using a limiter on bass guitar?

[joeymusicguy]

if needed you can also do that to the final WAVs before mastering.

+1, this works too, unless you have very specific tracks within the mix that are screwing up any pre-mastering inserts

 

[paladin shredder]

one thing that should be mentionioned is how the bass was recorded; di or amp. since the amp usually has some compression going on, you would need less compression in the mix than if you plug the bass right in and use plugins. i usually compress the bass quite a bit and have never done volume automation on bass ever, i usually just find good compressor/limiter settings and leave it, but i'm also lazy

perhaps i'll upload a bass track on here i did with a sansamp recently for a punk band.

 

[TheDriller]

any logic users know if there is a plug for removing dc stock with logic. i can see there is one for soundtrack pro...

In Logic Pro 8, open the region/file with the Sample Editor, highlight the whole file and select
Functions -> Remove DC Offset



or maybe check the "Audio Units -> Apple" part of the plugin list, maybe there's a plugin in there, i'm not at my audio machine right now.

 

[Zombietakeover]

What I do after importing all tracks that are going for mixing is:

in cubase/nuendo

highlight all tracks -> process -> remove DC offset -> DONE

if needed you can also do that to the final WAVs before mastering.

So thats cool to do then.....So even if you process a track that doesn't even have DC offset it won't degrade the audio at all?

 

[beyond dead]

In Logic Pro 8, open the region/file with the Sample Editor, highlight the whole file and select
Functions -> Remove DC Offset



or maybe check the "Audio Units -> Apple" part of the plugin list, maybe there's a plugin in there, i'm not at my audio machine right now.

chankyoo cherry much

I usually limit anything that pumps the master bus too hard, kinda like snipping it at the bud, rather than dealing with it on the 2 buss. sometimes palm mutes need it, sometimes (usually) the snare needs it, and sometimes bass needs it.