Compression settings for bass

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A low to moderate boost will typically do the trick if your bass needs some help in this range. Start your search in the 80-100Hz range while looking for girth. Too much girth will make your mix muddy while not enough will leave a thin sound or give an unnatural relationship as you try to make other instruments fill in these key frequencies. These frequencies give your bass most of its low end energy and sustain. Girth is a good description for the lowest fundamental frequencies of your bass track. The bass big three: girth, definition, attack Your home recording studio is well equipped to shape your bass tracks as long as you have a basic equalizer and compressor. Sometimes the bass is felt rather than heard while other mixes have the bass in a much more audible sonic space.

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The bass guitar is an important element of every contemporary mix even though it rarely plays a prominent role.