I thought there was already a thread for recording Bass Guitar.

[sparkyness]

dUG's rig's changed again according to the King's X recording thread over on GS. Behringer stuff in there now (ahhhhh!). He's still splitting a combination of DI/Bass Amp/Guitar Amp though.

Michael Wagener goes into some detail documenting the recording process so it's worth a look. I can't access GS from this office, but it should be easy enough to find.

 

[BrandonS]

I want to get that awesome prog rock bass clarity... like bands like Kaipa have.... awesome stuff.

 

[doc_backmask]

Anyone know the chain on Blinded Colony's song "Swallow and Sleep"? Or who did the mix/engineer/production? That bass tone absolutely slays.

 

[Razorjack]

He runs a Marshall VBA 400 live. I think his gain is from the Marshall, not from a pedal, but I could be wrong. He does have a nice distorted tone.

He was running a ProCo RAT pedal at Bloodstock, the VBA was set almost completely flat. The distorted tone mixed with the DI from his Iceman gives him an amazing solid grind.

 

[Seizure.]

CULT OF LUNA - The beyond Has the best bass tone ever..
I wish i knew how did they get that tone..

fender precision > Golmer the blues distortion > Sunn Model T + matching 4x12 cab.

Thats what he said when i asked him and its also what he used live.
Golmer is also a tubescreamer kind of pedal.. only 40 were made or something.

I need to get a Sansamp to reamp bass DI's into. Would this be worth it you think?

Yes yes yes and yes,

I reamp bass all the time through my sansamp!
I also like to be able to put a overdrive infront of it while reamping bass and just kicking it in at parts that can need it (in Tool/APC kinda stuff specially)

 

[BrandonS]

I've heard some direct-input bass recordings that were better than big-budget stuff.

 

[ffaudio]

The new Coheed and Cambria has an insane bass tone.

 

[beyond dead]

cephalic carnage: anomalies
byzantine: and they shall....
blood red throne: come death
and the ultimate bass tone: geezer butler!!!!!! anyone know his recording setup?

 

[Racerdeth]

I've managed to bodge a reasonably pleasing noise using of all things NI Guitar Rig 2 using a crossover with the lows into the SVT model and the highs into a distorted JCM800 model with highs and lows filtered out.

 

[BrandonS]

What the hell do you do with 5 bass tracks and why would you NEED to record that many? Do you put them all center or span them over everything?

 

[JBroll]

What the hell do we do with five bass tracks? Whatever the fuck we want. You can never have too many tracks - worst case scenario, there's a mute button. Usually bass stays in the center.

Jeff

 

[musickey]

cephalic carnage: anomalies
byzantine: and they shall....
blood red throne: come death
and the ultimate bass tone: geezer butler!!!!!! anyone know his recording setup?

Cephalic Carnage bass tone! love it, If we ask nice Dave might chime in.

 

[nwright]

What the hell do we do with five bass tracks? Whatever the fuck we want. You can never have too many tracks - worst case scenario, there's a mute button. Usually bass stays in the center.

Jeff

+1

I had 5 bass tracks for our CD only because at the time I didn't know what tone would work best. We recorded the bass at our rehearsal space with no monitors, only headphones. Since I didn't think I would be able to adequately tell what I liked, I used a variety of methods (POD, DI, Sansamp and 2 mikes). I ended up only using the DI, Sansamp and Bass POD tracks...Each one playing up what part of the spectrum sounded best, grouped them together, added a touch of Quadra-Fuzz, comp and EQ.

I do believe that in some cases, too much is exactly that. But, for me, I liked having the options come mix time.

 

[musickey]

+1

I had 5 bass tracks for our CD only because at the time I didn't know what tone would work best. We recorded the bass at our rehearsal space with no monitors, only headphones. Since I didn't think I would be able to adequately tell what I liked, I used a variety of methods (POD, DI, Sansamp and 2 mikes). I ended up only using the DI, Sansamp and Bass POD tracks...Each one playing up what part of the spectrum sounded best, grouped them together, added a touch of Quadra-Fuzz, comp and EQ.

I do believe that in some cases, too much is exactly that. But, for me, I liked having the options come mix time.

I just did something very similar, I re-amped the DI signal through a Ampeg SVT 3 rig, had a sm57 on a 10” and a sm7b on a 15” which turned out great but I also used the DI signal and re-amped it through a Sansamp DI and I then duplicated that track and inserted a gain plug on it just to add some dirt. So all in all I am using 5 tracks but the bulk of the sound is the straight DI and the SVT 3. maybe overkill but it sounds good.

 

[abyssofdreams]

You know, I've been wanting to try BattleTits's method, and I'm a bit confused, too. I think screenshots or a little clarification from either BattleTits or Mood Bender would be a huge help.

Cheers,
Richard

*bump*

 

[-J-]

municipal waste - hazardous mutation bass sound

 

[mr.L.]

Which mics do you guys prefer for recording bass? I've always recorded bass direct in, but I want to start experimenting with recording the rig as well.

 

[musickey]

Which mics do you guys prefer for recording bass? I've always recorded bass direct in, but I want to start experimenting with recording the rig as well.

I just used a SM57 on the 4x10 cab and a SM7 on the 15" cab and it turned out pretty killer.

 

[botus99]

I was using a Beta 52 on a 15" cab yesterday, mixed that in with the DI, and it turned out phenomenal!

 

[colonel kurtz]

i like the senn. 421 a lot on bass myself...sometimes a D6 also