Hey dudes,
I'm doing a mix for a pop / country / rock band that is turning out very well except for one problem.
The bass is of the thick, deep type. That's not a big deal. It sounds good through the verse, but there is just one note on the chorus where it sounds like it jumps out by 30dB. (I'm exagerating) but it certainly dominates the mix.
It's not so noticable on my monitors (which is just another reason to get a better room when $$ allow for that) but on my home theater rig the sub goes out of the control. In my car (which also has a sub) that same bass note also takes over. It's worth noting that this is seldom the case. Generally, my car and my home theater never react the same way to low end.
Anyway, I've compressed the holy hell out of it and on top of that tried some multiband compression to just hit around 100Hz but that didn't help enough. I was reducing level by up to 6dB at the frequency but that was still too much. I guess I can just nuke it and reduce it by 18 dB on that one note and see what happens.
Is this common for you guys? What causes this? (I'm guessing the instrument).
Brandon
