Bass Problems

[The_Salesman]

I have a sample that I love but it's so bass-y it rattles speakers even at low volume.

I tried putting it through a high pass filter but it seems to make it too quiet, I add gain and I'm in the same pickle I was to begin with.

The tone itself isn't that low (C#2) if that helps any.

I'm very green at this stuff so this might be a simple problem to fix, or simply unfixable. Either way any help would be greatly appreciated.

I use Cubase 4 if that makes any difference.

Thanks in advance.

 

[grimtraveller]

Have you tried taking some bass off with EQ ?

 

[mixsit]

I'm not quite sure.. maybe I miss the question, (and don't want to presume, do you understand the variables?
Gain
Frequency
Q
Transient perhaps
?

 

[kcearl]

I have a sample that I love but it's so bass-y it rattles speakers even at low volume.

I tried putting it through a high pass filter but it seems to make it too quiet, I add gain and I'm in the same pickle I was to begin with.

The tone itself isn't that low (C#2) if that helps any.

I'm very green at this stuff so this might be a simple problem to fix, or simply unfixable. Either way any help would be greatly appreciated.

I use Cubase 4 if that makes any difference.

Thanks in advance.

do an EQ sweep until you find the frequency that's causing your speaker to rattle and make the cut there rather than just hi passing the whole lot out

 

[mixsit]

You know, I missed a pretty important variable up there..

There is the low cutoff frequency of any speaker system (correct term for it? Not sure) below which the cone is just flopping back and forth but not doing any (much) acoustic out put.

" ..it's so bass-y it rattles speakers even at low volume."

So.. Which 'speakers', what frequency, and what volume?

 

[The_Salesman]

Thank you all for help, I clearly need it.

@Grimtraveller - I did try EQ ing but when I did it just got quiet. This may be because I'm poking blindly.

@ Mixsit - I'm not familiar with the term "Transient" but as far as your second post I tried it on several speakers and the effects were always the same. If the volume was soft it was good but turn it up even a little and rattle. I compared to similar professional tracks and some of my own things and I've never had this problem before.

If but what volume you mean decibel I can find out and re-post if that will help?

@kcerl - I never heard of an "EQ sweep", but it sounds like something that will help. I'm looking that up right now.

 

[MastaBlasta]

I think that by "EQ sweep" he just means setting the gain low and then dialing up or down the freq until you get the effect you want. Like tuning your radio. The idea is that you lower the gain on a narrow frequency range and then apply it across the range until you find the hot frequencies that are causing the rattle.