Hi, I am trying to get more educated on how to get a proper EQ for my setup. Currently I am having trouble with my Univox drum machine’s bass frequencies kind of cutting out the rest of my mix with each punch of the kick drum sound. Also, I have the same problem if I have a really low bass sound on my Voyager or Prodigy, it will muffle out the sounds of the rest of my high frequency stuff.
I am using a Behringer powered mixer, with a 15 inch bass speaker. Should I get a speaker with a tweeter in it instead??
Sorry, this may be vague, but I was just curious to know if anyone had any thoughts. Im sure a lot of you guys probably have a pretty good understanding of how to EQ electronic gear.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks guys!
James
Move them in the stereo field if you can. That is the easiest.
Sidechain the bass with a compressor/limiter is another way.
Dynamics are key. Watch your levels. Not everything can be loud at the same time.
“watch your levels. not everything can be loud at the same time” - that is a lesson I definitely need to learn and concentrate on! Thanks for your help!
Since ive been messing with synths and 20+ Hz audio, I have noticed that if your equipment isn’t designed to let you hear the sub bass, that doesn’t mean that it isn’t there.
Ive used a lot of software programs with sub bass kicks and things. My headphones have been ruined by Moogs lol. But when I put it on a cd and my cd player isn’t capable of handling that type of bass, or even still, laptop speakers, you THINK that the sub audio stuff is simply not there. But if you listen to it on something designed to push those lows, it becomes apparent just how much oomph is there.
So sometimes, try to just trust that the sub bass is there. It will sometimes boom without necessarily registering on the meters persay. By the time you turn everything up so much that you can hear it audibly, you have blown everything out.
Just think like this…it takes more power to push the air from a bass amp than it does for a guitar. So that can translate into Bass taking up more room than you think in the sum of your mix.
Maybe this hasn’t been totally from the side of my mouth, but it is stuff that I have picked up from experience with modest equipment that Im sure can be more thoroughly explained.
Eric
Eric