THAT lowend humming (is driving me crazy!)...

[abyssofdreams]

Please listen to this short rippoff:

http://www.keinezeit.de/mp3s/tests/humming.mp3

I find that most the clips posted on this board suffer the same problem...
Listen closely, there seems a lot of lowend bouncing around in the background, not that obvious (at least on my speakers).

When I solo the tracks I can't hear it but it's there when all tracks are playin'...

It must be the guitars and the bass but I can't figure out which frequency range that is. I don't observe any sudden EQ boosts when that effect comes in.

Anyone know where to look?

 

[Sinister Mephisto]

Sounds like you have a bass player. Big mistake. Tune your guitars lower than the bass and get rid of it.

Okay, but seriously, have you tried muting tracks one at a time while everything is playing? That would probably help you find it more than soloing would. I didn't hear anything too crazy myself, but I'm listening on some not so great headphones.

Good luck!

 

[ahjteam]

Try boosting 173hz. Is that what you mean? or 60hz? or 145hz? or 230hz?


PS: the bassplayer plays like shit.

 

[JeffTD]

Yeah, bass player is really loose - probably what's doing a lot of it.

You realize how close this is to the verse In Flames' Zombie Inc. right?

 

[abyssofdreams]

Hmm, ok, bass is the problem then...
Btw, bass is me playing through a pitch-shifted guitar, however I played the same notes so I don't understand the "shitty playing" part...

Yes IT IS the In Flames riff which is why I wrote rippoff^^

 

[abyssofdreams]

Try boosting 173hz. Is that what you mean? or 60hz? or 145hz? or 230hz?


PS: the bassplayer plays like shit.

Why boosting those frequencies? I don't get it.

 

[ahjteam]

Why boosting those frequencies? I don't get it.

To find out which it is. The when you find it, cut it.

 

[Suicide_As_Alibi]

If you're pitch-shifting guitar to make the bass part, you're also shifting all the guitar noises down an octave - so it's something you probably hear on your guitar all the time that just stands out more when it's an octave lower. You have to remember that the playing noises you get are also an octave lower than from an actual bass; fret noise, string scraping, hum from the pickups etc. sound pretty much the same on guitar and bass, but pitch-shifted guitar makes them all sound weird. My money is on it being something to do with that.

Steve

 

[Zombietakeover]

and for god sakes use a real bass
whats with all this pitch shifting guitar ?

 

[midget donkeys]

I would also advise you to get a real base. I have record my guitar pitch shifted down to act as a bass guitar in the past, and it would sound all right by itself, but I could never get it to sound good mixed with anything else.

 

[abyssofdreams]

I haven't found a good bass yet for my liking... so I'm stuck with pitch-shifting

 

[AStacy2]

I didn't listen to your clip but try cutting the area 110hz-250hz or so, cut it by a lot if you have to. If it's only on certain notes, you can try using a multiband compressor too so that it only kicks in when too much of those frequencies come though. But, also, this is the area that usually "hums" too much on an actual bass in the mix in my experience so it could be different on a pitch shifted guitar.

 

[scorpio01169]

I haven't found a good bass yet for my liking... so I'm stuck with pitch-shifting

you like pitch-shifting better than you like any bass.....wow

 

[Sloan]

Haha. Dude, basses don't even really have to be "good". Shitty basses are still very usable.

 

[abyssofdreams]

you like pitch-shifting better than you like any bass.....wow

I didn't say that. I'm saving money for a good one and as long as the isn't enough I HAVE TO pitch-shift in order to see how everything COULD possibly sound in a mix.

 

[abyssofdreams]

Haha. Dude, basses don't even really have to be "good". Shitty basses are still very usable.

like?

 

[Deadstar]

had the same prob and i think i know what u mean..
matter of guitar harmonics i think .. the only way to remove the hum was to low pass

 

[G-Wrath]

and for god sakes use a real bass
whats with all this pitch shifting guitar ?

Yeh, you are not gonna get a good sound doing it this way. Cheap bass with NEW strings > this way.

Of course, a killer bass will make your track ten times better.

 

[abyssofdreams]

Alright, alright, I got it, I got it...
Gonna get a good bass as soon as I can

 

[Sloan]

like?

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Rogue-SX100B-Series-II-Bass-?sku=512278