Then why do they always ask to have their bass turned up in the mix?mojobone wrote:Some people hear bass better than others. I think those are called bass players.
Thanks I'll check this out.mojobone wrote:Seriously, though, everybody has trouble with this sometimes, particularly in a busy mix. (you can mute other parts, when you need to hear the bass better) It's possible that room treatment could help; maybe your room is enhancing a frequency that masks the pitch of bass notes or it's sucking out a frequency/harmonic component of the bass sound that you need to hear in order to judge the pitch.
Sometimes you don't hear the bass well because your monitor speakers are lacking in low end extension; it's the fundamental frequency that makes up most of the pitch of bass notes. Interestingly, the ear often reconstructs a missing fundamental, even when the speakers are unable to reproduce the pitch. In that scenario, your brain uses the harmonics, or upper partials (aka harmonics) to do the reconstructing, so EQ-ing to bring out the sound of the windings can sometimes be helpful.
Stuart
