In this video, I go through some of the techniques and processes I use to mix bass in the MPC standalone. I go through two examples, a live bass and a Moog Synth bass. There are two FREE FX Chain Presets to download and share.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:33 Mixing Bass Ethos
02:28 The Live Bass
04:08 Live Bass Compression
09:28 Live Bass EQ
10:23 Gating for noise
13:37 MPC 60 Polish
14:38 Moog Synth Bass
15:40 Synth Bass Compression
17:53 Synth Bass EQ
20:20 Add some saturation
23:05 The Mother Ducker
26:32 Outro
FREE Preset FX Chain for your live or synth bass:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Ead543LxbhD9UaZLA06_MRKqQhv9N-Z/view?usp=sharing
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[email protected]
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Equipment I use:
Headphones:
Audeze LCD-X
Beyerdynamic 770/880/1990
Shure 535
Sennheiser HD25 MKII
Pioneer HDJ X10
Aiaiaia TMA-2 Wireless+
Reference Monitors:
Genelec 8020D
Presonus Studio One 6
RME ADI-2 DAC FS
Audient Evo 16
Audient SP8
Presonus HP4 (My Grot Box)
Presonus Faderport V2
Arturia Minilab MKII
Novation 49SL MKII
Arturia Microlab
Akai MPC One
Akai MPC Live II
Roland SP404 Mk2
Isla Instruments S2400
Omni Portable Turntable
Content Creation:
Presonus Revelator IO24
Zoom H6 Recorder
Earthworks Custom Icon Pro Microphone
Sennheiser MKE 600 Microphone
Logitech Brio 4k Cam
Apple iPhone 12
DJI Osmo Mobile 6
OC White Ultima Mic Arm
Davinci Resolve
Filmic Pro
Knobs:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TXYBB7Z
Data Wheel:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08R5THKZD