Post your best disto bass tone 2015

[HCL]

I love using the last thread as a reference but most of the files have 404'd by now and it's years later, so I imagine people have new techniques and sounds. Post up the tones you're most proud of!

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Marked for later, will post mine up shortly.

 

[Hankyu]

Maybe I could use this thread to ask how you guys get a nice distortion on zombass 3? With the tse b.o.d. and drive on max I don't get a good distortion but a nice tone.

I will post a clip with my favorite created bass tone after work ;-)

 

[bryan_kilco]

Maybe I could use this thread to ask how you guys get a nice distortion on zombass 3? With the tse b.o.d. and drive on max I don't get a good distortion but a nice tone.

I will post a clip with my favorite created bass tone after work ;-)

I've never used Zombass but a common method is to duplicate the bass track and filter out all the low end and hit it with a guitar amp/sim.

 

[FrankTheSmith]

Did this with Amplitube. I think it was the black and green bass amp for the low end and one of the Orange amps for the distortion.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/dehmff9anndu7x7/bazzzzzzzz.mp3?dl=0

 

[Hankyu]

Thanks bryan, I try that.

I can't find the project to render the bass only. but the bass is very present in this mix: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/156776315/father.mp3

nice tone frankthesmith

 

[UncleBob]

Did this with Amplitube. I think it was the black and green bass amp for the low end and one of the Orange amps for the distortion.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/dehmff9anndu7x7/bazzzzzzzz.mp3?dl=0

What was the raw bass?

 

[mephetic_exhumation]

Here's something I tried. I used TSE X50 with some ampeg impulse (don't remember which one right now). This is a tone I want to use for a noise/ambient project (early swans style) and I wanted to make it super filthy.



The bass I used is shit tho, I gotta grab a new one for sure.

 

[Mago]

I still like that one quite a bit


around 1:00 theres the bass solo

ibanez sr305 ipt, amplitube 3 & PT Sansamp plugin

 

[TPMusic]

This is a preset for my starting point for most bass guitar tones. Of course this is tweaked to work with the bass track I randomly pulled up haha.

I actually made a video about this setup so if you want to see it let me know, but it is basically:

Low end track LPF around 300Hz and HPF around 40Hz as well as a cut to make room for the kick drum.

Grit track with Ignite Amps SHB-1. Also LPF around 6kHz and HPF around 500Hz.

Distortion track with Ignite Amps TSB-1. Same filtering as Grit track.

For the mixing part I usually end up with 2 compressors in series into a good EQ and multiband compressor.

 

[alexcakeman]

Here's my tone on its own and in the mix, played on a $100 bass with a buttload of plugins. I had no idea what I was doing back when I made the tone

http://puu.sh/eWsvH/d6b55cc1dd.mp3

Hope you like

 

[FrankTheSmith]

What was the raw bass?

The DI from the bass vi that I sampled.


Beartooth has some nice bass tonez.
youtu.be/bJ_LC27ZNlA?t=2m57s

 

[egan.]

This is still my favorite of mine:


It's fingerstyle so it doesn't have that super sharp attack the way a lot of you guys like but I'm still super happy with it. Here is a faders up mix of the bass tone solo'd. No eq or comp, just a mix of a clean mic'd amp and a dirty mic'd amp.
http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7350515/bassinurface.mp3

 

[Mago]

^That's super sweet! Would have loved to hear it a bit more in the mix, but it does what it has to the way it is too.

 

[shaggysi0]

Did this with Amplitube. I think it was the black and green bass amp for the low end and one of the Orange amps for the distortion.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/dehmff9anndu7x7/bazzzzzzzz.mp3?dl=0

I tried this with the Texas Grind DI last night and it actually sounds pretty decent.

 

[LeSedna]

This is still my favorite of mine:


It's fingerstyle so it doesn't have that super sharp attack the way a lot of you guys like but I'm still super happy with it. Here is a faders up mix of the bass tone solo'd. No eq or comp, just a mix of a clean mic'd amp and a dirty mic'd amp.
http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7350515/bassinurface.mp3

Love it ! Is it possible to have the corresponding DI ? Or any DI of this player/bass combo ? I would like to experiment getting there with my own tools

 

[Jaymz]

I still dig this one...

 

[Gaclav]

Can I post some of my earlier work? (1st half raw, 2nd procesed)

and
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/1klk55hqrk2snnj/Gaclav_Bass_Grind_Tone.mp3?dl=0

 

[FrankTheSmith]

The 500 and 300 watt version of this amp came out this year, but this is last years. Sounds amazing.



I know this isn't a tone I made, but it's still sick. No pedals/racks, just straight bass into an amp.

 

[AlteredAvenue]

I've tightened it up a bit since I recorded it, but this is a pretty strong example of the gurthy grindy sound Im chasing

https://soundcloud.com/alteredavenue/where-sunlight-dies-bass-demo