Is a 'mono bass' feature included on any music software?

swan36fc · Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 1

I am a fan and collector of 60s music. One feature of some of these old recordings (including much of the Beatles) is that the bass is stuck completely in one channel. Is there a feature in any music software that essentially turns all of the bass frequencies of music recordings into mono?

Thanks!

lynnmonk · Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 11:50 am Post subject:

You talk about "frequencies" so this is indeed possible!
If you were talking about remixing the bass guitar, that would require the master multitrack to work with. However, here is the method for centralising the bass frequencies.

Open any audio recording software such as Logic, Cubase, Cakewalk, etc and import the track you want to modify. Then make a copy of that track onto another track. You now have two identical tracks with the same start point. Depending on your software, they will each default to either a split track (left and right) or a stereo track.

Convert one of the (stereo) tracks to mono. In the EQ section of the software's mixer, add a "High pass" filter to the frequency you require. I would suggest 100-200hz depending on the frequency response of your system. Bounce the result onto another track.

You should now have the following...
1. One unchanged stereo track
2. One mono track of just the bass frquencies.

Now all you have to do is "remix" the resulting 2 tracks back into one stereo track to your preference.

N.B. - Make sure that the two tracks are perfectly in time or you will get strange phasing and flanging sounds! If you made a copy of the first track, it should have the same start point, so this shouldn't be an issue.

Good luck!

Lynn

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