you enjoyed it! 🙂🙌🏻
Thanks Will, I've learned some great new stuff
Stoked to hear that, Charlie! Now onto applying this newly acquired knowledge 😉
@@EDMTips I sure will
THis is so freaking helpful Will! I will have to watch this one again.
Really glad you enjoyed it! Any point in particular you found useful?
Yes indeed. This clip right here was super helpful to me. czcams.com/video/7LvO-8lzog4/video.html
Being able to balance out the low end of the kick using "Span" both audibly and visually really helped my track stand out. This is my first ever produced track and I've now got my head down learning how to Master it. I've found something I really enjoy learning about so your vid was icing on the cake. Thanks!
@@EDMTips
Now I have another use for LFO Tool :) Nice tutorial !!
Thank you so much, Martin, I am glad you found it helpful! 🙂🙌🏻
Usually I just take bass sounds and kick sounds and cut between 150 to 200hz out of them and cut a little bit of the high mids from other sounds like strings (the high pitched aliasing just makes it sound worse) so my vocals can come through without interference
I Love your tutorial
Thanks Will 👏👏👏
You’re welcome, glad you found it helpful! 🙂🙌🏻
Best video on the internet about this topic, I can't find anything similar, and helped me A LOT to achieve a really good sound, I just finished my first track using this technique, and sounds fantastic!
Awesome! Really glad it helped :)
woooow, quick and so powerfull, thank you
You're welcome, glad you like it! 🙂🙌🏻
Good tips! Cheers!
You're welcome, glad it was helpful! 🙌🏻
I allways had problem with sub "sharp and click" after SC. Thanks for good tips how to control it 😉
Will,Thank you again .
You're welcome, Enrico, I glad you liked it! 🙂🙌🏻
Better and better your videos , thanks a lot :)
Cheers, Fabrice, I am glad you liked it!
Thank you for watching and continuously supporting EDM Tips and the channel! :)
Very useful, thank you.
You’re welcome, glad it was helpful! 🙂🙌🏻
Just found your channel , thank you very much!
You're welcome, hope you'll find my videos helpful 🙂🙌🏻
thank you
Brilliant 🎉
Thanks!
Cheers will! I also find using soothe sidechaining the bass to the kick helps separation, especially the low end as you can pick the frequencies to duck, I don't think a lot of people know that soothe has that feature, it's like the trackspacer plugin but a lot better.
Yes, indeed! Great tips :)
yesterday i used gullfoss sidechain for the first time… result was stunningly good ^^
@@WUOTH I need to check that out!
It is indeed a great plugin!
@EDMTips
At 9:50 you open two SPANs.
If you are able to route 2 Tracks into the same SPAN you can benefit from its "multi-channel analysis":
"SPAN supports multi-channel analysis, and can be set to display spectrums from two different channels or channel groups at the same time. Spectrum's color can be chosen to taste."
This might come handy.
really great content well explained on this channel
Thank you so much, I am really glad you found my videos helpful 🙂🙌🏻
Also can use with metric ab by plugin alliance amazing plugin and company.
Thanks for your tutorial and your time❤
I just became aware of your channel and what a gem!🙂 The best teacher I have found on CZcams for learning how to produce electronic dance music. Very thorough and clear. I will continue to watch, learn, and support. Thank you 💯
You're welcome, glad you found my videos helpful so far!
Welcome aboard and thank you for supporting the channel! 🙌🏻
All this for free. Thank You!!
You're welcome, glad it was helpful 🙂🙌🏻
You had me at "1 size fits all..."
lol
I need to watch this several times to grasp the concept....honestly my mixes have all this problem
Amazing video Will!! Thank you so much for featuring my song as well!! 💙💙
My pleasure, Jesse! Your skills have improved dramatically since we met several years ago!
Great work on this release and I hope to see more of them this year! 🙌🏻
@@EDMTips Thank you so much Will! I really appreciate that! I have a lot more releases coming this year! :) I’m a lot more technical with stuff especially in mixing, so this video is a great example of that! I use span a lot on mid/side and always watching my phase and low end!
Look forward to hearing them, Jesse! 🙂🙌🏻
Would linear phase eq be more ideal when splitting your bass into different bands? Great vid
Great video - thank you! I love your videos and they've made me a better producer!
Random question -- how did you get both instances of SPAN to open at the same time on different tracks? I can only show plugins in Ableton from the active track.
Useful tips for every Producer...👍
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Thank you so much, I really appreciate the support! 🙂🙌🏻
Span has done wonders for my listening
Agreed, it's an incredible tool! 💪
I was wondering how to display two SPAN at the same time. To do this, go to the preferences and set the following "multiple plugin windows" AN. Hide plugin window OFF. And open plugin window ON. Then it works.
Wow!
Thanks, I am glad you liked it! 🙂🙌🏻
Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge and invaluable experience... You are a real expert of the highest level
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Thank you so much form your kind words, I am really glad my videos have helped you so far? 🙂🙌🏻
@@EDMTips
I'm not a professional, I'm just trying to compose music at an amateur level... I've long experienced problems with the sound of my music at high volume levels and I didn't know how to solve them... Thanks to you and your videos, I'll now try to compose my songs better
Thank you
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You're very welcome!
Great video!thanks!
You're welcome, glad you liked it! 🙂🙌🏻
@@EDMTips very helpful. I have a hard time finding good sounding kicks in reason and I have been working with it for 20 years LOL
Have you checked my video on a perfect kick yet? Maybe you'll find it helpful: czcams.com/video/I_4d4U3Ti9k/video.html
This is it. The ultimate bass slash kick video.
Ps. could you do a Chaim style video. That music is so dope. Thanks in advance :)
Cheers, glad you found it helpful! 🙂🙌🏻
Great suggestion, I will add this to my list and let's see how many people will vote for it! What's your favourite track of his?
@@EDMTips Difficult. I think I would choose: Blue Shadow, In Trance We Trust, California Sunshine as my favorite.
With Blue Shadow on top :D
Cheers, I will add those to my list :)
think im guna have to get Ableton simply to follow your tutorials on point, i havent found a decent edm tutor for FL to date.. nice 1 William!
Thank you so much, Jay, I really appreciate kind words of support!
I am sure you can translate my techniques to FL Studio, if you're comfortable enough with the DAW itself.
@@EDMTips I'm getting there slowly will, it seems FL takes a little longer to grasp than Ableton, trust me to go for the tricky one..😂 just wish we had a EDM tutor like you, I find it mega easy to absorb your content, same wavelength as my mind I guess..😉
@@bassyjay6281 Thank you for your kind words, Jay, really appreciate it! 🙌🏻
Thank U Gotye!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching and supporting the channel 🙂
Great video. I think that with a plugin like Adptr from plugin alliance you can do all this routing easier. But it is good to see another way to do it💪
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks, I'll definitely check Adptr out :)
👍COOL👍Thanks...
nice video ! how do you sustain that balance through out your own mastering process ? if you put a compressor on the master, the volume relation of kick and bass is going to change right ?
Compressor on master bus should always generally not working too hard and not effect an already reasonably balanced track too much. And if you've balanced it well, then high passing the compressor to leave the bass alone is worth doing too.
Hey Will. Would loooove a tutorial in the style of enhance progressive. Leo Lauretti, Adrian Alexander, Hausman. The bass I can’t get:0
Great suggestions, Mike, I will add this to my list and let's see how many people will vote for it!
AND in the same key
nice tip
Cheers! Glad you liked it :)
Nice one! Reference track is also from my favourite artist 🤙 Would love to see how to make this Meduza’s new ish type tracks (Melodic techno?) or how to create that deep awesome atmosphere/energy that they do so well = what are the ”secret” ingredients. Thanks Will!
Great suggestion! I will ad this to my list and let's see how many people will vote for it! :)
@@EDMTips By the way, do you mix like this while you are producing or after you have produced/arranged your track?
Great question! I do at least basic arrangement first :)
Great Information as always ! Thank you! Do you use any form of headphone correction like sonarworks with the hd650s? I recently bought them and I am still adjusting to the lack of subs on them coming from ATHm50x which are closed back and have much deeper bass. I would appreciate your insight on this. Correction or getting used to how they sound
Edm tips what’s the name of your reference sounds awesome another great tutorial btw
I love your videos, thank you so much. I have a problem though trying to keep both SPAN open, is there a setting I should change to allow me to use both at the same time?
Preferences- plug-ins then have ON 'Multiple Plug-in Windows' & 'Auto Open Plug-in Windows' Leave OFF 'Auto hide Plug-in Windows' Your Welcome
What did you do exactly with the LFO tool? Use it in gate mode?
🔊Wow-woum-woooow-wow! 😂 good job bro!
Thanks, glad you liked it! 🙂🙌🏻
Hello Will. Can we have a video about swing? Different swings in Ableton for example for different genres? Thanks
Great suggestion! I will add this to my list, let's see how many people will vote for it :)