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Michael Brauer · 15th September 2005

I first listened to house music in London before it came to NY. It was in it's earliest form and the tempo was crazy fast. I loved it.

It is hard mixing house. I think it becomes way easier once you crack the code to getting a chest kicking punch to the kick. The few things i did that came close to it was more of a radio mix than club so I’m no authority. What i have noticed is that when I play a record that was slamming in a club and then play it in the studio, the Kick seems way smaller. It's pretty tight but loud and hard in the 200-300 hz range. It doesn't have the extreme low end. I think it's because the club system makes up the difference. So if you mix the bottom of it the way you like to hear it in a club, you're probably going to overload the house system.

I know a friend that always mults his kick to two channels. He puts one through a DBX and squeezes it senseless so it's hard and punchy and then adds in the uncompressed kick. But he's doing R&B and it's intended for home and car with the mega subs. Maybe that's an idea to try….or not.

15th September 2005	#2
Michael Brauer Past Guest Moderator Joined: Sep 2005 Location: nyc Posts: 222	I first listened to house music in London before it came to NY. It was in it's earliest form and the tempo was crazy fast. I loved it. It is hard mixing house. I think it becomes way easier once you crack the code to getting a chest kicking punch to the kick. The few things i did that came close to it was more of a radio mix than club so I’m no authority. What i have noticed is that when I play a record that was slamming in a club and then play it in the studio, the Kick seems way smaller. It's pretty tight but loud and hard in the 200-300 hz range. It doesn't have the extreme low end. I think it's because the club system makes up the difference. So if you mix the bottom of it the way you like to hear it in a club, you're probably going to overload the house system. I know a friend that always mults his kick to two channels. He puts one through a DBX and squeezes it senseless so it's hard and punchy and then adds in the uncompressed kick. But he's doing R&B and it's intended for home and car with the mega subs. Maybe that's an idea to try….or not.