Bass and limiter?

[ali3]

Hey

are some guys here who put a limiter on bass?

i tried it
but the result is only an undefined humming bass in the background.

EDIT: oh -___- wrong forum .. move this thread please ! sorry

 

[Scott Horner]

I limit my bass tracks all the time. If you're having issues with limiting to the point of "unidentified humming" you should split the bass in to two tracks and treat them separately. LP one track at 200Hz and limit the fuck out of it so you have a nice, solid low end. For the other track, HP at around 200Hz and apply a bit of overdrive to bring it out. EQ and compress to taste. This should help get a bass sound that has solid low end but also stands out in the mix.

 

[amarshism]

What limiter you guys using?

 

[Morgan C]

Elephant on 'very smooth' preset, then I mess around with the release.

 

[ali3]

I limit my bass tracks all the time. If you're having issues with limiting to the point of "unidentified humming" you should split the bass in to two tracks and treat them separately. LP one track at 200Hz and limit the fuck out of it so you have a nice, solid low end. For the other track, HP at around 200Hz and apply a bit of overdrive to bring it out. EQ and compress to taste. This should help get a bass sound that has solid low end but also stands out in the mix.

thanks =)

but i already did this (i always do ) and i didn't work =/

i think i stay with a comp

 

[zvish]

fabfilter limiter, works good for me

 

[OneDaySky]

Waves L1

 

[TheWinterSnow]

Don't use limiters myself, used too, but discovered staged compression does the job better for punchy and pre-distorted bass. If basss was still jumping around a little bit, I would go for some mild settings on L1.

 

[pipaguapique]

LA-2a is great on bass on the way in for DI's

during mixing i like what the L1 does to my high end.

 

[koalamo]

how high do you guys usually set your release on this track I have right now it's at about 500 ms :0

 

[[UEAK]Clowd]

how high do you guys usually set your release on this track I have right now it's at about 500 ms :0

like 24-36 haha

 

[Bereavement]

I used to limit bass track but now I don't. maybe I did it wrong. somehow the limiter made my bass volume sound consistent but also made the the bass sound a bit weird and unnatural. so now I use compressor and multiband compressor instead.