Multiband compression on Bass gtr

[codeman]

Do you guys use C4 on the bass to avoid frequency overlap with heavy gtrs? Maybe at around 100hz?

Or do you let bass and gtr fight each other?

 

[ahjteam]

to avoid frequency overlap? no.

to tame the dynamics? yes.

 

[codeman]

The emphasis on my question is on the fighting of the low end frequencies of the rhythm gtrs and the bass gtr. Do you do anything about it?

 

[ahjteam]

I use highpass filter

 

[timislegend]

The emphasis on my question is on the fighting of the low end frequencies of the rhythm gtrs and the bass gtr. Do you do anything about it?

that's what a resonant shelf is for... you can always highpass the gtrs as well, like anssi said.

 

[DanLights]

yeah the fighting frequencies are fixed with Eq, be it shelving, HP filtering or just cuts and boosts.

I haven't found the need to multicomp bass so far, since I normally have the bass divided in low and high, I just compress each one as I need to

 

[Harry Hughes]

The emphasis on my question is on the fighting of the low end frequencies of the rhythm gtrs and the bass gtr. Do you do anything about it?

I can't imagine why you would want elements in mix fight/competing for space It would just sound like a wall of mush, which is okay if it's some avant garde noise experiment, but not so much for a tight metal production or radio ready rock.
Listen to the best productions out there, and you'll hear there is insane amounts of separation between elements, but it's just done in a manner that makes it sound like it's simultaneously glued together.
And then go listen to Veil of Maya's "All Things Set Aside" album for hearing a really mushy sounding album where elements are just fighting/competing each other, at the extreme other end of the production spectrum.
I can guarantee the Veil of Maya sound is not the one you'd want.

 

[xFkx]

I see no reason why not to use multiband on bass, some notes resonate a bit more with a particular instrument, no reason to cut it with a eq couse then you take that freq of other notes as well that might need it.

YMMV.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

I'm using McDSP multiband to tame too clicky bass sounds (strings against the frets)

 

[AEL89]

I sometimes boost a lot around 1.5k then compress in that region. Helps the bass cut through the guitars whilst sitting behind the vocals.