For individual drum hits, I would suggest EQing and Compression each hit individually. I nearly always keep my drums mono as well, dunno why, they just sound better that way. I think its fair to say that keeping bass mono is a fairly good rule of thumb, I remeber a discussion on here not so long ago about the problems that bass stereo basses can cause when pressed to vinyl (or was that just stereo EFFECTS on bass, can't remember, memory shot to pieces by years of skunk abuse, I'm afraid). There was also, a very handy quide to EQ frequencies, which someone might be kind enough to repost for you (maybe we should put a FAQ together, peeps? or does one exist already?) Try and keep your kicks and bass from occupying the sam efrequency range as well.
As for good bass sounds, again, YouDirtyRat posted a very handy guide (another one for a FAQ, perhaps?) a little while ago, which u might be interested in...and theres loads of info on the subject over at www.spinwarp.com. Good Luck, anyways... KardyaK >From: Felix Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [dnb-prod] Audio help needed!! >Date: 22 Mar 2002 12:33:40 +0000 > >Hi, > >My names Felix and I've been producing dnb for a year and a half - I have a >Akai S3000 XL, I-mac running Cubase, Nova (desktop), Korg EA1 - Roland >DR770 drum machine, plug ins, sample CD's...... > >What I need is advice on mixing down my tracks - especially panning / >effects / mixing tips, how do i get a good drum sound / bass sound? etc, >etc - at the moment i'm recording all the seperate hits (kick, Snare, Hats >etc..) on different tracks then mixing down the lot into a stereo pair... >but never sounds right!! > >Can anyone give me some real audio advice? > >Flex. > > > >--- >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] _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com --- 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]
