hey guys whts up...i m doing mixing now a days of an album i have done.. i m dealing with the person who has some issues with the bass...he wants his bass to stand out as well as kick... his voice is very MIDDY. and yet he wants the crisp... now i have mixed it quite well the thing is i m confused about selecting bass tone...

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what is the best way to record an acoustic electric bass (by that i don't mean a standup bass, i mean one of those aria acoustic basses that looks like a big electric guitar, but with a pickup inside somewhere) -- go directly in to the mixer from the pickup, or do you need to DI first? or is it still best to plug it into an amp and mic the amp?

I'm trying to get that smooth high frequency pflumpf (did I spell it right?) of the bass drum in professionally mastered songs. Is it just an artifact of a really expernsive volume maximizer with soft clip? Or of tape saturation? Do my ears deceive me that the soft clipping is also a bit wider in the stereo field?

I am going to be recording a three piece band drums, piano and Stand up bass I will probably use a stereo pair of AKG 451's on the Piano, for the drums AKG D112 kick, Sennheiser 421 toms, Stereo AKG 414's overhead, SM81 HiHat, SM57 Snare but I am not to sure on the stand up bass.

Hi all,
I have a question for the group.
In recording the bass guitar I have notice some strange waveforms.
You can see it here...

I am having a very hard time with getting the bass guitar track to sit in the mix worth a crap. You know so that it blends with the mix but yet you can hear what it's doing. Does anybody have any tips on mixing the bass gutiar in rock music?

ive been listening to recordings lately that have a sort of bass drop sound in it, like chevelles "comfortable liar" and other songs, it sounds like a big bass BOOOM!.. can anyone help me to find out where i could get that sound or if there is a sample with it on it .. please help! thank you :)

Hey, I am a part of a small band, and we are trying to record some of songs using very basic equipment, i.e. one directional mic, and one PZM.

Want to know if anyone has used this and what thy think.
Behringer Bass V-AMP Modeling Preamp

Hey Ro'ers, I need some advice and tips on ways to get the bass in my tracks to sit in the mix properly. I recently did a song (instrumental) and when I mixed it down it was sounding pretty good, however, when I went to play it in the Windows Media Player I noticed that my bass was a little out of whack and louder than the rest of the mix.