Hello, hope someone can help with this...
I'm normally used to mixing really clicky metal bass drums for grindy/tech metal kinda of stuff, but I'm working on much slower riffy band at the mo (kinda like early Isis, Cult Of Luna, Capricorns sort of thing).
So I've got bass drum sound that I'm really pleased with, plenty of thump and sub, plus the mix is sounding quite fat already when I've tested it on a few Hi-fi systems.
My problem is that when I look at the mix waveform, I can see the bass drum spikes towering above the whole mix! I've had a few quick goes at seeing how much I can push it in mastering, and as you can guess... not very much! It quickly distorts and it's not even close to where I'd like the final levels to be.
Soooooo...
I know I need to bring it down to make mastering easier, but how can I make a deep kick drum appear to be louder in the mix without adding loads of prescence and making it become clicky?
And before someone asks, unfortunately I can't post up any clips as I currently have poor man's internet!
I'm normally used to mixing really clicky metal bass drums for grindy/tech metal kinda of stuff, but I'm working on much slower riffy band at the mo (kinda like early Isis, Cult Of Luna, Capricorns sort of thing).
So I've got bass drum sound that I'm really pleased with, plenty of thump and sub, plus the mix is sounding quite fat already when I've tested it on a few Hi-fi systems.
My problem is that when I look at the mix waveform, I can see the bass drum spikes towering above the whole mix! I've had a few quick goes at seeing how much I can push it in mastering, and as you can guess... not very much! It quickly distorts and it's not even close to where I'd like the final levels to be.
Soooooo...
I know I need to bring it down to make mastering easier, but how can I make a deep kick drum appear to be louder in the mix without adding loads of prescence and making it become clicky?
And before someone asks, unfortunately I can't post up any clips as I currently have poor man's internet!