there could be two problems here. 1. the bass drum frequency range overlaps with that of the bass line itself, you can only have so much energy at each frequency at a given time. you can avoid this by separating the bass-line and bass-drum frequency ranges by filtering or eq-ing each so they dont overlap. i cant (off the top of my head) recommend a good cutoff point as it depends on the sounds themselves. for example you could cut your bass line off at 150Hz with a low-pass filter and your bass drums off with a high pass. as filters have an associated steepness you may want to have two separate frequencies and leave a gap...
2. if your frequencies dont overlap, they may still have two much energy combined. you can use a gate on the bass line and drum such that the volume of the drum track is used to quieten the bass line a bit for just the duration of each hit of the drum. i think the technique is commonly called "ducking". i've not experimented with this yet, so i cant say if it'd work as i expect. i'm no expert in this area and have similar problems with a track i'm working on at the moment. you could also try compressing the track as a whole as each part may be fine, but when combined it could cause transients as well. its all down to experimenting... ph. --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
