mrb1946
17 November 2009
Ok, so I am fairly new to recording an mixing. I'm using Logic 8 and an emu 0404usb interface. One thing that I have never been satisfied with is my bass tone. What is the best way to record bass? What's the best way to mix it? How do you guys record and mix bass? I'm playin/recording hard rock and metal type music.
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For recording passive, active and acoustic basses (with bridge p
For recording passive, active and acoustic basses (with bridge pickup), I recommend using a Fishman Platinum pre-amp for bass. I have found that it provides the flexibility that you need if you need to adjust the input signal to how you want it to sound on the track. Not too expensive and can be used in recording and live situations with any type of bass.
There are a myriad of ways to record bass, if the Emu has an ins
There are a myriad of ways to record bass, if the Emu has an instrument level input you can plug in direct, you can use a DI box, you can use a preamp DI or bass driver
http://www.tech21nyc.com/products/sansamp/bassdriverdi.html there are others.
You can mic a bass cab, hard to do in smaller spaces, some bass amps have a direct out. You can do a number of these and blend. Hard rock/metal probably gonna like one of the bass drivers so you get some drive and distortion.
Mixing? There are a lot of different opinions but high pass guitars above 200-300hz to make room for the bass is typical, watch for bass kick drum hz conflicts.