(Except for Batman…he’s just fine on his own. Like Laurel and Hardy, Wayne and Garth, Batman and Robin….you get the picture. But when it comes to the kick and bass it’s best to solo them together. Soloing has its place of course, especially when you’re troubleshooting.

You might be soloing the kick drum and trying to get it to sound good and once it sounds amazing you can’t figure out why it doesn’t work with the rest of the mix.Īnd usually the kick clashes with the bass guitar. We run into problems when we start soloing stuff. Think of the Bass and Kick as One Instrument I’ve been dealing with some challenges around that recently so I thought I’d share some of the solutions I’ve found to this common problem. When you’re trying to get both the kick to punch through while keeping the bass defined and clear? You’re probably familiar with that old bass and kick problem.