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Old 20th November 2011   #13
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Double bass can sound midrangey and still natural in the mix. So you don't have to have a lot of bass in it. (shelf is your friend)

Listen to the track and find the instrument that needs to be in the low bass area, mostly it's going to be something repetitive with longer notes. Perhaps it is your kick. Let the kick to live down there and sculpt tabla so they won't clash with hp filter and low shelves etc. When you're on the right way, the song won't loose momentum and will only work better.

If it was all wrong, you need to try it other way around. Perhaps you need just a fast hit around 150-200hz out of kick and tabla need all the low bass and sub...

Is the double bass important down there? Does it need to be loud or it's just softly filling in the harmony? If it needs to be loud, perhaps it needs to be midrangey to work well, or you don't really need all the boom from tabla...


etc etc good luck
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