Rolling off bass freqs?

[Mindful]

I woul be intrested to know what freaqs you lot take out of your kicks and bass.
I personaly roll of at 40 somtimes just 20(from kicks)and just 20 from Bass lines but im starting to think from reading certain post that even 40s not enough.
I read Stevie Bass say that he slopes off from 60 becasuse its good if your pressing to vinl

Advice on kicks and bass would be great :love:

[mattboyslim]

gota be blunt here, but jsut experiment. theres no right answer, it depends on the other elements and how it works with the tune. if you want a nice subby kick then leave in as much as feels right. if you want it more hollow, take some out, but theres no right answer

[nova]

thing i get worried about is if i dont cut any or anoth and get out on a big rig and the bass starts blowing like a mother fuker

[Mindful]

thing i get worried about is if i dont cut any or anoth and get out on a big rig and the bass starts blowing like a mother fuker

thats the reason I ask mate ;)


@mattboyslim theres experimenting and getting it sounding how I like it on my set up but like Nova says you dont want to get it on a big rig and quote " the bass starts blowing like a mother fuker"

Also theres the problem of getting it pressed and it skips im trying to find out what other peoples angles are on this ;)

[nova]

thing i get worried about is if i dont cut any or anoth and get out on a big rig and the bass starts blowing like a mother fuker

thats the reason I ask mate ;)


@mattboyslim theres experimenting and getting it sounding how I like it on my set up but like Nova says you dont want to get it on a big rig and quote " the bass starts blowing like a mother fuker"

Also theres the problem of getting it pressed and it skips im trying to find out what other peoples angles are on this ;)

yeah tis a good qestion ;) . when ya analyise a kick it will tell ya what the sample is original yeah??. then ya would cut the rest off the bottom right?? and abit more. i realy get lost in this

[mattboyslim]

you dont have to worry about pressing. the pressing plant will process it and the conversion takes out all the dangerous frequencies, which are re-converted by the stylus on playback

[Mindful]

you dont have to worry about pressing. the pressing plant will process it and the conversion takes out all the dangerous frequencies, which are re-converted by the stylus on playback

cheers man thats good to know ;)


But then my curiosity wants to know what those dangerous frequencies are :lol:

[nova]

you dont have to worry about pressing. the pressing plant will process it and the conversion takes out all the dangerous frequencies, which are re-converted by the stylus on playback

cheers man thats good to know ;)


But then my curiosity wants to know what those dangerous frequencies are :lol:

me to. loopdons the man at the frequencies.

[BRADLEE]

me to. loopdons the man at the frequencies.

I would agree, Martin has done much studying in this respect. So he is a wealth of knowledge.

[MARKEG]

roll off from 60?????!!!

good god, please don't do that.

you'll loose all the power if you do that!!!

i say a nice smooth roll off on 40

;)

[BRADLEE]

roll off from 60?????!!!

good god, please don't do that.

you'll loose all the power if you do that!!!

i say a nice smooth roll off on 40

Or of course Mark would be another good man to consult in this scenario. ;)

[loopdon]

yeah, i think 40 Hz is a pretty safe bet. or if you really want to stay safe and leave the final decision to the mastering engineer you could maybe just use the hicut on the waves lin lowband eq. the lowest band is set to 32 Hz to default. this special eq is supposed to be one of the best for this job.

take a "pro" track you like preferably from a cd/good vinyl setup (cartridges) as a reference, i wouldn't advise mp3s for referncing if avoidable.

[TechnoNRGKid]

^unless it's an mp3 that's around 320kb's , 256kb's?

Anyone know of any good cyber reads for EQing, and Frequencys?

I was reading this one article last night that was kinda good, but i'd like to learn more.

What do you think about Spectrum Analyzers?
I downloaded a few free ones but dunno how to efficently read them.
Also i got one called Pas Analyzer pro, looks really phat.

[Ritzi Lee]

32 Hz to default. this special eq is supposed to be one of the best for this job.
.

32 exactly!
that's also my standard setting.

[lau]

I cut everything below 500hz...

I hate bass :lol:

[BloodStar]

depends on,if you cut the bass or sub,, when i cut sub,. it plays in between 40-100.. kick is cut around 60 (HP filter works well sometimes),,bass around 200-300... it's just example,,depends on sounds,,and on all the sounds appeared in the track..

[dirty_bass]

roll off from 60?????!!!

good god, please don't do that.

you'll loose all the power if you do that!!!

i say a nice smooth roll off on 40

;)

nah you don`t, not if you run a shallow curve.
IT`ll get rolled out at the cut anyway.

[Mindful]

:love: Cheers you lovely people you :love:

very helpful ;)

[mattboyslim]

roll off from 60?????!!!

good god, please don't do that.

you'll loose all the power if you do that!!!

i say a nice smooth roll off on 40

;)

nah you don`t, not if you run a shallow curve.
IT`ll get rolled out at the cut anyway.

as ever, sound engineering has an element of personal opinion

like i said before, just play til it sounds right

[dirty_bass]

It totally depends on the use of bass really
I`m doing a lot of stuff with real big dub sub, and the roll off is a lot lower, but then, there`s less going on in the mix so there is more room