Tag: music production

How I Made a Track Sound Old and Lo-Fi. (Using Goodhertz Plugins)

Posted on by Stevebake

Pro Mixing Technique for adding warmth, density, energy, saturation and dirt to your music.

I’m using Goodhertz Tupe and Vulf Compressor (by Vulfpeck) and I re-amped the bass synth with Ableton Live’s stock amp & cab sim because synths through amps is the one!

I’m a Music Producer, Musician, Composer and Mix Engineer. Contact me if you’d like to chat about working together.

BASS THAT CUTS THROUGH THE MIX

Posted on by Stevebake

Mixing bass is hard! I’m still figuring out how to nail it with every track. Synth bass can be over powering and tonally complex and in a busy track, it can get muddy or lost.

With this mixing technique, saturation is layered in with the main bass synth to help the bass line be heard in the mix and on smaller speakers like phones or laptops.

More low end or volume doesn’t really achieve clarity or presence and might just ruin your entire mix! Layering saturation solves this problem really easily.

Give it a try yourself in Ableton Live or your DAW of choice. Soundtoys Decapitator is a great saturation plugin but you can do this with any saturation plugin that can make a dirty sound.

Remember to filter out the low end using a high pass to avoid adding a lot of additional low end.

I’m a Music Producer, Musician and Mix Engineer who helps artists to create music that sounds better than they imagined. Get in touch if you’d like to work with me.