Well... what does the original bass track sound like? Is the original track that boomy or is there more higher frequeny info on tape?

Taming bass is an art... and I think there are some veterans here who could help you better than me. But usually it can be done with a combination of EQ and compression... or both together and maybe even sidechained.

The clarity from the bass will come from the higher bass freqs... cutting 40hz won't make the bass cut through on Dan's speakers. Try this for grins:

Insert an EQ followed by a compressor on the bass channel (you can do it in the DA7, but both the EQ and compression are really bland... however, a Cambridge EQ followed by an 1176 will do nicely) and then compress the hell out of it (20:1or something like that) and boost the $hit out of 300 hz before the comressor. Listen to how that sounds, if not happy, try sweeping the Freq around and playing with the Q until you have something that works.
It's a good idea to do this while listening to the Kick... and the track for that matter.

Hope this helps... now the veterans can chime in and tell it like it really is.

AK

And then after that you'll have to listen to your bass/kick relationship which will no doubt be quite different at that point. You may want to cut from one the frequencies that you boost on the other.

Har-Bal says:



Spike around 37 Hz.

Peak around 125 Hz.

Dips around 795.

Big chunk in the middle missing.

You may have some room problems. If so, invert this graph to see what frequencies need contol .

0k...lots of great ideas here. The wheels are turning. I will work on it and repost it tonight...Steven

Well????.........

Well here it is. I bought some Bower & Wilkens and im still getting used to them. Lots of detail. Thanks again for everyones help. I think I need to work on it a bit more....Steven

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ok.... The bass seems too boomy now. somewhere around the 130-150 hz range things are out of control with the bass.

I'd be curious to hear 1 minute of just the bass part alone.

Also, the attack of the kick can't be heard... or at least not enough.

As a sorbet, you should put on your favorite album in this genre and A/B your mix to it. Listen to the bass and kick. Try to get as close as you can to it.

My 2 cents.

AK

Post a 15-20 second .wav (not mp3) of just the bass and kick - EACH. Keep the level relationship as you do in your mix.

I'll post a Har-Bal analysis of the two layered so you can see.

You may have some problems in your mixing environment that is causing you to 'create' these EQs. Things may sound fine in your space but outside... a whole other story.