62Hz ? Why so ser.. Why peaking ?

[DAH]

Originally Posted by B.A.S.E

Hi everyone,

I just have a simple question. Still on my way to learn mixing...

I figured out that after I have mixed and quick-home-so-called mastered my "beats" (" horrifying eh !) I have always a dominant frequency in the spectrum which sometimes even peaks out over 0dB without the dB meter going in the red.

It's : 62Hz... Does someone know by chance if it's kind of a crossover freq bewteen the kick and the bass or something ??

Usually when it peaks over 0dB, I would dip it on the master bus but I don't know if it hasn't any other major repercussion.. Sound wise, I can hear the effect..

Anyway, if anyone has an explanation...

Thanks

Shiit, mane...
Got the problem? Post that F*****G problem? aight?
There s NO FREAKING definite "cross-over frequency" between bass and kick///seems to be your room acoustics/monitroing problem, although 60-65 Hz is very "boom-bap hip-hop" frequency range...

[B.A.S.E]

When I said crossover I didn't mean it in a "technical" way... more like the fact that my kick and bass are mostly overlapping on that particular frequency

The problem ? I described it in what I think is english but let me rephrase it : 62Hz is a frequency which sometimes peaks over 0dB.

I just don't hear the traditional clipping and the dB meter doesn't seem to go in the red.



Thanks again for your contribution, I would appreciate that you didn't swear that much anyway...

If my question is annoying, just don't answer it... If I am a "noob" well sorry for it !

Sincerely,

[ncoak]

ac hum?

[E.rOk.stA]

Yeah, that's what's happenin'. Just decide which freqs you want each to occupy and high pass and low pass filter accordingly.

[phillysoulman]

notch filter at 6khz and roll off.
Done deal

[B.A.S.E]

@PSM : yeah that's what I was doing, just wasn't understanding why I had to do that and why the dB meter wasn't showing anything... (and you mean 62Hz I suppose)

@ncoak & @ The Set Surgeon
well as PSM said, a notch filter at the given frequency has been sufficient. But thanks for that plausible cause.

So that's the AC hum... funny because I am all ITB... Might comes from the drum samples and soundfonts.

Well thx guys,

[SampleMan]

did u say soundfonts....

[phillysoulman]

Originally Posted by B.A.S.E

@PSM : yeah that's what I was doing, just wasn't understanding why I had to do that and why the dB meter wasn't showing anything... (and you mean 62Hz I suppose)

@ncoak & @ The Set Surgeon
well as PSM said, a notch filter at the given frequency has been sufficient. But thanks for that plausible cause.

So that's the AC hum... funny because I am all ITB... Might comes from the drum samples and soundfonts.

Well thx guys,

yes I meant 62 hz

[pultech]

Play each track individually so you can see if there is one in particular that is causing the overlevel at the 62Hz. If there is a tone in one of the loops, this would certainly cause this.
I almost knocked a window out of a control room with an 808 by cranking 45Hz while blasting the monitors. Good thing I didn't, because I was also the tech at this place, and I would have had to repair it as well as pay for it.

[RyanR]

More possible explanations:

1. You really like the B1 note for bass

2. Your monitoring system (monitors/headphones/room) has a dip at ~62Hz causing you to not hear the excess energy at 62Hz

3. You like to choose very low freq boomy BDs which are adding too much energy below 70-80 Hz (when you also have a bassline)

4. You're using some process/plugin when you mix/master that is adding energy at ~62 Hz


Next time you go to mix, carefully watch an audio spectrum analyzer to see what part/process is adding the energy at 62Hz.

[B.A.S.E]

Ok thanks a whole lot, I think it's one of my custom-processed 808 kick indeed..
After soloing a few tracks, it was the one sound adding the most energy in that frequency area. It might even be a "mix" of what all of you guys pointed out actually. i guess I am starting to feel the limits of my very poor monitoring setup as well.

By the way, I find it funny that for a very narrow frequency band, close to a single frequency, my dB meter won't tell me it's peaking.

Anyway, thanks again, very much appreciated !