Quote Originally Posted by Basil Rush
Anyway here's another thing, I've noticed that some of what I'm doing is generating a lot of sub 0-40hz energy and wacking an expensive filter on the master outputs (or the kick and the bass seperately) before the compressor gets me a punchier mix.

Do we think anyone or any rig anywhere is going to care that those frequencies aren't anywhere in the mix. My gut reaction is no ...
You'd be right... In fact, they'll be liking the fact that their speakers don't fray and rip when they crank it up! Also, you'll get more power in your vinyl mixes, and more headroom for mids and highs. (Hence 'punchier' tracks).

By the way, limiting to get the volume as high as other releases on vinyl is a good thing to do. As a DJ, I often rely on the VU meter to match volumes... 'badly' produced music (or simply quieter music) will lack a lot of energy in this context! Not good for the DJ, crowd or producer (in the long run).

Try removing big peaks by hand, then using gentle compression with the threshold set very low to get a tighter mix without too much distortion.

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