http://thestereobus.com/2008/01/09/thump-and-bump-balancing-the-kick-and-the-bass/ Music production, pro audio and engineering tips & secrets. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:42:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://thestereobus.com/2008/01/09/thump-and-bump-balancing-the-kick-and-the-bass/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Keith Handy Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:19:14 +0000 http://thestereobus.com/2008/01/09/thump-and-bump-balancing-the-kick-and-the-bass/#comment-31 If you can't sidechain for the ducking effect, try making a submix of the bass & kick, with the kick deliberately set a little too loud relative to the bass, and running this submix through a limiter to pull those kicks down to a more proportionate level (while simultaneously appearing to pull the bass guitar out of the way). If you can’t sidechain for the ducking effect, try making a submix of the bass & kick, with the kick deliberately set a little too loud relative to the bass, and running this submix through a limiter to pull those kicks down to a more proportionate level (while simultaneously appearing to pull the bass guitar out of the way).

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