Every time I watch an ITL/Pensado's Place it solves stuff that I've been knocking my head about for months.With all respect to The walking dead and Breaking Bad , This is the coolest , most exciting series I have ever seen :D Thanks a whole lot man , you make my day !

3:58 is one of those honest moments every producer or engineer has and its cool seeing legends still having those moments

Tired of using presets and hoping for the best I decided a few weeks ago to really learn the craft of recording and have been amazed by the knowledge and access to information on KZfaq. I’ve spent the last three weeks submerged in videos like this and really appreciate them. Honestly three weeks ago I didn’t know what a high pass filter was let alone how to use them. This is probably the tenth video I’ve watched on filters and I learn something new every time, Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge so little guys like me can learn how to sound big.

superb! You finally got me to understand the extra boost a HPF gives the low end where you cut it.

Just whipped out my FabFilter Simplon and did what you did on a breakbeat I needed to tuck behind a more formidable drum machine. This was fun. I usually dread high pass, and never have used a low pass here (gave some sheen to the cymbals, and cut out some gritty noise there!). Thanks!

Wow, this is some of the most brilliant, useful info on mixing I’ve ever come across. Thank you Dave, you are awesome!

Ever since I watched this I've been using Cytomic's The Drop for my high and low pass filtering, because it made me realize how important it is to use a great quality filter and plus The Drop has a peak resonance control too (as well as offering many different filter simulations). Really helps things sit in the mix.

I have taken on board some of the tips on bass and kick drums and my latest recording is so much better sounding, even I cannot believe my ears! Thanks Dave.

My clarity, width, etc. improved a hundred fold once I really started to understand the use of filters. No one ever told me that filtering all the unnecessary low end out of a panned track REALLY pegs it to the side. It makes sense since low end doesn’t image that well but it’s one of those things that I never understood the true importance of. The same kind of concept is obviously happening here since all the unnecessary low end flub and high end scrape is being hacked off in favor of the stuff that actually works.

Great tip (as per usual)! Some of the best bass sounds I've come up with have some sort of High Pass element to it.

Brilliant insight, thank you. Hope you’re well & happy Christmas!

That was awesome, you hear the difference right away. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

Great job Dave; really hapefull stuff here on all "into the Lair" videos; thank you

It's exactly what I search since long months ! Thx for this tip it's amazing !

learn something new, every time I listen to you. bravo

Thank you very much Dave! Brilliant as always.

I find myself immediately going to keepvid after watching one of your videos.. I hope that is an extreme compliment, and I hope others follow in my footsteps. Regardless, your videos amaze me! 🧙‍♂️ 🖤❤️ 🧡 💛 💚 💙 💜

I knew about the bump trick on the low bass frequencies, but for some reason never thought to do the same on the higher bass frequencies. I will try this. Thanks.

I'd been feverishly experimenting with LPFs on Bass afraid I'm getting rid of something I need without noticing it. Happy to see I was on a good path!

Woo!! i use to watch all ur vids before i stopped with music! Now im back :) And back watching! lol

Who is this legend, love you sir

Hey this man is too simple no any attitde and he a master on his work salute u

Thank so much Dave for all your great tip we all can learn if we listen . to people who know what they talking about I’am 64 and love making my music from Tassie end of the world fresh air

I din't get the explanation, but the live demonstration is flat genius!

Thank you Dave ! I needed to see this today................. been having problems with a bass track in one song ................... hopefully this will do the trick. :)

*Wow!* This is awesome! Currently working on a Deftones cover and man I'm using this on the bass 🤘❤🤘

Always a great place to visit... thanks !

Thank You Dave. Great tutorial!

Many thanks for this! And for all videos! :) I've learned so much here! Thanks again!!!! :)

Always useful, but more importantly informative

Drugs. Also, this is great!

Thank you Dave Pensado.

Man Dave, eres la hostia. Gracias de corazon.

Thank You...Best example yet

awesome! with every such video i feel that i'm getting closer and closer in terms of solving that perfect mix puzzle

I love this guy!

Great tips&tricks..thanks a lot! :)

Going to try this thanks. I always have trouble getting the bass to cut to the mix.

Let's speak about target-frequency centered phase rotation, when it happen on multi mics sources those phenomenons are quite important!

Thanks again for the lesson!

loved his face on "...well, technically four knobs..."

Please do a full session video with vocals and guitars too! :)

very helpfull! thanks! just one question where can i get this plugin? cant find it anywhere

Thanks a lot Dave!

There's that great mix ebgineer called Raz Klinghoffer you should all check out

will do this with q3 this guys is amazing ...

Using filter resonance? Revolutionary

simple but useful...thx Dave)

Does anyone think Fred Armisen's audio guy character on Portlandia is kind of based on Pensado? I really get that vibe.

I would like to get more info on the info you are giving at 0:35... Very interesting information Thank you!

Thank you, very consice!

i think we can all relate to the joy he always gets from making something sound better lol

How do you record the bass? Plug it directly in the mixer with a DI?

This is smart trick.I like it.

thanks Dave!

Just one correction on the maths: The cut-off frequency is the corner frequency, and as such it it already 3 db down (under most filter types) at this frequency. So if you use an 18 db/octave low cut at 100 Hz, then at 50 Hz you will be down 18 + 3 = 21 dB. OK, so I'm not totally sure about this, and you should just use your ears anyway, but I think this is correct. So I just googled it, and wikipedia says: "In electronics, cutoff frequency or corner frequency is the frequency either above or below which the power output of a circuit, such as a line, amplifier, or electronic filter has fallen to a given proportion of the power in the passband. Most frequently this proportion is one half the passband power, also referred to as the 3 dB point since a fall of 3 dB corresponds approximately to half power. "

What little speakers are those in the background?

Dave what type of chair do you use?

this stuff is almost over my head haha this guy is obviously a pro.

I'm trying to do this LIVE on my pedalboard with parallel signals I have it all worked out but I am missing two parts I cant seem to locate a high pass or low pass pedals anyone?????? I feel like I cant use EQ pedals for this am I wrong?

What Filter plug in is this that he's using ?

some insights on a 16th kick and bass at 145 bpm's Psytrance style, that would be great!

beautiful

this is great

how u see how much db you boost on this eq?

Very good

Cool very nice

Awesome!

thanx man

As GURU might have said "you know the program, dave's the mother fucking man!" ;)

Sort of like what you can do with a Pultec style EQ?? Cut and boost at the same time.

So maybe this could be useful technique upon dance basslines?

Ace. As ever... : )

did mcDSP stop selling that filter cause i cant find it on there website?

Awesome

anything good like this in a stomp box?

Excuse me for my ignorance. Could anyone break it down the introduction where Dave goes on about the maths of cycles and octaves?! thank you.

I cant find that plugin on mcdsp site. did they remove it. or is it updated ?

nice

Wow ! Thanks ! o_o

How much are you (or other commenters) boosting at the curves?

So wait is -6db a lower bass than -12db??

Great! love the riff too, what's the song Dave?

If you need to cry just cry it out, man. I can hear you're on the edge of bursting out crying,

Hi Dave. Please show the changes on track sometimes and less on solo. Thanks.

what eq program is that?

Im all about that bass. No treble.

Smart.

That STRANGELY reminds me of Peter Serafinowicz hahaha

what eq is that?

This used to do my head in, I kind of worked out there might be a Rez boost at the cut off, but when I have asked ppl they have basically bs me and said just attenuate. People don't seem to ask why? They just do, which is lazy in my book.

Amazingly most processed electric bass sounds start out sounding like Jazz basses and then end up sounding like Pbasses when theyre finished...

Dayum, this man is absolutely perma-fried lmao I thought I smoked too much

super! ps technically, its 4 faders lol

30 second in I'm lost lol

What the fuck are cycles. Is that like Hz?

Batman filters 🦇

isnt that just resonance

L0ol0ol 1:23 I think he came in his pants.

OMG! Did he just tell us to high- *and* low-pass vocals? Hopefully only fx or background vocals?