Playing around with EZDrummer and my new Bass...

rlcramer

Tone is not in MY fingers
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So I picked up a Fender American P-Bass last night, and this thing SLAMS! It might be the ugliest instrument on earth (I got it in a dark sunburst finish - probably should have gotten black...), but the sound is just monstrous. I've had it for about 6 hours, and I'm already hearing a big difference in my recordings.

Anyway - I was in the mood to work quickly today, so I fired up my trusty old EZDrummer template, recorded 4 guitars and a bass track in about 5 minutes, and did a quick bounce in Logic. Let me know what you think.

Short EZD Clip

Bobby
 
OK - so I re-did the drums tracks with Superior 2.0. It sounds much better to me, but if you guys have any opinions or pointers, feel free to blast away...

S2.0 Re-do

Bobby
 
Very nice programming man. Those hi-hats (and the rest of the drums) sound quite convincing. Well done.

Oh and the bass does sound beefy.
 
yeah dude, sounds damn groovey! i'd headbang to it! i could here some vulgar style vocals over this!
 
No probs.

My signal chains are usually REALLY simple. I'm not really a tweaker by any stretch. I spend all of my time (WAYYY too much time) trying to get things right on the way in, because I'm really not that good at fixing things in the mix.

Guitars:
4 tracks
1 - hard panned left, direct out of my axefx with my custom patch that you can download here - http://216.92.49.24/crambo-rhythm.syx. The AxeFx emulations might not be 100% authentic, but my favorite amps (the CAE 3+ and the Soldano SLO) are represented REALLY well imho. This patch is a blend of them both, and it's been working pretty well for me.
2 - panned -30 left, recorded direct out of my Countryman DI - Revalver 6505+ with Ryan's Awesometime s-preshigh impulse. Screenshot of settings are here - http://216.92.49.24/revalver-6505+.jpg
3 - panned +30 right, recorded direct out of my Countryman DI - Revalver Flathill with Guitarhack's "edge-sneap" impulse. Screenshot of settings are here - http://216.92.49.24/revalver-flathill.jpg
4 - hard panned right, direct out of my axefx also with my custom patch linked above

All tracks get the patented Andy Sneap waves C4 setting that you find in the FAQ on this board - or right here if you're lazy - http://216.92.49.24/waves-c4.jpg.

That's it - no other EQ, or processing at all in Logic.

Any other questions, and I'd be happy to help. I've learned so much from everyone here, that I'm happy to be able to finally give something back.

I'm working on a final arrangement for the riff linked in the original post, and my singer is working up lyrics and vocals as we speak. I should have a finished song in the next few weeks, and I'll post it again for your critique.

Thanks for the feedback so far.

Bobby