Bass Distortion

[AStacy2]

Hey guys, I use Sonar5 PE and I was wondering maybe a plugin that you guys would reccomend for putting a little bit of distortion on a previously recorded bass DI track?

Thanks!

 

[chadsxe]

Hey guys, I use Sonar5 PE and I was wondering maybe a plugin that you guys would reccomend for putting a little bit of distortion on a previously recorded bass DI track?

Thanks!

amplitude
guitar rig

 

[Muttley]

iZotope's Trash?

 

[STINNETT]

I seem to remember Sonar including Cakewalk's "Amp Sim" plug in. Might work if you've got nothing better.

 

[Lopes]

amplitude
guitar rig

I'll second the Guitar Rig suggestion, it's got some good pedal models to use for some subtle distortion, don't know if it works as well for extreme distortion as I don't really go for that type of sound on a bass.

 

[Kazrog]

I agree that Guitar Rig rules for that. I also highly recommend Nigel if you have a UAD-1 card, for subtle and not-so-subtle distortion and FX.

Incidentally, my random suggestion that Devildriver use Nigel on the opening bass riff of "Grinfucked" from their latest disc has apparently resulted in a lot of their fans asking "how the fuck did you get that evil sound?" which is always a good thing.

 

[ConspiracyBass]

Oddly enough I like using Sony's Distortion that comes with Soundforge. You should try it if you can.

 

[Torniojaws]

SimulAnalog's Boss SD-1 model sounds very sweet on bass. It's free too.

http://www.simulanalog.org/guitarsuite.htm

For best results, make a duplicate of your DI bass and put the SD-1 on that track. Then balance out the clean DI bass and the SD-1 bass.

 

[xmarcelx]

SimulAnalog's Boss SD-1 model sounds very sweet on bass. It's free too.

http://www.simulanalog.org/guitarsuite.htm

For best results, make a duplicate of your DI bass and put the SD-1 on that track. Then balance out the clean DI bass and the SD-1 bass.

Yeah this Simulanalog stuff rocks imo...

 

[Sinister Mephisto]

amplitude

Hasn't worked so well for me.

 

[Rick Powell]

Guitar Rig is dope! Just mixing a band now and got an awesome distorted bass tone with it

 

[Seizure.]

Vintagewarmer? works for me..maybe do it times two for even more distortion!

 

[AStacy2]

Cool, thanks guys. I think I'm gonna check out the guitar rig and see how that works.

 

[Mutant]

Hey guys, I use Sonar5 PE and I was wondering maybe a plugin that you guys would reccomend for putting a little bit of distortion on a previously recorded bass DI track?

Thanks!

My pick:
Voxengo Boogex (free)

Why ?
Because it can be set to distort only highs without touching the lows - distorted lows sound like shit.

btw. Click here for a big list of virtual amp sims and distortions.

 

[Noumenon]

Mutant, you can do that with some high/lowpass-filters

 

[Mutant]

Mutant, you can do that with some high/lowpass-filters

Hehe of course i can - still IMHO Boogex is better than Simulanalog SD-1 for bass.

 

[Noumenon]

never tried it, always used guitar rig (though I always forget to filter out some lows on the overdriven track)

 

[Keiffer]

iZotope's Trash?

+1
if you're willing to spend some time...

 

[kryckan]

I like Sansamp PSA-1 from Bombfactory on Bass.

 

[AStacy2]

Hey, I just ot GuitarRig and it's pretty cool, I usually never check out many plugins but this one seems like it has a lot of options. I'm tweaking the "Heavy Distorted Bass" preset a little bit and mixing that with my DI signal.
It sounds pretty good but it's not working to well with the guitar just yet though, still need to work on it a little bit. What are some of you guys' favorite settings for distorted bass on a metal track?