Any tips on how to fatten up a mix? Make the song thicker and the synths/sounds?

Beats101 · 1st January 2011

I laid down the melodies but i need to fatten the song up

LirvA · 1st January 2011

more bass perhaps?

wado1942 · 1st January 2011

There's about a million variables at work here from the source sounds themselves to the arrangement to the recording technique to the mix. It's hard to advise somebody completely blindly on the subject. Do you have a clip you can post?

spice house · 1st January 2011

turn up the BEEF

AudioWorksRecord · 1st January 2011

A few years ago I purchased an Olympus LS-10 hand held recorder. Not long after that I received a project to master on a SDHC card. The recording was 16bit at 44.1, not the best and weak on the bass side of things. In an effort to "up-sample with purpose" I ran the Olympus through a tube preamp. Once with no effects and the 2nd time with the effect called "EUPHONY" on. The EUPHONY up-sampled mix was the winner hands-down. I have piles of plug-ins but nothing matched the big, full bass that came from this little secret effect. I now find myself exporting the bass track to the LS-10 and then play it back into the multi-track through the LS-10..."amazing" is the response from most bass players.

ArisA · 1st January 2011

Hmm, i guess you posting in the mastering section because you got a master from someone. Then i guess its being done with the standard tools. Difficult to tell tho without audio.
If you master your own song, the best thing is to go back to the mix i would say and tighten up the sounds there, eq some sounds so they have more space. If those synths aren't big enough, try fatten em up, layer, comp, filter em aso.

1st January 2011	#1
Beats101 Gear interested Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 29 Thread Starter	Any tips on how to fatten up a mix? Make the song thicker and the synths/sounds? I laid down the melodies but i need to fatten the song up

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wado1942 Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2009 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 2,088	There's about a million variables at work here from the source sounds themselves to the arrangement to the recording technique to the mix. It's hard to advise somebody completely blindly on the subject. Do you have a clip you can post? __________________ Stephen Baldassarre www.gcmstudio.com

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AudioWorksRecord Gear interested Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 10	Better Bass A few years ago I purchased an Olympus LS-10 hand held recorder. Not long after that I received a project to master on a SDHC card. The recording was 16bit at 44.1, not the best and weak on the bass side of things. In an effort to "up-sample with purpose" I ran the Olympus through a tube preamp. Once with no effects and the 2nd time with the effect called "EUPHONY" on. The EUPHONY up-sampled mix was the winner hands-down. I have piles of plug-ins but nothing matched the big, full bass that came from this little secret effect. I now find myself exporting the bass track to the LS-10 and then play it back into the multi-track through the LS-10..."amazing" is the response from most bass players.

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LirvA Gear nut Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 85	more bass perhaps?

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spice house Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2010 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 632	turn up the BEEF

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ArisA Gear maniac Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 192	Hmm, i guess you posting in the mastering section because you got a master from someone. Then i guess its being done with the standard tools. Difficult to tell tho without audio. If you master your own song, the best thing is to go back to the mix i would say and tighten up the sounds there, eq some sounds so they have more space. If those synths aren't big enough, try fatten em up, layer, comp, filter em aso.