Waves MaxxBass

[The Arkitekt]

You know on Waves MaxxBass how you can switch and listen to audio, original base, and maxxbass. Is there a way to just keep on the maxxbass part so it sounds like just a bass playing instead of the other sounds in the sample?



Edit: Nevermind, retarted question lol

 

[Sucio]

I used to have a program called Goldwave....

There was this muffle option where I was able to muffle it numerous times and turn the sample into a bassline.....

 

[The Arkitekt]

I remember Goldwave... I used to make like mini remixes on that shit when I was like 10, replaying certain parts in the middle of songs to make it sound like it was scratched back, but without the scratchin sound lol

might give Goldwave a try though, might give a better effect than maxxbass thanks for the suggestion

 

[DJ Redrum]

You should be able to do this by simply appying an EQ into the chain before the MaxxBass.

All you need to do then is a general EQ sweep on the low-end around (60-150Hz), so that your able to enhance the bass slightly more. I would also rolloff from the highs into the mids so that you can remove any unwanted vocals/instruments with a High Shelf band.

 

[The Arkitekt]

Yea I EQ exactly those frequencys cutting everything else out, put a low pass on there, heavy compression (to smoove out those kicks in the sample), then MaxxBass

 

[DJ Redrum]

That chain would work better if the compression was applied at the end, rather than in the middle.

I'm not to sure what else you maybe able to do which could help, as I don't happen to work with none of the Wave plugins as I find them to be overrated and quite poor for what is available elsewhere.

 

[LDB]

That chain would work better if the compression was applied at the end, rather than in the middle.

I'm not to sure what else you maybe able to do which could help, as I don't happen to work with none of the Wave plugins as I find them to be overrated and quite poor for what is available elsewhere.

yep....u gotta know your signal chain. U can't just go putting shit where ever you like. There's a mathematical process. If you click on the question mark on any waves plugin it'll tell u (if u don't already know) where in the signal chain that particular plugin should be.

If you don't know what you're doing you might want to use combination plugins....ie eq/compression plugins or eq/compression/limiter plugins that already have the signal chain established.

 

[The Arkitekt]

Yes, I know you can't be putting shit anywhere, theres a reason why I put the compressor before MaxxBass (to smooth out the signal and destroy high peaks, obviously before it gets turned into pure bass). But thanks for the suggestion TheMost, i'll give it a try putting the compressor at the end.

 

[LDB]

MaxxBass creates harmonics that you can add to the signal. These harmonics "trick the ear into perceiving
low bass frequencies that may not actually be present in the output". This psychoacoustic "illusion" can be used for mixing and mastering to enhance the bass response for playback on any system.

That's the true brilliance of this plugin and it's intent! Say you live in a city and you're trying to push your music out there to the club scene. Say most the clubs in your neck of the woods don't have "top of the line" systems. They either have "bullshit cheap" speakers or they don't have subs at all, only run of the mill monitors with horns. You notice that when you go there and the dj plays a song with heavy bass the shit sounds horrible. Or you're doing a show and when the bass in your track kicks in it's muddy to the tenth power. That's when this plugin can really shine through.

When you're using it for standard mixing (not mixing for any particular venue) you really have to use it wisely. In that case you wouldn't push it as hard. You would only add a little harmonics thru it for a "just in case" approach. If you over do it, when your music is played on an optimal system that can handle the lows your lows won't come across as well. You run the chance of the lows being too low!

MaxxBass doesn't turn any signal into "pure bass", that's not how it works. It creates an false perception of the low bass frequency ONLY.

 

[The Arkitekt]

If I select the MaxxBass filter instead of "audio" or "original bass", then it's just letting the harmonics through right?

 

[Sucio]

Not sure, never tried it....

But I definitely would try Goldwave...that muffle option is crazy.....

I'm about to get it again...just for that...

 

[LDB]

If I select the MaxxBass filter instead of "audio" or "original bass", then it's just letting the harmonics through right?

That's just for monitoring purposes, those are monitoring buttons. Reads to me like you're trying to use MaxxBass for a purpose that is was not intended. Original Bass lets you hear your original bass without MaxxBass harmonics, MaxxBass lets you hear what the plugin is doing to the bass only and Audio lets you hear the whole mix with MaxxBass harmonics added.

Ideally you would want to use MaxxBass on the master fader/buss. Throw a maximizer after it to get your level back up. The only thing I would put before MaxxBass is an EQ...but only if needed.

EQ - MaxxBass -L1/L2/L3 or just MaxxBass - L1/L2/L3

p.s. let me add this. If you have good monitors, say with at least 8" drivers, when you add MaxxBass you won't hear a big difference. You'll only notice a difference on smaller speakers. Ones that generally can't handle low frequencies very well. Using MaxxBass or RBass will actually make very small speakers "boom" with clarity where as if you didn't use it they would sound like shit! That's what MaxxBass & RBass are designed to do.

 

[The Arkitekt]

Ight thanks for the break down dude