
It seems to me that the most commonly used waveform for bass in Psy-Trance is the sawtooth wave. Once you’re confident with the sample, leave it for now.

A spectrum analyzer can be useful to see these dominant peaks, but it is just as important to use your ears.

Make sure it has a good “punch” and a clean, low “oomph.” It should be dry (no echo, reverb, or modulation). Therefore, select one that feels right to you. It is important to remember that your initial choice of kick-drum is crucial. Therefore, in this tutorial, we will walk you through the production of a bass-dominant Psy-Trance track in the SoundBridge: DAW – step-by-step. Mixing and affecting low-end is a rather complex skill that requires time, practice, and an understanding of the techniques involved. In today’s popular electronic genres, your mix largely depends on how you control the low-end of the frequency spectrum. When it comes to hip-hop, 90% of the time the bass or 808 drum dominates the sub frequencies and the kick dominates 80Hz and above.īut whenever you’re not sure then insert a frequency analyzer on both the kick and bass to determine a good pocket for both sounds.As you probably already know, it’s all about that bass. In some genres such as dance music, you’ll find that 90% of the time, the kick dominates the sub frequencies.


Once you have the experience you can simply listen to the song and instantly figure that out but for beginners, the easiest way is to use a frequency analyzer to make things much easier.Įach song is different so don’t make the mistake of doing the same thing on every mix that you work on.Ī great way to train your ears is to listen to some of your favorite mixes and try to determine which frequencies each sound dominates. You should always decide which instrument is going to dominate the subs and which one is going to take care of the bass frequencies. What I mean by that is you can’t have both kick and bass fighting for the same space in the frequency spectrum. You should always let one instrument win.
