liquidmix - which compressors and eq do you use for bass/kick ?

[fukktry]

hi, jut got one and went through the list on emulations. Tried Pultec EQ emulation on bass and it sounds well but I would like to know - which to you use/recommend to compress bass and/or kick?
cheers

[jon connor]

i use a side chain compressor called kjeures audio and old plug but very effective , if not try the tc works compressor desser this works well also in your sends a great plug for teaking everything out.

but the thing that is giveing me a hard on at the moment which ive just used in my new supertech project is t racks 3 delux jesus christ wot a tool, there is in the delux preset section a base compressor , use that tied together with the eq track slammer bobs ya uncle seal the windows in ya house its phat!

[rhythmtech]

he was asking about the liquid mix jon.

[The_Laughing_Man]

Well, I have had a liquid mix since they were released.
Sooo
first I would say, try the emulations for yourself and see what gets you the reults YOU want.

I use the brit classic tube 1 on bass for when I am just looking to smooth down the sound a little, and it gives a nice velvet edge for deep sounds.

The US modern copycat is great for slamming the hell out of your bass

And the primitive US classic tube 2 is also nice for taming bass.

For kicks I generally want something that gives a nice hard round sound, for techno anyway, so I use the Dunk A/US Modern Fet1 or the US classic solid state 1 and 2, although I am starting to get into the sound the Meat Pie Brit 60`s class A gives me.

Just play.

For EQ I looooove the massive passive. there is good ssl stuff in there too, but ssl is for pop music, who wants that for techno!!!???

[rhythmtech]

ssl is for pop music, who wants that for techno!!!???

c'mon dude thats a total generalisation.. lay off the attack a bit on an SSL and it works wonders for any style, not just pop music.

[jon connor]

he was asking about the liquid mix jon.

oh well silly me but nice 1 for that earlier section on t racks 3 im loveing it brilliant tool
esecially for people now with digital labels its perfect for finishing off the track yourself exellent

[jon connor]

c'mon dude thats a total generalisation.. lay off the attack a bit on an SSL and it works wonders for any style, not just pop music.

i heard its great for HARD FOLK music hahahahahahahaha

[The_Laughing_Man]

i heard its great for HARD FOLK music hahahahahahahaha

it is

[fukktry]

will try it, thx

[doc12inch]

would anyone be able to post a quick mp3 sample of the compressors and the sidechaining on the bass/kick

im new to producing and I cant for the life of me get the nice techno bass/kick sound - can really explaining, bit like the carl falk stuff and elton d.

[The_Laughing_Man]

? erm
Most of my tracks use the liquid mix.
go check http://www.myspace.com/dirtybassvoidloss
http://www.myspace.com/singularityrecordings
http://www.myspace.com/dirtybassrecordings
http://www.myspace.com//dirtybassgrooves

The compressors all have a sidechain feature, the EQ section sets where the sidechain emphasis is and you just set it to whatever frequency you want to sidechain too, the sidechain monitor button is for this.

[jon connor]

? erm
Most of my tracks use the liquid mix.
go check http://www.myspace.com/dirtybassvoidloss
http://www.myspace.com/singularityrecordings
http://www.myspace.com/dirtybassrecordings
http://www.myspace.com//dirtybassgrooves

The compressors all have a sidechain feature, the EQ section sets where the sidechain emphasis is and you just set it to whatever frequency you want to sidechain too, the sidechain monitor button is for this.

ok ive had enough explain liquid mix i no i no i sound like a mong but allaberate u confusing me now

[The_Laughing_Man]

http://www.focusrite.com/products/liquid/liquid_mix/

[jon connor]

nice will have a look at this . if you are using it it must be good, them urs plugs you put me onto a while back were awsome.

[The_Laughing_Man]

It is, it`s a hardware dsp processor that is essentially a sintefex device, but you can`t sample hardware audio paths with it, it comes with a bunch of sintefex algorythms of a lot of commonly used high end studio EQ and compression, including a surprising amount of Boutique kit.

Updates to the library are also on the way