[Dream] cut the crap

[Doofus McFluoro]

Bang on Mark... my hats off :)

On 7/17/07, Mark <dream at primatesynthesis.com> wrote:
> On 7/17/07, Doofus McFluoro put forth:
> >Traditional sound engineers always tell you never boost the bass..
> >
> >why is that... is here a really good reason...if so what. and does it
> >apply to psy basslines? I have a strong suspicion this 'rule' applies
> >more to live bands.
> >
> >Mark... if you want to post a reply to this thats would be great.You
> >know I value your input.
> >
> >However if you could keep it to one or two paragraphs and keep
> >comments and advice biased towards producing psy-trance.
>
>
> I'll try :)
>
> In most of the music out there, bass is synonymous with bass guitar.
> The fundamentals of its lowest notes are quite low, yet its range
> spans several octaves.  Any low shelving EQ is going to have its
> frequency somewhere in that range.  So it is very difficult, but not
> impossible, to boost the bass without making some notes louder than
> others.  In contrast, cutting the treble effects the harmonics but
> not the fundamentals, and is also far less likely to cause problems
> due to phase shift.
>
> Psy-trance not only uses synthesizers to produce bass, which are
> generally much simpler in their harmonic spectrum than "real"
> instruments, but its bass lines rarely span more than a octave.  Some
> psy-trance bass lines are only one note.  So whether you use a filter
> as part of a synthesizer patch, or a filter called an EQ, makes
> little difference, as the resulting sound is entirely up to the
> producer -- you are not trying to preserve the tone or phrasing of
> someone else's playing.
>
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