Improve the sound of the electric bass to hear it better on mobile phones

[Nio Sebez]

Hello friends from Spain.

I would like to ask you a question related to the equalization of the electric bass.

I usually use Ezbass, and I have noticed that when I listen to my basses on a cell phone, mine are barely audible compared to the professionals, they are louder and clearer.

I guess it has to do with equalization. Do you know any easy trick to fix this? It seems silly, but many people only listen to the songs on their cell phone, not from good speakers, at least the first time.

I put 2 samples as an example.

professional.mp3 me.mp3

Edited September 26, 2022 by Nio Sebez

[treesha]

I think some ways to make the bass heard are eq as you suggest, boosting some of the higher frequencies, and adding saturation or distortion. 

[jackson white]

arrangement, complementary eq and +1 for saturation depending on the genre

[Nio Sebez]

Ok  Thank you, i will try 

[bats brew]

i NEVER want to listen to music on a cell phone! ?

[DeeringAmps]

15 minutes ago, batsbrew said:

NEVER want to listen to music on a cell phone!

Bluetoothed to cans or my bose speakers. Both hype the bass, but sound better than the system in my Caravan. 

[jackson white]

or... you could change the eq settings on your phone's music app.

[bats brew]

3 hours ago, DeeringAmps said:

Bluetoothed to cans or my bose speakers. Both hype the bass, but sound better than the system in my Caravan. 

yea, but that aint what i'm talking about.

[Byron Dickens]

3 hours ago, batsbrew said:

i NEVER want to listen to music on a cell phone! ?

I don't either, but so many people do. Even worse is that people will listen through one half of a set of crappy earbuds.

[bats brew]

7 minutes ago, bdickens said:

I don't either, but so many people do. Even worse is that people will listen through one half of a set of crappy earbuds.

yea, i don't write and record my stuff for folks that dont really care.

so, it will never be an issue for me, translation wise.

 

nothing beats a good ole home stereo for chilling out and listening.

listening.

 

listening.

[DeeringAmps]

5 hours ago, batsbrew said:

but that aint what i'm talking about.

Oh I get it. I should have included, I never listen on my phone unless it is bluethoothed…

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[jackson white]

or get a magic wand

https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products/unfiltered_audio_bass_mint.html

for free today (04 Oct) with voucher from PA

[bats brew]

Waves MaxxBass,

that's what you want.

[Heinz Hupfer]

HI:)

 

On small speakers it's not possible to hear frequencies under 100 Hz for example. 

So instead of rasing 80 Hz (Key of E) on the Bass, use the first, second and third Overtone in the mix.

160, 240 and 320 Hertz, depends on the Key the song is, so in "G" the frequencies are around 100, 150 and 200 Hz.

(Just download a frequency table, 1.Overtone x2, 2. x2,5, 3. x4)

Try it out;)

Greetz,

Bassman.

 

[jackson white]

8 hours ago, Heinz Hupfer said:

So instead of rasing 80 Hz (Key of E) on the Bass, use the first, second and third Overtone in the mix.

the "secret sauce" of

On 10/4/2022 at 1:21 PM, batsbrew said:

Waves MaxxBass

https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/waves-maxxbass

Bass Mint is less refined in this aspect, but with some additional options.

'preferred' results are somewhat dependent on the style of music and target playback systems/devices.

[bats brew]

i use maxxbass all the time.

 

i know exactly what it does, by personal experience.

 

[Heinz Hupfer]

HI:)

 

@jackson white

Never used it, but as I see, I have to take a look on it, thanks;)

 

Bassman.

 

[Clay and Kelsy]

Another point for MaxxBass here! 

I also use https://audiomovers.com/wp/listento/ it runs as a vst and streams directly to your phone.

It costs monthly but it can save a lot of exporting time

[jackson white]

On 10/6/2022 at 1:18 PM, batsbrew said:

i know exactly what it does, by personal experience.

no doubt, i've heard your mixes. just dropped a link for those who might be interested.

[dubdisciple]

On 9/30/2022 at 8:35 AM, batsbrew said:

i NEVER want to listen to music on a cell phone! ?

No one really wants to, but every now and then it is the only option in a situation.  I have seen opportunities acted upon because a person was able to play a song on the spot