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Kick & bass mixing in electronic music
Rating: 3.9 out of 5(22 ratings)
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Kick & bass mixing in electronic music

Go to pro-kick&bass sound in your music
Created byNikita Om
Last updated 4/2017
English
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What you'll learn

  • Make a perfect mix of kick and bass in your tracks
  • Use the most effective kick&bass mixing techniques
  • Develop your signature kick&bass sound like a Pro

Course content

1 section • 16 lectures • 1h 38m total length

  • Why kick & bass are so important and whats the problem4:33

    Main reasons why kick&bass are so important in dance music and why you should use special techniques to make it professionally.

  • Big and small sound5:26

    There is a huge difference between concert sound and portable speakers. And this is the main source of problems with bass sound. We will cover differences in frequency range, attack, release and how it works with music.

  • Bass monitoring5:52

    We will cover the biggest problem of home-music production — bass monitoring. I will share some ideas and tips to get proper bass balance on your sound system.

  • Your best bass sound7:12

    One of the main goals in working with kick&bass in EDM music — find the best spot and following that sound in future tracks. This is how professional producers work. You don't need to find kick&bass balance every time from scratch. You need to have already proper kick&bass channels. And in this video we will follow the process of searching this sweet spot.

  • Kick & bass volume balance3:40

    Volume fader — is our main instrument. In many problem mixes volume editing is already enough to put the sound to the next level. There are some trick on making best volume balance between kick & bass.

  • Kick & bass timing4:16

    Best thing that you can learn to make good kick & bass is timing. Timing parameters can really completely change perception of your sound. It's "next level" skills that separate professionals and "others". And the same time it's super simple stuff.

  • Kick layering3:57

    Layer kick drums using two samples to build a low-end body and a high-click, shaping each with a low-pass and high-pass filter, then tweak sustain and release for balance.

  • Kick fine tuning6:24

    Fine tune the kick drum by adjusting low-frequency tone and octave-up transposition to achieve unison with the track, shaping the high-end click and envelope for house, trance, and techno.

  • Kick plugin9:31

    Using special kick plugin is a modern way to have proper kick sound in every track. We will learn the best plugin "Big Kick". After this video you will 100% know how to make proper kick sound for any genre and how to use it in any of your future tracks.

  • Bass velocity3:19

    True magic in this video. We wil learn one od the most powerful parameter of bassline that is rarely used by all beginners. Any professional will say that only with detailed velocity programmed bassline become alive.

  • Bass timing10:19

    You will learn instruments for working with bassline timing — an important parameter for building your grooves.

  • Bass groove swing3:50

    Have you ever used swing-patterns in your DAW? It's a powerful instrument for building a strong groove and can enhance your loops, basslines and any midi/audio content.

  • Pumping and side-chain4:18

    Side-chain compression — an effect that defines modern electronic music You will learn different ways of making that "pumping" sound in your tracks. It gives more dynamics, more space for other instruments, more powerful groove and finally — more volume.

  • Bass timbre tweaking6:16

    If you want to have pro-sound in bassline section — try bassline tweaking... This is the most powerful and complete tool for building kick&bass section.

  • Kick&bass effects10:05

    Discover how to add different effects (native and plugins) to kick&bass group to add more sustain, warmth and actually any character to your sound.

  • Mixing kick&bass with other instruments9:26

    Classic mixing techniques to put kick, bass and other elements together.

Requirements

  • Beginner's level of working in your DAW (Live, FL, Logic...)

Description

Kick&bass — is a basis of ANY electronic dance track.
Need more reasons to learn how to make it professionally?

Powerful kick&bass will make 50% of your track. Bad kick&bass will ruin any track, doesn't matter how cool is the melody and design...

In this course you will learn all major skills for mixing kick&bass sounds for your dance track. All professionals use them on every track, so you should do that to achieve pro-sound.

You think, you know how to make kick&bass? Do you tune your kick to the tone of the track? Can you provide transparent and powerful kick&bass sound in a club, on home sound system and in headphones? Can you find the best kick&bass length for particular BPM?

If you are confusing with this questions — try this course. You will have better sound: more powerful, loud, clean and groovy.

Why you should look for this video:

  • Kick & Bass is a basis of any dance track
  • I give you direct experience as a music producer & trainer
  • You will have modern information on the topic

How much time you need to have results:

This is 110 min course. Spend 3-5 hours on practice and you will learn all professional skills for mixing kick&bass. Sure this techniques will be growing with you and it needs time for full understanding. But I can confidently say that right after you will start to use this tricks, your sound will become much better!

Who this course is for:

  • Electronic music sound producers who want to have great professional sounding tracks with killer bass-section

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