Hello and Welcome to my YouTube channel!
My name is Alexey, and today what we gonna
be doing is mixing power metal song.
The song is called At The End Of The World
and composed, produced and mixed by me.
I want to thank wonderful musicians who took
part in the recordings of this song:
Danial Devost - Drums, Fabio Minuzzi - Guitars,
Mike LePond - Bass and Fabio Privitera - Vocals.
You can find a link in the description of
this video to download the multitracks of
this song.
In our today's video we gonna be mixing Bass
recorded by Mike LePond of Symphony X.
Let's take a look at Bass .
Let's listen to the Bass with no plugins.
For Bass Hi I use:
Pro Tools Trim plugin for gain staging.
Pro Tools SansAmp to add some character to
the Bass tone.
Pro Tools 7 band EQ to cut all lows and find
the right spot for the highs.
Pro Limiter to make Bass sound louder in the
mix:
Tresh: - 12
Ceiling: - 1 db
I duplicated Bass Hi to create Bass Lo, and
in this case I use Pro Tools 7 band Eq to
cut all highs and find the right spot for
the lows.
Let's take a look at 1176 Bass.
Let's listen to 1176 Bass with no plugins.
For 1176 Bass I use:
Pro Tools Trim plugin for gain staging.
SSL console 4000 E:
I boost lows around 50 Hz
Then I boost low-mids around 200 Hz
Then I boost high-mids around 600 Hz
And I boost highs around 1.5 kHz
Then I use Brainworx Saturator 2 to add some
saturation to the Bass tone.
And I use Pro Limiter:
Tresh: - 12
Ceiling: - 1 db
Let's take a look at Bass Guitar Sub.
I use Pro Tools 7 band EQ to cut all the lows,
mids and highs.
Then I use Pro Multiband Dynamics plugin to
make Bass sound more present in the mix.
I use Plugin Alliance MC 77 compressor to
make all Basses sound louder in the mix.
Then I use 7 band EQ again to boost some mids
and highs.
And finally I use Pro Tools Limiter.
For Parallel Compression I use:
T-Racks Black 76
Plugin Alliance MC 77
SPL Transient Designer
SPL Iron Mastering Compressor with Parallel
Drum 2 preset
And Pro Tools Trim
For Parallel Bass Saturation I use:
Black Box
For Parallel Bass Distortion I use:
Pro Tools Sans Amp
For Bass Reverb I use:
Pro Tools D-Verb
Let\'92s listen to the Bass in the mix.
Thank you so much for watching, I hope this
video will be useful for you.
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See you next time!
