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What's the process of mixing 808 bass drums to make them fit perfectly fine in a mix?
Mixing 808s kick samples is all about practice and even more practice.
Basically you have to reference commercial music releases that have heavy 808 kick drums as basslines.
From there you tweak your 808 kicks to fit the context of the music you are actually mixing while at the same time making them knock harder than the reference track you have been listening to.
But be careful not to overdo it in terms of loudness.
What about EQ'ing 808s, what's the sweet spot for getting that nice beefy bass 808 sound?
Mixing is an art, not a science so the best way to go around EQ'ing 808 drum samples is to use your eyes.
However, the guideline you could follow to get that beefy sound is to boost with a bell EQ at around 80 Hz or even 100 Hz depending on the song of course. Better yet you could try somewhere around 50 Hz if you like.
The first question is:
- does you mix contain an 808 bass playing at the same time as your bass synth?
Okay, let's just say the 808 bassline is playing at the same time as the synth bass how would I approach that mixing session?
In that situation it will be in your best interest to roll the synth bass frequencies that you don't want to collide with the 808 kick drum samples.
Laik hau?
Alright fine, what I should put in my low-end spectrum to fit the general conventions?It means you should decide whether you want your 808 kick drum sample to occupy the deep low-end spectrum (i.e. 31.5 Hz to 80 Hz vs 80 Hz to 160 Hz) or your synth bass it's that simple oan.
In most cases, some mixing engineers will choose the 808 bass to occupy the deep low-end spectrum - just saying!
Alright fine what I should put in my low end spectrum to fit the general conventions?