Ableton mastering bass. Ableton Live Mastering Tutorial In 9 Simple Steps (Step #8 is my favorite!)

I also have the low end tracks cranked up in volume, maybe too loud? Some people argue that converting from 48k when exporting wav files from your original project to use in your mastering project down to Limiter: We are increasing the loudness of the sum of our track. It also depends on your tastes. Drop a limiter after the EQ Eight unit. Boost at around 70 — Hz Do this only if you think your track needs some extra low end energy in the kick and sub. Post by Pitch Black » Fri Jun 01, am.

 

Your sub bass; All treble synths, pads, instruments and atmos; All vocal sounds. Here are the typical settings that you may want to use when exporting these.Here are some suggested settings for this EQ unit to get a better polished final version of your track: Low Cut at 30 Hz Ideally, at around 30 Hz you would want a brick wall limiter to completely take out any frequencies below 30 Hz.

 

Ableton Forum forum? Hi I have quiet simply question as a beginner what kind of effect's i can used to bring melodic bass in dance track more alive???It should look like this:.

 

I have tried EQing (boosting the sub bass around hz) and layering multiple bass sounds (one around hz, one around hz) as well.When you export these stems, you should have already done the mixdown process in your previous project.

 

We have provided a stereo track tailor made for this tutorial, it has some beats, loud bass, and synth effects. If you don't have Live 10, go.Now for the fun part!

 

It also depends on your tastes.

 

Ideally, you would want to have all frequencies from 0 Hz up to about Hz or even Hz to be in mono.

 

Managing volume through this entire process is critical.

 

This gives you much more control over your mastering process and helps you to get a much more dynamic sounding finished piece of music.

 

For this tutorial we have a Live set containing a stereo file in the Arrangement.

 

The track sounds over-boosted, so reduce the High and Low Inputs to 4.

 

I have tried EQing boosting the sub bass around hz and layering multiple bass sounds one around hz, one around hz as well as compression.

 

Why keep your sub separate from your mid bass stem?

 

Find a bass sound that you like that has more than just some low end thump or rumble, run it through a hi-pass filter to cut out most of the low end, and then include some stereo effects like a chorus, a short delay, etc.

 

You can drop a Utility onto the end of the high band multiband dynamics plugin and increase the width.Forum Ableton mastering bass

 

If you put this before Multiband Dynamics, you might have to adjust them to compliment each other.

 

As an example, you can stack two sounds together.

 

We find it easier to dance to and to let our minds go with the flow of the song when the dynamic range of the low band is nice and tight.

 

If you do use third party plugins, there is a wide range of options available.

 

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Next, solo the low band.

 

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Managing volume through this entire process is critical.

 

EQ Eight handles the EQ or filtering of the Mid and Side sections, while Utility can make further changes to the stereo image — by defining how much of the mix is mono, and editing the stereo width of the remainder.

 

You can drop a Utility onto the end of the high band multiband dynamics plugin and increase the width.

 

In our last Live instalment, we presented an overall guide to mastering with Ableton Live 10and underlined the point that it has all the tools you need to get a great result.

 

Managing volume through this entire process is critical.

 

So, back to the tutorial… Ableton Live Mastering Tutorial In step 5 of this tutorial, we will want to thicken up the sounds using some compression.

 

First, drag and drop a limiter onto the end of each band in your audio effect rack.