I’m sure I’m not alone when I say I spend too much time trying to harness the irregularities of proximity effect. The same technique works beautifully on tracks recorded with too much proximity effect, such as vocals and acoustic guitar. I now use soothe2 to help tame and clear out resonance from overly tonal kick drums and woofy bass tracks. Now that I’m hip to and use the soothe2 dynamic resonance suppressor plug-in by oeksound, I have peace of mind knowing that my low end will not blow out on me or suffer from too much EQ surgery. Additionally, using compression and limiting to control your sub frequencies can be a slippery slope that I don’t always have the right shoes for. My mastering engineer is very aware of, and helpful with this too! I’ll often use EQ to de-clutter the kick around 100 or 200 Hz so I can make room for the bass, but then my kick sounds weak. I have to consciously spend a little extra time working on my kick and bass tracks to hit the way I’d like because of the shortcomings in my monitoring and room setup. This is tough when your monitors and room start to lose clarity and tightness below 100 Hz. I love low end and I try to mix with a lot of power coming from that range.
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