Pro-tip: Subtracting frequencies with EQ can actually make things sound bigger.

Pro-tip: Subtracting frequencies with EQ can actually make things sound bigger.

A lot of times, taking out those boxy, nasal-sounding midrange frequencies from kicks will open up your whole mix and allow the kick to punch through much cleaner.

You might not even realise how muddy the area is until you scoop some muck out. Just don’t get too crazy or you’ll end up with a Pantera-circa-1995, solid-state-sounding EQ scoop.