Hello friends!
A little background, I've been mixing a somewhat busy mix. Everything sounds great or good enough on the monitors I'm using, however on checking it with other sources there's sometimes a lack of clarity in the vocals, as the song calls for a fairly bright piano(I eq'd the vocals and high end, but I don't want anymore vocal high end unless its my only option). The bass is the thing that seems to be the thing in the way, everything else is nicely placed, yet the bass isn't particularly loud. So one thing I had done was a Low Pass Filter on the bass guitar. The bass guitar is maybe the least integral aspect of this particular song, its more a background thing, it wasn't in the original mix etc. I had kept pushing it until I had it Low Passed at 2K.
One thing I've just realized was when I take off the low pass filter on the Bass or bring it up to 6K from 2K, the vocals become much brighter somehow. This is strange to me as I assumed it would be the other way around. Is what is happening that, by bringing the LPF too low, all the bass energy is being pushed into the main frequencies instead of being more spread out or something? Like does the energy or something remain the same somehow but without a low pass filter there isn't an excess of bass energy or signal to smother the higher frequencies? I can't seem to find this specific thing talked about much, and its long confused me and been something I've wondered about.
I've always been a little confused by Filters. Another example from the other side is when using a High Pass Filter, it can make something seem louder, at times even make an instrument actually register louder volume input with the fader being in the same place. The only explanation I've thought of is that by taking out some of the anchoring lower mud there's more to go to the other, more prominent frequencies. But this doesn't really make sense. Wouldn't the loss in lower frequencies always lower the volume being read, even if it made it seem louder?
I use Cubase, if it has something to do with that?
Please forgive my ignorance! Or if I made it sound more confusing than it is. I greatly value the knowledge that is shared in these parts. Thank you for any moment you have to spare!
A little background, I've been mixing a somewhat busy mix. Everything sounds great or good enough on the monitors I'm using, however on checking it with other sources there's sometimes a lack of clarity in the vocals, as the song calls for a fairly bright piano(I eq'd the vocals and high end, but I don't want anymore vocal high end unless its my only option). The bass is the thing that seems to be the thing in the way, everything else is nicely placed, yet the bass isn't particularly loud. So one thing I had done was a Low Pass Filter on the bass guitar. The bass guitar is maybe the least integral aspect of this particular song, its more a background thing, it wasn't in the original mix etc. I had kept pushing it until I had it Low Passed at 2K.
One thing I've just realized was when I take off the low pass filter on the Bass or bring it up to 6K from 2K, the vocals become much brighter somehow. This is strange to me as I assumed it would be the other way around. Is what is happening that, by bringing the LPF too low, all the bass energy is being pushed into the main frequencies instead of being more spread out or something? Like does the energy or something remain the same somehow but without a low pass filter there isn't an excess of bass energy or signal to smother the higher frequencies? I can't seem to find this specific thing talked about much, and its long confused me and been something I've wondered about.
I've always been a little confused by Filters. Another example from the other side is when using a High Pass Filter, it can make something seem louder, at times even make an instrument actually register louder volume input with the fader being in the same place. The only explanation I've thought of is that by taking out some of the anchoring lower mud there's more to go to the other, more prominent frequencies. But this doesn't really make sense. Wouldn't the loss in lower frequencies always lower the volume being read, even if it made it seem louder?
I use Cubase, if it has something to do with that?
Please forgive my ignorance! Or if I made it sound more confusing than it is. I greatly value the knowledge that is shared in these parts. Thank you for any moment you have to spare!