Thursday, March 19, 2026

30 thoughts on “3 Tips For Perfect Sub Basses

  • I have denon avr x1700h and sub is bic america pl300 12 inch 1400w 350 rms 3 front firing ports with settings set of

    on avr

    90 hz sub frequency or main tower speakers sets as small and set as lfe ( not lfe+main)

    on subwoofer back panel

    single rca connected volume is 60 or lfe mode set and crossover set in 45-50 and bass boosted mode is selected (subwoofer feature port blocker placed at center hole for 15hz ???? sound when selected)

    so please tell me what should be better for me please help me ????

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  • What about ADSR. What you want slow attack do kick punches through? And does Sub bass have short release to keep tight like a kick?

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  • The key doesn't matter as much so long as you're conscious about what you're doing. Want a low C in that octave? Make sure you got harmonics in that wave. Want to go higher? Then your kick will fill the sub bass and you can EQ some of the bass frequencies differently. No rules, mixing is an art.

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  • If say you track was in f minor and you bass was hitting the note f would it be OK to have your sub underneath hitting the note g

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  • The natural harmonics are 2nd at one octave & 3rd at 1+5th of an octave. Adding saturation is a dirty way of doing this, but lacks control. If you remove the fundamental 1st harmonic you get the psycho-acoustic illusion on bass, i.e. bass on laptop speakers. Watch the philosophy of bass video on YouTube

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  • Could not disagree more about saturation on subs. Clean sine wave fundamental w/o saturation is how to keep a clear low end. Maybe you can add an additional 1-2 harmonics above fundamental and get away with it, but generally adding fuzz to your low end is a sure fire way to cloud it up and make your mix sound muddy very fast. And in fact with Serum you can disable both oscillators A&B and just use the sub-oscillator for the cleanest sounding low end. You can layer a bass on top of it for movement around the low end, but you don't want to do this with your sub-bass. Make sure you meter your subs to make sure that wave form isn't dancing all around, should just be a solid hump with no movement.

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  • I would believe the optimal frequency range for sub bass as you described, but I find lot of tracks lately on EDM that go down to C0, for example check out SHM Heaven takes you home. So I’m questioning, is really that bad too go lover then E?

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  • I would separate these into two layers.. one for low and one for high, then glue them together. Just a thought.. good tutorial though.

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  • My sub bass creates a lot pressure to the ear. I want to reduce the pressure. How can I reduce the hardness?

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  • you didn't play a sub bass guitar sound….the bass guitar was around long before the synthetic bass yet you totally ignore it WTF .. !!

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  • Do you think there should only be one instance of sub bass plugin used in a song? Or can it be used more than once? Should it only be used on kick or bass or what about master buss? What do you think they are doing on post Malone “circles” ? Only on kick or drum bus?

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  • Extremely informative. Essential information no matter what daw software you're running

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  • My subwoofer box is tuned to 32hz I would say the scale is more like between 30 and 60 30 and 70hz & below that's what my high pass cut off is set at on my crossover

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  • Thank you man, simple and to the point. I am totally amateur trance producer, actually not even close to the commercial standards but I strongly think that SUB can push to 80ish Hz. At least that is how I treat it. Other than that it is crystal clear. All the best. Thank you.

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