How to Mix Low End (MaxxBass, H-EQ, NLS)
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Low end mixing tips and techniques using EQ, effects, M/S processing, as well as different kinds of routing you can use to have more control over the low end of your mix.
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TUBE-TECH PE 1C "PULTEC" EQUALIZER - The Tube-Tech PE 1C is a passive, tube-based equalizer suitable for many different sources ranging from bass drums and guitars to vocals, and not least for giving full mixes that extra weight and shimmer. The equalizer features a Low Frequency section made up of two low shelf filters which can be combined to attenuate and boost at the same time. These filters are actually bit apart in frequency even if they are controlled by the same frequency selector, and if you find the Boost gives you too tubby a sound, the attenuate knob will clear that up for you.
WAVES MAXXBASS - When you need to seriously pump up your lows, choose MaxxBass, the bass enhancement technology used on more hit records and major motion pictures than any other. MaxxBass uses psycho-acoustics to calculate precise harmonics that are related to the fundamental tones of sound. When these harmonics are combined, it creates the effect of lower, deeper frequencies. For bass you can really feel, it's got to be MaxxBass.
H-EQ HYBRID EQUALIZER - H-EQ is a uniquely powerful hybrid equalizer, featuring vintage and modern EQ inspired by the finest British and American consoles; seven different filter types per band, including a newly-developed, one-of-a-kind asymmetrical bell filter; an intuitive keyboard graphic that lets you choose frequencies by clicking on notes; an exclusive MS Mode so you can apply different EQ to the sum of a stereo signal and its difference; and a flexible real-time frequency spectrum analyzer with multiple display options.
WAVES NLS NON-LINEAR SUMMER - Waves, together with three of today's top producer / engineers, is proud to present the NLS Non-Linear Summer: Three legendary consoles -- in one powerful plugin. Waves modeled over 100 individual channels in all, capturing the unique color, character, and behavior of each and every input and summing bus amp. NLS delivers the richness, depth, and harmonic complexity that only analog gear could deliver -- until now.
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Very professional and real "know how".
Hey Nick Nider, thanks for watching!
Thanks for watching, Patrick! Glad you found the techniques useful.
Dang, this mix sounds really good. Ahh I hope I can get to this level of mixing one day. The tracks just sound so clean and real!
Did you get there yet?
Did you get there yet?
WOW!!!!!! Im sold!!! All my live mixes are going to have MS processing from now on!!!! Im so glad I bought HEQ a long time ago!!!!
Hey Jordan. Thanks for watching!
one of the best tutorials I've watched on this. thanks a lot.
these are new and great tips to me, very clever routing, now you are ready to master for whatever you need to print, mp3, CD and any kind of music player, at least at a home studio level quality of courses
this is one of the best tutorials I've seen.
Thank you so much for this quick, super-easy to understand and very clear video. I've searching for great tips like the ones you show for a long time !
Oh thanks for another great lesson. I can't wait to try this stuff. Been fighting low end for a bit. Man I love Your channel. So nice of You to share all this with everyone. (Thumbs up)
Easily one of the most useful tutorials I've ever watched!!!
That's great to hear, PJ. Thanks for watching!
wow man lots of great ideas thanks I am going to try this right now
Hey Miguel Montano, thanks for watching! Let us know how it goes.
Great video! Thanks for all the info. Personally didn't like what the HEQ did to the mix. The last step you showed is similar to throwing a multiband compressor on the master minus the compression. But your method obviously allows a lot more flexibility and options.
Yess!!! That was awesome ! Very very good tutorial. Thanks for the video!
Some great ideas here demonstrated easily, nice one!
Fantastic tutorial! So many means to accomplish one end. Thank you!
take a look at your crossover point... 6db/oct when the channels find each other in the master bus you now have a bump of some dbs in 150hz (and around) and phase relationship can get complicated too. you need to make a fourth order linkwitz-riley crossover to get you crossover frequencies and polarity right.
Awesome. Learned so many things today.
Cool tips! Thanx for sharing! Regards from Bcn! 😉👍🏼
what a great sounding mix very full and clean round I cant get this sound with my presouns junk I have tons plugins and outboard preramps your presence sound great
really nice video, thanks! I especially loved the submix trick at the end, who needs fancy multi-band compressors? this is much more flexible! i now really understand the appeal of a pultec as well...
Wow. This made my day. Especially the heq.
ooooooooooooooo maaaaannn,thank you sooo much, i'd hug you if you'd be here;)
this is so awesome, too bad i didn't apply this to the single i mixed for a punck rock band, they made a music video for it too. Im sort of in the first year learning curve, and this will help me so much, my mixes sounded ok unmastered but withthis even mastered ones will be good :) thanks again, hope to see more of you
thanks for sharing!
Great tutorial and great ideas, many thanks
excellent video!!! big thanks!!
excellent. I learned so much in this one tutorial. thank you
excelent video, just what i've been looking for, thanx
Nice tips mate. Keep pushing it !!!
Thank you Art!
Sounds great man
Wow this is powerful mix info!!!!
Great tutorial and mix
Thanks!
What is in your mixbus chain! Sounds great! The kick sounds jaw dropping
Liked, subscribed, favorited and shared on g+ because this video is awesome! :D
Thanks MCMeru! Lots of new tutorials coming soon.
Got to be careful with the HEQ method, if you listen closely it kills a bit of the overall high end and the snare toggles in a bit. It will be better in my opinion to isolate and group all the low end activity such as the bass, and kick drum to one AUX track and affect it to that Aux track rather then the whole mix.
Great video!!
Hello,Eric! Sorry for bad english)
How did you manage to achieve such a drum sound? It's very cool!
What are the samples you used to Kick and Snare? Or you have this compression?
Thank you!
Very useful tricks. Thank you.
Hey there! Really great tip with the Low End High End split but i have a few questions - i notice in your mix window you have bus channels for your electric and acoustic guitars etc (as do i when i mix).. however when using your method for the low/high EQ split, all the [guitar] tracks go directly to Sub Mix rather than to their respective busses. Doesnt that mean that what you are hearing in the High/Low Split Aux's isnt the "current" mix? what i mean is that all the EQ's and compression thats going on in the bus channels are essentially being bypassed. Or am i missing something? Building on this (routing all your busses instead of individual tracks to the EQ Splits) means you'd have to start working with creating groups, is there a work around? I'm running Pro Tools 11 and would LOVE to be able to truly solo an Aux track (instead of soloing every input channel along with it). It seems like that sort of function should be fundamental in a DAW.. strange. anyways, thanks and regards!
This is an amazing vídeo. Thanks a lot.
Interesting! I'll ask Eric if he knows what's up with that.
Would love to see Matthew Weiss do a tutorial on the NLS plugin....
I am inclined to think that this MaxxBass thing is the key ingredient thing that I am missing with my mixes. My mixes seem to translate really well between studio monitors that can extent down to 51hz or even 39hz and the low end sounds pretty massive.. but when I listen on car speakers or smaller systems, my songs sound kind of thin and commercial stuff still sounds really full. I'm hoping this plug will help clean my extended lows and neatly pump up my low mids to resolve this - its really frustrating :/
You might be right, but most commonly it's all about compression, EQ and plain old practice. Don't be fooled into thinking that you need a certain plugin to make your mixes sound a certain way. Don't get me wrong though; plugins are really great and can be superb tools! It's just that they're more flavor than main ingredients.
It sounds like the solution to that problem would be to give some more low-mid and cut down on subs. Subs are really overvalued in mixing. Most of that punch and size actually corms from 100hz and upwards.
shouldnt i bus all channels, that i want to increase the low in on, to a aux channel then on to the main ..seems like that would be the best way to keep from saturating the vocals ..or keys..or anything else you dont want mix with bass
Great explanation!
Hey Eric, thanks for checking it out!
if you use a send with Maxxbass on it with 'original bass' at its lowest point and 'maxxbass' at around neutral, and then reverse the polarity of that send, it works pretty well. i have not the slightest why this is though, do you?
Those are great techniques but I prefer leave it to the mastering guy. but for those who master themself its really nice. great uses on busses not just the master. Thanks again
Very interesting, thank you.
Great! Thanks!
thanks man, good video.
i miss the explanation about what bass have you used and what plug ins are inserted on it. cheers
Would putting that plugin on your main bus cause your vocals to end up with more bass as well?
Nice arrangement. What are you doing for that snare sound?
It is a snare from the CLA Expansion for SSD4 (it is on sale right now!)
great tips
I tried the M/S tip with the H-EQ and the effect is dramatic to the point where I am left wondering if I am doing something wrong. The LOWs are much too high - I guess it's because in my rock song mix I have already a lot of low end going on so that boosting the low end of 150HZ with 5.25 (I guess those are DBs on the H-EQ) ends up being too much. @ Eric TarrEric, I hope you reading this still - so what would you do in my situation ? Remix the song, or boost less at 150Hz ... the latter reducing the effect I am after which is getting the LOW end centered. As for the routing trick for the 150Hz, I am using Presonus Studio One V3.2 and I dont have the "PAN" buttons if I send the signal to a Bus channel - in Studio One I do have the option of changing from Stereo to Mono - would that do the trick do you think ? But would that be the same as panning center ?
this is what song can i knw ,, and lovely vedio
The H-EQ is one of the very first plugins I ever acquired and somehow missed the center/side option.
It is a great plug-in. M/S opens up a bunch of creative possibilities.
Thanks Eric. Of the hundreds of tutorials on RUclips, I find yours to be the most helpful. Thanks for all you do.
great vdo man
Hey, at the end of your video you have 2 basic Eq, low and high.. but EQ linear is better for that no ? thanks
and great video of curse!
good one
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8:00 Will that create phasing issues?
Good question. It depends on what filters you use. I honestly haven't done extensive testing with the stock PT plug-ins to see if there are any issues. My recommendation would be to use Linear Phase EQs for this instead.
Oh yes ......... saw his name 2nd time looking! :)
thank you im having bass trouble
please tell me how to mix 8o8 and kick
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Ha, thanks for checking out the video guys!
all good for a bass slaves, but it takes out air from mix especially if applied on digital stage.
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