Post by svart on Aug 11, 2017 7:45:43 GMT -6
I've been listening to a ton of modern mixes and they seem to have a lot in common. Besides the solid low end, most of them seem to have some kind of "mojo" that lacks in my mixes as well as mixes from non-top-professionals.
So my question is, does anyone know what else is done to the bass in modern pop/rock mixes that might be considered a trick?
Most of them have some kind of very low level chorus going on to widen them, but there also seems to be some kind of sub-harmonic thing going on that isn't the normal RennBass or sine supplementation things. Almost like the root note being played has a pure sub-harmonic following it. There also seems to be some kind of harmonic exciter on the top end too that adds some kind of sparkly sheen to the bass that I have not been able to get with distortion alone.
I've read that some mixers will use things like Lowender or LowAir to add some sub-harmonics, but do all the top professionals use something like this, or some other tricks?
listen to this Switchfoot bass at 0:47:
It's just plain larger than life but you'll need a sub or headphones that can reproduce low end well to hear the sub-harmonics.
That's a TLA mix BTW. I think he's much better than his brother for the most part.
So my question is, does anyone know what else is done to the bass in modern pop/rock mixes that might be considered a trick?
Most of them have some kind of very low level chorus going on to widen them, but there also seems to be some kind of sub-harmonic thing going on that isn't the normal RennBass or sine supplementation things. Almost like the root note being played has a pure sub-harmonic following it. There also seems to be some kind of harmonic exciter on the top end too that adds some kind of sparkly sheen to the bass that I have not been able to get with distortion alone.
I've read that some mixers will use things like Lowender or LowAir to add some sub-harmonics, but do all the top professionals use something like this, or some other tricks?
listen to this Switchfoot bass at 0:47:
It's just plain larger than life but you'll need a sub or headphones that can reproduce low end well to hear the sub-harmonics.
That's a TLA mix BTW. I think he's much better than his brother for the most part.
....but, the track you linked is a second bass track. The domV chord (right before the drums kick in) is the low open B(maj-root) on a five string bass--and from the tone, one that was overdubbed, as it's not the "Stingray 4" that is the bass sound for the rest of the tune. Whether the synths double it at that moment isn't why your woofers move. LowB's fundamental will wobble woofers...nearing DC.....