023 - Mastering The Bass

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BOB DENNIS ON DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING

023 - Mastering The Bass
Clarity and smoothness often isn't achieved in the mixdown as far as the low end, due to how the bass guitar (or acoustic bass) and the kick generate their sound. Enter mastering...

One of the most critical aspects of a mix is to get the bass instruments working together where the "notes" played can be heard. Because of spectrum characteristics of the two common bass instruments (the bass drum and the bass guitar), it is difficult to properly hear both in a mix. If the mixing engineer fails to get a good blend, it becomes a task the mastering engineer must try to achieve with EQ techniques.

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Bob Sr.