hi guys,
so overall i know there is not THE ANSWER!
1. i always reference my tracks to some i think are really my taste basswise.
2. i recently made a various genre sampler and this is where i struggled. the DnB tracks were ok for my taste, i wasnt sure at one section though. then i got a techno track, it was ok too. then a rock/pop track which first i thought is also great, by earphones, then my studio monitors and notebook but on a 50 bucks 2.1 logitech subwoofer system it sounded kinda too much, about 3-4 db. then i lowered the subbass 3db but it felt weak on my monitors. so im not sure, on tonal balance control it showed all is well with both versions. other tracks on the logitech system were ok.
3. so if you dont have a professional studio how do you proceed with something like that?
4. when do you know the subbass volume is enough? (excluding when the bass is overshadowing the melodies and just sounding mufffled).
thx
how to solve this - how much bass is too much? not best environment
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- KVRAF
- 9702 posts since 5 Aug, 2009
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- KVRist
- 141 posts since 13 Mar, 2004 from USA
some of it depends on your calibration across the speakers and subs. frequency response levels set to a consistent level. and presuming your room is capable of < 50hz response w/o significant room gain.
so, having a quality set of headphones which can let you hear the LF, and using something like ISOL8 which let's you quick check your different frequency ranges. hitting the LF SOLO (<200hz) will quickly let you hear whats going on there. if you have a decent metering (YouLEAN, Insight, Waves etc) you can look at the composition of instruments in that range and work on getting it tightened - high passing things that overdrive that etc. in rock, many instruments can constribute to this like low end on guitars, keyboards esp when they're also playing bass notes, synths and organs etc.
using a bunch of reference track comparisons on your system can help - remember if you're using commercial references they're likely mastered so you'd want to bring those levels down to match your mix levels.
so, having a quality set of headphones which can let you hear the LF, and using something like ISOL8 which let's you quick check your different frequency ranges. hitting the LF SOLO (<200hz) will quickly let you hear whats going on there. if you have a decent metering (YouLEAN, Insight, Waves etc) you can look at the composition of instruments in that range and work on getting it tightened - high passing things that overdrive that etc. in rock, many instruments can constribute to this like low end on guitars, keyboards esp when they're also playing bass notes, synths and organs etc.
using a bunch of reference track comparisons on your system can help - remember if you're using commercial references they're likely mastered so you'd want to bring those levels down to match your mix levels.
Glenn