when i add bass the mids/highs get low

[cody81]

when i add in my own bass notes to songs the vocals and music quites down when my bass note hits. then they go back to normal. how can i make the backtrack music stay at the same level when my bass note hits?

[steve]

Possibly due to one of these two issues.
http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/FAQ: ... hancements
http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/FAQ:Playback#muted

[cody81]

ok iv got tht problem fixed but now it makes a small click noise before the bass line hits and as soon as it ends, anyone know how to fix this?

[steve]

ok iv got tht problem fixed

What exactly did you do to fix the problem?
What sort of sound card are you using?
Could you post a short sample in WAV format to illustrate the problem (just 2 or 3 seconds will do)

[cody81]

I just adjusted the bass I added down to -5db. And wayya mean sound card? Im just adding bass to my music I have in my I tunes library. And i makes a quick click every time it changes frequencies

[steve]

wayya mean sound card? Im just adding bass to my music I have in my I tunes library.

OK, I assumed that you were recording.
Not really relevant now, but the "sound card" is the part of your computer that does the recording and playback of sounds. Commonly this will be "Realtek HD" or "Intel" or "Sound Blaster" or something else, but that is not really important at the moment.

The clicks are probably due to the imported bass sound having an abrupt start.

In the picture below, the first track has an abrupt start (and clicks) because the waveform is not centred on the horizontal zero line. This is called "DC offset" and is a fault in the recording. The "offset" may be above or below the horizontal line. In this case it is above the line, but the fix is the same in both cases.

The second track does not click as it does not have an abrupt start. The waveform is correctly centred on the zero line.

To change the first track into the second track I applied the Normalize effect with "Remove any DC offset (center on 0.0 vertically" enabled (ticked) and "Normalize maximum amplitude to" disabled (not ticked). The important setting here is "Remove any DC offset"

If you need to apply DC offset correct, that should be done before you do any other editing to the sound.

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In this next picture picture, the first track clicks at the start. The second track doesn't click.
Although there is no DC offset, notice how the first track starts abruptly and the second track doesn't.

To change the first track into the second track I selected a very short amount at the beginning of the audio clip and applied a Fade In (Effect menu).

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[cody81]

that didnt do the trick. and my bass lines looking nothing like the ones u showed. is there anyway i can send u a short clip of it so u can hear what it does

[steve]

Short audio samples (under 1 MB) can be attached to your forum post. See the "upload attachment" tab below the message composing window.