Better bass in Logic Pro

Perefecting the bass end of your mix can be one of the hardest parts of the mixing process, either resulting in a muddy, ill-defined low-end, or a mix that lacks the rock-solid foundation of a professional recording. Although it’s easy to think of one part of the sound spectrum being much the same as the other, the low end of the mix is a special case requiring a wholly different approach. Equally, there’s a lot more to shaping the bass end of your mix than EQ alone, with Logic Pro including many different creative options that go above and beyond what equalisation can offer

LOW-END THEORY

Before we delve into the specifics, it’s worth taking time to consider the essentials of how the low end works in a good mix. First off, visualise your mix as having distinct and separate ‘layers’ of bass, with each part residing in a unique part of the sound spectrum. For example, a bass guitar might inhabit the lows