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How do you know if the BASS is there or not?

How do you know if the bass is there or not?
When using reference monitors that the FR does not reach s certain low freq? Should I just check on a Spectrum analasis level and make sure theres a slight/smooth roll off in the lower frequencies or should I just make sure the FR is flat all the way?

Recording Bass - Micing or Direct Input

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I read somewhere that recording directly into the mixer is better and more useful than Micing instruments. So, with that in mind, I tried a direct recording of a bass line onto my DAW which is Sonar 2.2 and I wasn't very impressed with the amount of detail it picked up. For instance, all the little clicks and pops from the strings hitting the frets and pickups.

Bass and Drum Samples

Understanding this to be an overly broad question,what is the best method to get top quality bass and drum samples?

Is it the sampler route,the soundfont route,the drum machine route,or someting else entirely?

What are the most common hardware devices like keyboards,like kurzweill,emu etc. .What are the various pros and cons in going that route?

Bass Direct into the Board...

I've recorded with several bands, using many methods. The band I am with now is hardcore/melodic trash style music and i use a Custom F Bass 5 stringer. My rig is an Ampeg SVT PRO 4 which has been nothing but amazing on every recording. Ampeg 810E Behringercompressor just with clight compression as to not eat the basses tone.