How To Compress Bass

https://www.loopswag.com/how-to-compress-bass-or-808/

The good thing is to remove to assign the COMP OFF and that this makes all the grouped bands unaware that there might be some levels beyond 0dB that we need to compress. As well as ensure that bands aren’t mixing the sound, thus giving an individual sound level of the bass.

https://allanmorrowstudios.com/trance-music/compression-tutorial/

The compression tutorial covers: ⬤ How you can compress Kicks, Bass, Sub Bass, Claps, Percussion, Plucks & Vocals. ⬤ Parallel Compression, Sidechain Compression, Bus/Mastering Compression & Compression from other elements. ⬤ How to look at compression from two different angles. ⬤ How to control vocal levels. ⬤ How to shape sub basses for more ...

https://www.reddit.com/r/audioengineering/comments/4yvsqa/whenhow_to_compress_bass_frequencies/

Cheeky answer: Compress bass freqs when you want less dynamic range. Better answer: Bass frequencies should be compressed to compliment the dynamics of the song. If you have a thumping, 'bumpy' bass, then use less compression, lower ratios, higher attacks, to ...

https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/htlwm8/compress_your_sub_bass_or_nah/

Pretty much just to make it consistent. 3. level 1. xxcoletrain. · 1y. I usually see some type of harmonics on the sub in mixes. You can achieve this by adding compression, distortion, synthesising them, or all of the above. If your mix has room for it and you want your sub to have more presence then do it.

https://heroic.academy/how-to-mix-music-part-5-mixing-instruments-synths/

We compress synths about 3dB with a ratio in between 2:1 to 5:1. If the saw synth has a long attack and release you might want to give the compressor a lower ratio to keep a subtler dynamic sound. With a long attack of the synth, the attack of the compressor can be shorter and with a softer knee.

https://www.futureproducers.com/forums/threads/compressing-bass.401350/

Sometimes I will compress it to CREATE dynamics but putting some attack on the front of it. I usually have to add some harmonic distortion of some kind to get the damn bass audible. A much better choise for a sine wave bass is to use a square wave and LPF the snot out of it almost to the point of turning it into a sine wave, but stopping just

https://gearspace.com/board/electronic-music-instruments-and-electronic-music-production/1002937-compressing-synth-bass.html

In some cases i might compress the upper range of a bass using the sidechain filter on the compressor to make it react only to higher frequencies. But it depends a lot on the sound. Short stabby sounds might need different treatment compared to long subby stuff or distorted gritty sounds.

https://www.orpheusaudioacademy.com/compress-bass-and-kick/

Heavily Compress the Low End of The Bass Another thing you can do to help control and smooth out your low end is to heavily compress the sub lows. You can use a multiband compressor to do this, so that you're only targeting the very low end.

https://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/threads/bass-compression.556975/

loving opto style compressors on bass. Smack! in opto mode is awesome. I use the bomb factory 1176 a lot too. Digirack compressor will do a job. Sans amp plug and lo-fi get used a fair bit and i'll usually go for another opto plug on the bass bus with the kick sidechained to it, knocing off another 2 or 3 dBs.