Author Topic: Never able to get anything above 15 khz consistently unless using high hats (Read 4709 times)

thanksbird! · « **on:** April 17, 2016, 04:40:01 pm »

Like the title says, my mixes are always lacking frequencies above 15 khz unless I'm using high hats, and I was wondering what other ways of hitting the full range without using hats there are.

Wontolla · « **Reply #1 on:** April 17, 2016, 04:43:22 pm »

White noise. Or supersaws if they're appropriate.
But really, most producers cut everything above 18k anyway, since most people won't be able to hear it and it just takes up headroom. Unless your mixes sound thin without anything in the 15k-18k band, and I do mean sound, it's not that important; just put some noise on it (high-passing it appropriately), turn it to 0 and bring it up until the mix sounds okay, and forget it. A spectrum doesn't tell you how to mix; your ears tell you how to mix.

Marrow Machines · « **Reply #2 on:** April 17, 2016, 05:00:37 pm »

I know that my ears start to crap out at about 16khz, unless i turn up the volume. So i tend to not have much go beyond that.

Plus i think, cassette tapes have a cut at around 16khz. I tend to find that's a good sweet spot for me though and not have those annoying super duper highs.

But yea, do what wontolla said, i don't really mess with that frequency range unless i am cutting it out.

bst148 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 17, 2016, 09:05:17 pm »

i always cut my track at 17khz,if you lack those higher frequencies,i would recommend you to layer white noise with the sounds youre playing .

Author Topic: Never able to get anything above 15 khz consistently unless using high hats (Read 4709 times)

thanksbird!

Never able to get anything above 15 khz consistently unless using high hats

Wontolla

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Marrow Machines

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bst148

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