Archive for tag: bass

DIY Acoustic Panel Bass Traps: Treating Your Room Right

July 26, 2011 Acoustics, DIY

Build super-effective DIY bass traps acoustic treatments for around $75 a panel.

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Tracking a Band in a Single Room…

February 16, 2008 Tracking

This post focuses on the classic challenge of how to record a band in a single room and not have it sound completely awful. Lots of us have small production studios and tons of bands have single room practice spaces.  Inevitably the question arises: “How can I record the band live in a single room [...]

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Stereo Image Placement = Much Better Mixing

January 20, 2008 Uncategorized

This post focuses on the placement of sounds in the stereo image during the mix process. Proper use of stereo imaging in a mix is probably almost as important (or even more important in sparse mixes) as equalization, yet it is largely overlooked as an area for improvement in engineers and producers of beginner and [...]

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Thump and Bump: Balancing the Kick and the Bass

January 9, 2008 Uncategorized

This post is going to focus on getting a solid balance between the two main sources of bass in pop music: the bass and the kick drum. Few things are better than mix that gets the low end right. It can be really tricky to accomplish (or downright impossible if the environment isn’t right). But, [...]

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