When it comes to mixing, few things are more frustrating than knowing how you want your mix to be, versus how it actually is and the feeling that you’ve tried everything you can to get there, but it just won’t get there.
One thing that has especially continued to elude me is how to get the kick drum to sound strong and present in the mix without too much amplitude accumulation at the low frequencies. I’ve tried boosting and cutting the kick at certain frequencies and then boosting and cutting the opposite frequencies in the bass. It helps, but it’s still not enough.
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