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Balancing the rhythm section - Pro Tools Tutorial
From the course: Audio Mixing Bootcamp
Balancing the rhythm section
The balance between the bass and drums is critical because it provides the power of the mix. The key is to make the bass, kick, and snare work together to provide the foundation of the pulse of the song yet still be able to hear each one distinctly. In this video, I am going to show you how that's done. So now that you have a drum mix that you've gotten either from using any of the approaches before from starting with the kick, from starting with the toms, from starting with the overhead, from starting with the snare, now that you have it, we're going to put it aside for a second and mute it, and we're just going to listen to the bass. I am going to bring that bass up so it's about -10 on the master mix bus meters. (music playing) And once again, it's not going to be exactly -10. It's going to peak a little above it. It's going to go a little below it. And a little bit later when we get into compression, we're going to look to see how we can make that bass sound a little more even so…
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Learning the principles of building a mix1m 1s
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Assigning the drums to a subgroup3m 55s
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Building the mix from the kick10m 8s
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Building the mix from the snare8m 46s
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Building the mix from the toms5m 25s
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Building the mix from the overhead mics3m 53s
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Checking the drum phase4m 44s
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Balancing direct and miked bass channels3m 36s
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Building the mix from the bass3m 26s
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Building the mix from the vocals4m 19s
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Balancing the rhythm section2m 44s
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Balancing the rest of the instruments with the rhythm section5m 22s
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Making a mix without building it4m 20s
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Balancing the harmony vocals2m 35s
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