Recommendations on recording bass?

[Rex Rocker]

So I tried to get a good tone close to the one Rex uses on "I Can't Hide"

http://www.mediafire.com/?4zfnm0dt5jt

I don't feel that i nailed it, but its kinda close. (I = beginner at newbie)

Sweet tone! Not quite that I Can't Hide-ish, but definitely in the same league... a bit less OD and I think you're set.

Check out this online .pdf M-80 instruction manual. The 3rd page or so has some "all-star" recording presets, Rex's is the first...

http://www.jimdunlop.com/files/1145590528_m80_manual.pdf

Sweet! Thanks!

 

[-J-]

free: I like the Modern Deep Purple on bass, followed by compression (either the classic compressor or the vanilla compressor).

not free, but my current fave is amplitube's ampeg package. I posted a preset I like around here, but as usual no one said if they liked it or not. sometimes I wonder why I even bother.

 

[Rex Rocker]

free: I like the Modern Deep Purple on bass, followed by compression (either the classic compressor or the vanilla compressor).

not free, but my current fave is amplitube's ampeg package. I posted a preset I like around here, but as usual no one said if they liked it or not. sometimes I wonder why I even bother.

I tried SVX a while ago... I was reluctant at first seeing how... well... not all that great Amplitube is IMO, but it was quite decent. Problem is... yeah, kinda not free, lol...

I think I might go for the bass pack on my POD, tho... or at least give the Big Bottom model a try... anyone got any presets for that? I guess I should use the Treadplate cabinet with the 421 dynamic mic, right?

Just googled the Modern Deep Purple... not available for mac

 

[D20]

I use the Big Bottom model for my bass tone usually. I don't have access to mine at the moment tho, Bulb has a pretty good bass tone too. Its posted on sevenstring.org I'm pretty sure.

 

[Rex Rocker]

A buddy of mine actually hooked me up with Bulb's bass tone... Like I said, the whole overdriven bass thing is kinda new to me, so I'm not sure I dig the tone on it's own, but hey! whatever works in the mix!

 

[D20]

A buddy of mine actually hooked me up with Bulb's bass tone... Like I said, the whole overdriven bass thing is kinda new to me, so I'm not sure I dig the tone on it's own, but hey! whatever works in the mix!

True.

For me, it works for my EMG-HZ pickups, but its too overdriven when i use my Spector.

 

[scorpio01169]

try it the old fashioned way
mic it and direct box it
mix the two

 

[Let it burn...]

i like the amplitube ampeg svx preset Dark Distortion (i think that's the name). It's awesome in the mix

 

[Rex Rocker]

it's bee a while since I've used SVX... does that have compression? Is it any good?

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

I almost always do this:
BASS DI> EQ> COMPRESS > LIMIT

Ahhh see this is why i love this place. EQ before compression? What an interesting idea. Want!

 

[Metaltastic]

Umm, are you being sarcastic dude? The general rule is to eq before you compress, but there are always exceptions.

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

Umm, are you being sarcastic dude? The general rule is to eq before you compress, but there are always exceptions.

No, I definitely wasn't aware of any rule against EQing after compression. Most definitely not. I definitely use EQ after compression well over 1/2 the time, probably like 90% of the time. Except maybe HP going in or something. Not that my way is the right way...

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

So the pod doesn't come with any bass amps?

LAME!!!!!

The toneport doens't come with alot but there are at least 4 to tweak with and maybe 4-5 cabs.

 

[006]

Using a distorted bass sound helps to get a real nice thickness from the guitar/bass balance. I almost always add some OD or distortion to bass. However, I usually have two tracks of bass, one clean and one distorted/overdriven. Using the clean one for pure low end and beef, and using the dirty one only for grit. Blended to taste and then both are sent to a BUS so I can adjust the overall volume once I find a good balance of the two. Both tracks are compressed to shit, lol, before going to the bus, where they are compressed, again, and then limited. Using a little drive on the bass and blending a clean + driven track is all common practice these days, and has been in the past.

~006

 

[Gaspard]

I have ampeg SVX, the bass model pack on the pod and a D.I, and to me, the pod ones sound pretty good but i am really impressed with the ampeg SVX sound, i herd that overdriving the D.I track is the secret to that kind of tone.

If anyone is interested i have the seperate bass track to lamb of god's "redneck" song, and at one point, you can hear that the bass is sampled, it sounds like a midi bass on garageband, anyone can help me upload the audio ? could be intresting to hear...

 

[nezvers]

What do you think about my trick I found through experiments.

All is legit - Ola allowed to use DI.

 

[Leon--]

i personally don't like POD at all.use a DI,edit all the dynamics,then EQ and then use compress/limit.
i use a DI mainly for the bass frequencies combined with a sansamp for the high/mids and some distortion.