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2013/08/14 07:12:32
gswitz
Thanks, Danny! The band agrees.
TheBand
"I think that this sounds great as well, still a little low on the bass.  I know, I say that every time..."

So, I'll push it harder. The side chain is having less than 3 dB impact, but I roll it back to half that. I'll post a new bounce in a few.
 
2013/08/14 07:47:18
gswitz
I've re-posted it. I pushed the bass and the kick another 3 dB each pretty much. I lowered the ratio and raised the threshold on the side chain. I also shortened the time to release. I hope I made it transparent.
2013/08/14 08:11:29
guitartrek
gswitz - the kick sounds really good to me now.  Nice job!
2013/08/14 08:51:19
gswitz
Thanks guitar trek! I appreciate you giving feedback.
2013/08/14 13:57:46
Wookiee
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2013/08/14 15:39:33
gswitz
Sorry wookie I don't know why it isn't working.
2013/08/14 23:35:01
gswitz
Danny,
 
I was listening and I thought I heard what you were listening for when the bass dipped around the kick so I took a closer look. It turns out that the bassist plays around the kick quite a lot in the song... take a look at this...
 

 
That's not the side chain.
2013/08/15 06:39:59
gswitz
TheBand 
I can't really hear the bass during the lead, can you bring it up a bit?

The RMS level for the bass is between -24 and -18.
For the louder guitar it's -35 dB.
 

 
So I pushed the bass another 2 dB in the whole mix and more during the lead.
 
I sure have some bass junky friends, don't I?
 
I tried to keep it listenable by pushing some of the higher bands on the LP-64 (you can see them nudged up in the image).
 
To me, it sounds like I'm listening from the back of the venue with the highs dissipated and the bass doubled off the back wall. Like where I go to chill after my girl has left me for her X. Drown my sorrows. I know this sound. :-)
2013/08/15 07:38:31
gswitz
I'm starting to think the ask for more bass is an ask for less guitar.
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