Another video for which I did the audio mix.  This one was interesting – it was direct board audio, which meant that I didn’t have separate sources to mix.  The bass was originally too low, and Morgan asked if I could make it more prominent.  Now, if I had bass and vocals on separate tracks, this would have been an absolute no-brainer.  But since everything was all on one track, it required a little bit of finagling.  I made duplicate copies of the track–one with a high-pass filter (that allowed the vocals and the harmonics of the bass to get through), and one with a low-pass filter (that filtered out everything except the low bass notes).  I applied compression to each of those duplicate tracks and used them as a “poor man’s multitrack”.  Add a little bit of automation to the volume levels, apply some mastering effects across the entire thing, and you wind up with a recording that captured both the subtle nuance of Justin’s bass playing and Morgan’s incredible vocals.  It was an interesting challenge, but both Morgan and I were very happy with the final result.  :-)  Enjoy!