MIX FAT BASS Guitar that CUTS Through the MIX

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MIX FAT BASS Guitar that CUTS Through the MIX

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MIX FAT BASS Guitar that CUTS Through the MIX
We all love a good bass track, right? But it’s easy for that low-end to get lost in the mix on modern speaker systems.
You need to mix your bass so that the fat sound cuts through and sits perfectly in your mix.
Today, I’m going to take you step-by step through one of my favorite process for getting a bass sound that blows listeners away!
What are your favorite tips for a great bass sound?
Let me know in the comments!
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:40 Track preview
1:40 Step 1: duplicating the performance
1:55 Step 2: add a virtual bass amp to doubled track
2:10 Step 3: add high pass filter
2:45 Step 4: add a sansamp (plugin)
3:20 Step 5: add some 1176 compression
4:05 Step 6: add a low pass filter to DI track
5:00 Step 7: add 1176 to DI track
5:10 Step 8: add Rbass
5:40 Step 9: add a small high pass filter
6:20 Checking the phase relationship between the channels
6:58 Listening in the full mix
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@tamaitiblais7756 Ай бұрын

Thanks a looot for this quality advice! I was always struggling with a sh*tty muddy bass sound and this immediately sounds awesome and fulfilling it's own place. The control of the low end part is perfect, then I put the 2 channels in an aux track to big muff it up and once again, it's perfect, you kick ass dude !

@user-rd8jj3td8z 9 ай бұрын

Very interesting. The only thing is that I don't really understand why bass is always very low in volume. Just let it be heard, the whole song would benefit from it.

@Yaksonator 4 ай бұрын

Agreed and it’s very frustrating. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard the phrase balanced mix and everything but bass is “balanced”.

@Fernando-ry5qt 4 ай бұрын

@@Yaksonator Bass takes a lot of the headroom of the song, quickly saturates the sound if you push it too much

@deathforall2045 4 ай бұрын

@@Fernando-ry5qt Yes, if you don't know how to use eq

@Fernando-ry5qt 4 ай бұрын

@@deathforall2045 Can't beat physics, even with an EQ

@deathforall2045 4 ай бұрын

@@Fernando-ry5qt It is full of great albums with the bass standing out beautifully, without compromising the other instruments. Has anyone managed to beat physics? I don't think so. Good equalization and compression are the basis of the basics of music production, especially in a genre as busy as metal. There are a lot of productions where unnecessary frequencies of guitars, keyboards, drums or vocals are left in, producing only noise, and saturating the spectrum that should be dedicated to the bass. Making room and distributing frequencies wisely is not an option if you want a good results, even without using expensive tools. Regarding the fact that you can't beat physics I totally agree with you, we should remember this more often when we go shopping or on vacation by taking a random plane ticket to a random destination just because it's cheap :)

@musicinsession 2 жыл бұрын

Hands down the best mixing/production channel on youtube! Been following Chris for 2 years now! Never disappoints and such a likeable dude! As I call him, the Peter Mckinon of music production haha! Keep it up mate!

@yosoysoloyo4024 6 ай бұрын

I never thought about using a crossover technique like this on bass. C'est trippant en esti!

@GiovanniGugliantini 6 ай бұрын

Cool. I used to do something like that with my amp, leaving low-end clean and high-end through a peadlboard.

@ross9868 2 жыл бұрын

I rely on Waves "In Phase" plugin for fixing phase issues. Sometimes things are not 180 degrees out. The Guitars and Bass phase seem to always be a little out when you re-amp, it really helps fixing that. Plus it's a huge time saver for my one room studio where you can't hear phase relationships until playback.

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

I never worked with this plugin yet, but I will give it a try

@simonslee73 2 жыл бұрын

Sound Radix plug-in ‘Pi’ is another good alternative for this too

@ross9868 2 жыл бұрын

@@simonslee73 I was going to say I will give that a try but at $249 I will suffer on with the inphase plugin which is only $29 right now. It does look cool though.

@GSSahuwalaSahuwala 2 ай бұрын

Very nice sr❤❤❤

@andytullis8736 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, bro!

@audiografie_at59 Жыл бұрын

Cool technique 👍 Thank you Chris

@mixdownonline Жыл бұрын

Hi Robert, I'm glad it helped!

@jaspersguido2316 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris, I am still ploughing through your Ultimate course on Cubase(great info by the way ) but couldn't resist watching this one being a bass player myself. What can I say I'm a fan...Keep up the good work :-)

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks, that's awesome :-)

@walterkopatz288 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent thx Chris

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

@diegomayfield4751 9 ай бұрын

great video , great tip

@mixdownonline 8 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@Byron101_ 2 жыл бұрын

In Cubase you can use only onstock plugins for this: Quadrafuzz (2 Bands!) + Multiband Compression (same bandwidth) 😊

@jmusicstudiockg 2 ай бұрын

best trick ever😊

@roobscoob47 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Chris!

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@mrgamer6209 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Any time

@dannyrio 11 ай бұрын

Awesome. About to lay down some bass right now. I'll try this out. Thanks!

@paulferrarodrums Жыл бұрын

Thanks for a simple easy to understand tutorial.

@LondonSteveLee 2 жыл бұрын

I do something similar but with two copies of the DI'd bass. Other than a bit of compression I leave the DI'd bass alone - perhaps notch some annoying frequencies. have a high passed distortion track like yours and a sub bass copy - the "glued" preset of the stock Steinberg Bass VST is a great start, then I blend in some sub content with BX subsynth. All three tracks then go to a bass group track with gentle compression to glue it.

@johncostigan6160 2 жыл бұрын

Great bass shaping technique. Thanks Chris

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@benvega Жыл бұрын

very helpful

@mixdownonline Жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

@robertmacbean8890 2 жыл бұрын

Very usefull tutorials, I might say, Chrissie. Using them a lot! ;)

@DaveDickens 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris, excellent video. Cheers Dave

@thebitterbeginning 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your approach on this. I've read a lot, I've heard a lot...but to see a great engineer walk through the setup is reassuring.

@mantravision69 2 жыл бұрын

Great timing Chris! I was just sent a recording from overseas with no chance of re-recording. The bass was hard to work with. This will sort me out!

@johncostigan6160 2 жыл бұрын

Text-book , fool-resistant bass guitar wrangling. Thanks Much, Chris!

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, John!

@JTPiano2011 2 жыл бұрын

Morning Chris. I spun your new single about a half a dozen times. Nice tune and great groove. Your female vocalist has a lovely voice. So you should get a cheque for .005 cents really soon: “let the good times roll”! All kidding aside. Great job.

@piscesman54 Жыл бұрын

Great sound, great bass player, and killer riff.

@enriquematiasreimermillan5120 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome Chris!!! Great trick!!!!

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@korkenknopfus 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, yes, yes. If mister Selim talks about mixing bass, hearing is obliged. By the way, I was wondering if a future version (Cubase 20, year 2040, maybe) will have the possibility to do crossovers in the sends. One could do the processing in FX channels with one source. Well, we can add manually the filters in each channel, but that could be an improvement in workflow.

@jerrymckenzie1858 2 жыл бұрын

Great tip, Chris! I've been getting excellent results from the Tech 21 SansAmp Bass Driver DI pedal. I can get just about any sound I need out of it from clean DI, or amp simulation and drive, with any amount of blend thereof. Highly recommended!

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff! That's good to know!

@secretgardn 2 жыл бұрын

Superb. Cheers for all the vids 👍🏽💥

@LloydMajor 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the class!

@mixdownonline 7 ай бұрын

You're very welcome!

@sixstring3639 2 жыл бұрын

Great Chris. Awesome!

@erikkroll2154 2 жыл бұрын

That is what I do for the most part. Thanks Chris!

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@diegoramiropapiz 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful as always, brother. Peace!

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@themodernairline 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this clear and effective tutorial!

@EncounterCaneCorso 10 ай бұрын

Awesome Chris, appreciate these tips.

@tonycarpenter-Makzimia 2 жыл бұрын

Epic sound Chris :) thank you.

@PapaCalle 2 жыл бұрын

Am loving it.

@realmusic4you 2 жыл бұрын

Nice one Chris, thanks for sharing.

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@gospelmuvgospelmuv 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks Chris.

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Any time!

@StratsRUs 2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks !

@LESHED1 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video Chris!! - Thanks. Amram

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@relativity1581 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Chris! It was very helpful!

@bradybritto 2 жыл бұрын

Nice 👍

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ✌

@milanpolak 6 ай бұрын

Love this!

@davidball7211 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video as always Chris. Quick, to the point and very educational. I love the schooling, keep it coming.

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@albertocavazos7619 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic !! Thanks Chris.

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@gonzomuller8846 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Chris 😃👍

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@danieljacques7719 2 жыл бұрын

Merci Chris tu arrives à point avec cette vidéo merci tu fais ma semaine 😉👍🎶

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent! You're welcome, mon ami!

@brianhenderson68 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! How can I get that sound playing LIVE? 🤔

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

For Live, use a great Bass Amp, that simple :-)

@salofilm 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial, Chris! Thanks so much for this.

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@jasonalexander5253 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Chris. Very good advice- thanx. I use Magneto II on the bass channel to bring at the mid range to taste.

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Magneto is a good one for sure!

@droptheeye 2 жыл бұрын

thanks Chris... great tutorial.. very helpful

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@in2gadgets 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video, Chris - thanks :-)

@DileepaMangala 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris ❤️

@planzed463 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video man - thanks! I use this technique too but in a digital modeller for my live sound, ppl love my bass tones, they’re never lost in a mix & easy to control in a mix if separated like (& this makes for happy live-sound-engineers!)

@arieassa2186 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Chris!!!!!

@mixdownonline Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!!

@paultwist1823 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent as always Chris - many thanks. More like this for guitars; acoustic and electric please.

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Sure!

@jaimomo65 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial, very useful, thanks!

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@project1265ffo 2 жыл бұрын

Very Nice video explanation, i guess i used that technique 1 or 2 Times, but i Kind to forget 😁 thanks for this reminder C Selim

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! :-)

@MorisoniProductions 2 жыл бұрын

yet another very useful video. Now I have a problem - ALL your videos are so relevant for me, Chris! and I just don't have the time to assimilate all the tips and tricks. well, poco a poco ...

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Oh Yeah! Glad to know that, Henry! Always happy to help out :-)

@Electricowlworks 2 жыл бұрын

Great tip as always! Thanks for sharing! -chaz

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, bro!

@Dtmusica 2 жыл бұрын

Great one! Why don’t you show us how you mixed the drums? Sound amazing

@wakinglife7065 2 жыл бұрын

Merci merci

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Bienvenu

@marwanabed6508 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful, thanks

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@Artsparkle 2 жыл бұрын

TnX from bass player!!

@Axeltab 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris, awesome tutorial as ever! From your experience, in this case of splitting, what would you think of using the two instances of pro q3 in linear phase mode? Cheers!

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

You can fir sure, but not a must as far as you pay attention to phase

@Axeltab 2 жыл бұрын

@@mixdownonline Thanx a lot!

@enricofiori7641 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, very interesting video! I started to use Amplitube as plug in of Cubase. Do you know if it is possible to make Amplitude to receive program change from cubase (I can’t manage to do that). many thanks!

@PRILIPAK61 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris, nice job as usual. I wonder on which bass guitar this was played. Ciao

@boudjouraftalal6859 2 жыл бұрын

perfect and thank you ;)

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@joseferro1432 Жыл бұрын

Hi, Chris Thank you for the great video. Being a bass player, I'm always on the hunt for improving my recorded signal. I had a question about the compressors. Could you share the setting you use and when you record your dry signal do you use any compression? Thanks again!

@willandwav 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris. Brilliant as always! Is there a stock distortion plugin in Cubase I could use instead of Sansamp?

@Handd4u 2 жыл бұрын

Have to say thanks for sharing. Maybe I am old school or just wrong, but the end result sounded thin for a bass guitar to me. Similar to a guitar that someone tried to make sound like a bass guitar.

@ulfb5467 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial 🤘May I ask you, which preamp did you use for the bass? Cheers from Stockholm.

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

I like to use the Drawmer 1960's DI, it has a dedicated tube to it. Cheers brother :-)

@ulfb5467 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the replay. I just got a used UA 710 Twin for my bass guitar. However, can't compare with others.

@johnaylward6467 2 жыл бұрын

This is a great way to put a bass sound together. Thanks for sharing this with us all.

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@patrobys Жыл бұрын

Hey chris, Little late on this video,but as mixing my own bass tracks,i duplicate my track and then,send them to a big compression so that paralel compression occurs.althought,i've noticed you didnt pan your channels hard left and right...is this something you recommend for a bass guitar normally?..or for example,if ive recorded a little sample bass track in the chorus to make it "punchier",should that track stays centre?..my biggest issues in my last mixes was a lot with the panning stuff so im really curious about how to do it properly with each track! Thanks for your reply

@senadmarava 2 жыл бұрын

👑👑

@domeniconitti529 2 жыл бұрын

Chris, is it recommended on a midi track where is recorded a bass line, to convert it into audio and to put the VST BASS AMP RACK plugin in insert?

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

This is what I do on my side, I always bounce my Midi to Audio before Mixing

@dbtube 2 жыл бұрын

Bonjour Chris. Dans Cubase, est-ce qu'il y a un avantage à avoir une track MixBus avec les inserts et rien dans la track sortie out (comme ton exemple)?

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

Ça dépend de ton workflow. C'est pas un "must" mais ça peut-être pratique pour une situation de routing ou tu voudrais ecouter une piste sans passer par le Mix Buss, comme un track référence, si tu passe pas par le Control Room

@greekplayback 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks , Can i use it on midi bass with ezbass plugin ?

@ross9868 2 жыл бұрын

No, absolutely not! The plugin police will respond immediately. Of course you can, I do a similar processing for kick drums also.

@mixdownonline 2 жыл бұрын

"The Plugin Police" 😂😂

@aerov2484 Жыл бұрын

What the hell is your screen resolution ?! lol

@ericp8256 Жыл бұрын

That's a lot of work for a simple bass track. Hell, most of your audience probably doesn't even have the CPU needed for this many plugins on a simple bass track. Overkill.

@lafarga2330 Жыл бұрын

Not sure what kind of mixing you get up to where EQ, compression and distortion is "overkill". Seems like a very reasonable array of plugins to me.

@ericp8256 Жыл бұрын

@@lafarga2330 It' the NUMBER of plugins used. I'm not saying the types. I mean jeezuz. If you can't make it sound right at the source and have to use 50 plugins on the final mix, maybe you need to do a rethink..