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    tuning is important, but so is sidechaining and eq'ing...

    the basics...

    1 - high-pass any tracks that don't need the low-end information. that'll clear up a ton of the "mud" that kicks take up.

    2 - high-pass your entire track @ around 15-20hz...most speakers can't play that shit anyway and will just take up room that will drive any compressors you have on the mix bus

    3 - sidechain your instruments and key on the kick (or kick/snare). you can "duck" your synths that might overlap frequencies with your kick this way...the heavier the sidechain compression, the more your track will "pump" (they do this in a lot of house/trance stuff...)

    • agree with 1, 3 but number 2... you mean LPF but still, terrible advice!kingsteven
    • (on a mix bus)kingsteven
    • no...i mean high pass...because it lets the "high frequencies" pass...sublocked
    • and it's good advice. i've been mixing for years.sublocked

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