Hey fellow bassists!
I am currently chased by the following question;
I kinda like the sound of a compressed bass. But as we all know, a compressor compresses the signal from your bass and keeps it on a specific volume level. And that's what is on my mind; Isn't using a compressor some kind of cheating since it hides technical sloppiness? I mean, you should be able to play a lot of licks, riffs or whatever without any (or at least with a minimum of) dynamical changes. This becomes totally uninteresting when you use a compressor, you don't have to worry about it anymore.
And, yes, my dynamic sucks. I am playing with three fingers, and although I have no triplet feel in 16th notes and my timing is not too bad, there is still this problem. But, you know, it's like a keyboarder who only uses midi files for his solos or a guitarist using an arpeggiator. Or am I too closed-minded?
Any opinions?
I hope you understand what I have written, I am a bit out of training when it comes to speaking/writing english...
Thanks in advance,
N.
I am currently chased by the following question;
I kinda like the sound of a compressed bass. But as we all know, a compressor compresses the signal from your bass and keeps it on a specific volume level. And that's what is on my mind; Isn't using a compressor some kind of cheating since it hides technical sloppiness? I mean, you should be able to play a lot of licks, riffs or whatever without any (or at least with a minimum of) dynamical changes. This becomes totally uninteresting when you use a compressor, you don't have to worry about it anymore.
And, yes, my dynamic sucks. I am playing with three fingers, and although I have no triplet feel in 16th notes and my timing is not too bad, there is still this problem. But, you know, it's like a keyboarder who only uses midi files for his solos or a guitarist using an arpeggiator. Or am I too closed-minded?
Any opinions?
I hope you understand what I have written, I am a bit out of training when it comes to speaking/writing english...
Thanks in advance,
N.