Mixing the Bass: Five Approaches In this session, you hear a lot of experimenting—EQ moves, compressors being swapped, harmonic plugins pushed, DI tracks blended with amps, and even fuzz tones stacked. That’s exactly what mixing bass often is: searching for the right balance of depth, definition, and vibe. There isn’t one “correct” way to treat bass. Instead, mixers tend to move between several approaches depending on genre, arrangement, and the way the bass part was tracked. Let’s break down fi