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Balancing conflicting requests

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- [Instructor] In this movie, I want to read you a note I received while mixing this song. And when I read it, I was a little puzzled, and I'll show you why. It said, "Make chorus bass more buzzy and bombastic. "And I would like the bottom end to be more "round and punchy." Now, that sounds like a contradiction to me. So when I opened the session, what I found out was both could be achieved, because what this song contained were two bass parts, here's this one. It's listed DI but it's a synthesizer bass, and then this Moog bass. I'll play you this song first. This is "Carefree" by Stefan Pruett, and here is the second release, which he calls a chorus. ("Carefree" by Stefan Pruett) So he's asked for more roundness and more buzz. By the way, this is the bound side sheet after that note, so I probably just listening to it now, turned the whole thing up. In any case, I'll show you why relationships can be important and why volume matters. So, here's the round element. I don't know how…

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