Mixing and Mastering Bass Music in Ableton (Dubstep, Freeform, Trap, & Future Bass Tutorial)
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Hello bassheads, in today's tutorial I will be in Ableton demonstrating how to mix and master your music to it's full potential.
These tips apply to any genre, but especially for dubstep, freeform/experimental, trap, future bass, halftime, and all that good stuff.
Generally, my workflow is all over the place, but can be reduced to the following steps.
1. Organize
2. Polish
3. Level
Mixing
1. Organize (group tracks by type)
2. Cut out lows (except for the kick) and get a dedicated sub
3. Polish the sound (drum bus/compression if kick, OTT/Saturation if bass, reverb/delay to taste)
4. EQ, sweep through with a peak and boost the pleasant frequencies and reduce the unpleasant frequencies
5. Stereo widening (delay/reverb/wider/whatever plugin to taste)
6. Rough Levels/Volume
7. Compress group
Repeat for all groups until mastering
Mastering
EQ, Compress, and boost dB until subs are reaching -6 dB
Then bring up your highs (and mids a tiny bit) until they're plenty loud.
Simple, but it gets the job done.
After some disciplined tutorial following you'll get a feel for your own mixing/mastering style and preferences, just keep experimenting.
I wish you luck in your creative journey.
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If you click the headphone button on eq eight u can listen to only what your pulling out when sweeping for harsh resonance
FINALLY A KZreadR THAT DOES ONE SHOT TUTORIALS VS EDITING THEM INTENTIONALLY TO LEAVE VITAL INFORMATION OUT I've been sharing hella tons of videos with friends and tbh man, this good info has brought massive motivation to our grinds. Biggggggups bunting!
@BuntingMusic
3 жыл бұрын
🙏🙏🙏
@BuntingMusic
3 жыл бұрын
thanks for the support man, im happy to help & inspire, be sure to join the discord if you havent already!!!!!
One good tip is to use white noise as your SC trigger because it knocks out the whole spectrum. Just put white noise in a sampler @middle c. If you offset the hits on the trigger clip about 2-3ms forward it will give the compressor more time to SC before the kick transient occurs and will sound even cleaner :)
Thank you so much for this, I'm just getting started and you've really helped me create something, start to finish. your tutorials are easy to follow and full of useful info. Keep em coming!
Never stop making videos man, you are the best.
@BuntingMusic
2 жыл бұрын
🙏
This is an awesome video, really helpful to see other people's workflow. I mostly do roughly the same process but there are a few things I haven't even thought of that can help me out a lot.
Great content as usual fam, bless
Love your tutorials! You def have me laughing too and I appreciate the humor. Cheers man!
Not a boring video my guy. All vital information. Finishing a melodic bassy set closer with all this info
Good stuff man. Thank you 🙂
great video as always homie
great stuff man! much appreciated
awesome vid! thanks for the great tips!
Great and simple! I never get tired of your tutorials
Thanks this video was exactly what I was looking for, super helpful. love the music too :)
@BuntingMusic
2 жыл бұрын
tyty, take all with a grain of salt!!! new mix and master vid coming soon :))
Sick track at the beginning! ️🔥
Great video man -- some really solid tips here
Super helpful
super informative, thanks!
Great content man!. I see myself using a ghost chain to duck my signals more often than just sidechaining to the group but i also feel like it just depends on preference.
bro, this helped me so much. I lub you 😗
solid tutorial my bro, I didn't think it was too hectic...more or less you were skimming over all of the foundational aspects of mixing n mastering and I think you nailed it. Didn't miss anything. Bullet points is all we need sometimes, like you said "our ears are the true masters" anyways.
Not boring. Vid saved. Good work.
DUDE.... nice gown
hands down the best video that has ever pushed my production in a way that motivates me!! appreciate it all thank you (my boi lol) Bunting
tha bass bless u up m8!!
This made me feel a lot better about what I’m doin
i’m blessed to have a decent computer so showing the delay and reverb for widening is useful to me!
thank you sir
Damn son, the rhodes on that track you made sound good
You're underrated affff
wow!
Sir you da bestest
omg my track is so much cleaner now YaS💖thank You!!!
I really dig the vibes on this song, where can I listen?
tyty
Great video as always thank you! My question is since I don’t have Wider plug-in, how is the width knob on Ableton Utility compare?!
@BuntingMusic
2 жыл бұрын
width knob turns up what width you already have, wider introducese new width (and works better oftentimes) its free so just get it
Hey man great videos! It would be awesome if you could explain 'Ashez' track structure, bass structure etc. He's my fav bass artist and I'm wanting to make tracks similar to his. Thanks!!
Great job. Just in time cause I’m mixing a new song and I’ve been stuck.
@bronsonjamari3776
3 жыл бұрын
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@sinceregerald4003
3 жыл бұрын
@Bronson Jamari yea, I've been watching on instaflixxer for since december myself =)
@randyjsloan
Жыл бұрын
@@bronsonjamari3776 boo! bad bots!
I used to really love organising into groups BUT Ive found that if you wish to export groups as stems (ie. drums, synth, bass groups) the effects in the group chain do not get applied. The only work around Ive found is to resample the audio of the entire group, and do this separately for each one. Anyone else find a better work around for this?
@BuntingMusic
3 жыл бұрын
soloing the group and exporting the master is my goto
Ya boy, Bunting...thx.
yo I'm having trouble with your template. So when my sub is playing from the LOWS group I'm getting this weird white noise sound coming from the sidechain when my drums hit. When I turn the effects off from the sidechain group the white noise goes away but now I get no sidechain. Is there any work around for this?
@BuntingMusic
3 жыл бұрын
imma look into this & get back to u
yo my guy bunting got his own heat on deck
is there any reason you would use 1 shot mode over classic mode with some adsr on that snare pls? peace :)
@BuntingMusic
2 жыл бұрын
workflow preference
where do you find vocal samples like you use in this video?^^~
PAUL YES HQ CONTENT
What would be the acceptable Peak DB threshold when mastering a Hybrid Trap song?
@rooney716
Жыл бұрын
@@LIFEAFTEREVERYTHING thanks 🙏 I’ll check out my LUFS then
I want to know the about the software could tell us in comments section
Do you post songs to soundcloud at -6 or is that more for platforms with lower Db?
@BuntingMusic
3 жыл бұрын
idk i’ve changed my methodology since this, i now basically just limit or softclip it to get it as loud as possible, but of course lee in mind all platforms are now equalized so it doesn’t really matter up to u just crank the loudness until you hear too much distortion/squashing with limiting or clipping
@zachmadson697
3 жыл бұрын
@@BuntingMusic thank you that’s what I’ve been doing but this video reminded me of a lot of stuff from school that I never use that I should have been doing I was just too lazy but the work flow is improving luckily thanks to your videos!
dud if I could give you a million likes at once id do it forreal
I've had people tell me its bad practice to mess with the track volume, and instead pop a utility on everything and adjust level that way. Does it matter? Is that just a matter of personal preference?
@BuntingMusic
Жыл бұрын
personal preference
Why not sidechain with something like Shaper box?
@BuntingMusic
3 жыл бұрын
lfotool does the same thing, and both cost money
but you Are my Boi!
Would you suggest stereo widening on horns?
@BuntingMusic
2 жыл бұрын
stereo widen anything u want to sound bigger and have its own space in the mix
@BuntingMusic
2 жыл бұрын
if it sounds good do it
Shouldnt the snare be mono? Doesnt widening make it non mono? Just curious
@BuntingMusic
2 жыл бұрын
snare can be as wide as u wat
@jtnova
2 жыл бұрын
@@BuntingMusic good to know! thanks.
i might just have to credit you on the song i’m working on
By making the group, does that mean making a bus?
@revoltrecordings
Жыл бұрын
yes
what about the limiter at the end of the master?
@fahyabeatz
Жыл бұрын
@@LIFEAFTEREVERYTHING sorry for my language but are u fuckin’ serious? That is like all the opposite of what I learned what about the clipping MAN?
@fahyabeatz
Жыл бұрын
@@LIFEAFTEREVERYTHING I think you are joking right? if not explain yourself u must be wise on this
Do you mix in headphones?
@BuntingMusic
3 жыл бұрын
i use both headphones and monitors to reference
@Anonymous-if8sl
3 жыл бұрын
@@BuntingMusic How did you come to trust your environment? I can see it isn't treated, as is mine. That's where I'm at right now. I've used Sonarworks reference to apply correction but I'm looking to learn the science behind treating a room, not just following the steps every channel on KZread suggests without explaining how to actually measure and calculate the accuracy of the space. I'm sure I could come out with acceptable releases using what I have but I'm interested in astounding, not acceptable.
serum got the worst reverb
@taidusthealien
Жыл бұрын
Vitals reverb is way better in my personal opinion
1:20 *showing how you can add effects to a whole group* here let me turn the saturator drive up 36 db XD
7:03 That’s the sorriest kick I’ve ever heard
Straight up sounds like a Day z soundtrack before the mix and master.
My biggest problem is getting the levels right.
@BuntingMusic
3 жыл бұрын
trust ur ear, but if things just cant seem to stick out add widening and eq
bunting i wanna kiss u