The Art Of BASS Guitar EQ
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Jaymz
Stymphalian Productions
Well my bass isnt exactly good but that EQ took some nasty frequencies out so its sounds a lot beefier with the boosts and a lot smoother and cleaner with the cuts. Maybe it looks like rubbish but it has worked for me! Try it for yourself! You may be pleasantly suprised 
Seizure.
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Unless you have the weirdest bass guitar in the world or you are doing some kind of dub music , I can't figure how this kind of eq could sound right.
+1.
My eq is quit the opposite...
I leave room at 150ish for guitars... hi pass around 60... low pass around 6/8khz, and useally boost quit alot of mid (atleast with a Sans amp recording..) around 600 to get it to comethrough into mix...
Jaymz
Stymphalian Productions
Aye, well there is no rules is there, it depends what fits for your recording or what not. Personally I cant have my mids boosted because the bass sound ive got recorded atm seems to have almost too much note definition, so it suits to lower the mids for me and it sounds nice and smooth. However you may have the total opposite sound to start with than me and something like what you suggested would work great
Bass EQing can be radically different depending on the situation. I've recorded P-basses that needed almost no EQing. My Spector run through an MXR DI box and into Ampeg SVX needs the crazy EQing similar to Shred's.
It's like clicky kick drums in metal, I think. Solo'ed they sound very odd and the EQ settings can get pretty radical...but everything works out in the mix.
An 18db boost is pretty big though...lol!
It's like clicky kick drums in metal, I think. Solo'ed they sound very odd and the EQ settings can get pretty radical...but everything works out in the mix.
An 18db boost is pretty big though...lol!
Jaymz
Stymphalian Productions
Gnash
Lefty
It's hard for me to recommend any specific amounts of boosting or cutting freeks. That eq graph might look weird, but maybe he likes Les Claypool. My mixes always look different on paper, except the drums. I hate fucking bass anyway.
You'd be surprised how many old school pro's start their mixes with nothing but bass and vocals....at least in the non-metal world. In certain genre's a lot of guys think it's the lynchpin that holds a track together. In a lot of metal mixes, it's almost an afterthought. Depending on the bass line, it can form a large part of the guitar sound though.
If I remember correctly, loads of the dudes interviewed in the Mix Engineers Handbook (a great read....especially while at work) mention starting with bass as it's essentially their foundation from which to work. Most of the guys I used to work with started their mixes with nothing but the centrally panned elements, kick, snare, bass and the lead vocal and using this method and a great source track, I don't have much work to do to slide it into a mix.
If I remember correctly, loads of the dudes interviewed in the Mix Engineers Handbook (a great read....especially while at work
) mention starting with bass as it's essentially their foundation from which to work. Most of the guys I used to work with started their mixes with nothing but the centrally panned elements, kick, snare, bass and the lead vocal and using this method and a great source track, I don't have much work to do to slide it into a mix.well...I didn't use that aggressive Eq, but I did like the L3 Limiter squash, and Rbass at 55hz. Nice phatness!
And, I guess I must be backwards in the mixing department. as I usually do Drums-Guitars-Bass-Vocals in that order!
And, I guess I must be backwards in the mixing department.
as I usually do Drums-Guitars-Bass-Vocals in that order!
Jaymz
Stymphalian Productions
You'd be surprised how many old school pro's start their mixes with nothing but bass and vocals....at least in the non-metal world. In certain genre's a lot of guys think it's the lynchpin that holds a track together. In a lot of metal mixes, it's almost an afterthought. Depending on the bass line, it can form a large part of the guitar sound though.
If I remember correctly, loads of the dudes interviewed in the Mix Engineers Handbook (a great read....especially while at work
As my I deviate with my mixing I have noticed this to be especially true. I'm doing some moody acoustic junk right now, and everything is built around the bass.
BTW, that handbook is pretty cool. I had it on PDF format and brought it to work with me.
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And, I guess I must be backwards in the mixing department.
That's quite a common approach for metal. It's probably largely due to the fact that vocals are quite static or the focus is not solely on them when compared to other styles of music. I think Andy said he takes the same approach.
A lot of guys just put the faders and go as well, without starting with a specfic instrument.
zmetallica
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i did it once, really adds umph to the bass, but i found recently that a good EQ and compression works better overall.
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