Kick and Bass Mixing Tips for House Music

In this Video we are taking a look at some production fundamentals and an advanced mixing technique for improving the sound of your Kick & Bass. Useful for House Music Production but also many other genres of electronic dance music. Even before mixing your music, many productions steps have a big impact on your Sound. So we we'll take a closer look at the length of your Kick/Bassdrum and how it impacts the low-end balance of your mix, as well as how it relates to timing depending on your tracks BPM. A perfect and common example is mixing a 909 Bassdrum with a Bass sound called Lately Bass stemming from the FM-Synthesizer Yamaha TX-81Z which is a rack synth with 4 Operators commonly used for house Music in the 90s. 0:00 Intro 0:23 Preview 0:30 analysing Kick & Bass 3:14 Length of Kick / Bassdrum 6:03 Side-Chaining (short) 7:40 Processing with EQ & Saturation 14:00 Before & After