Mixing kick drum and bass is one of the most persistent problems in mixing. If you don't manage your bass frequencies, your low end can soon become an incoherent mess with a kick drum that doesn't punch and a bass part that swallows all your track's energy.
In this tutorial, MusicTech Logic Pro X expert Jono Buchanan shows you how to make space for all your bass-heavy elements including bass, kicks and additional synth, to make your mix more coherent.
Learn to use complementary EQ curves, high-pass filters and compression with a sidechain input to clean up your low end.
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Chapters
0:00 Start and overview
0:57 Listening test - bass and kick
3:24 Kick vs bass - which wins?
4:22 Using EQ to make space for the kick
8:47 Using EQ to make space for bass
11:09 Cutting bass from other parts
14:20 Using kick as sidechain input on the bass compressor
18:42 Recap