More recording tips needed
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More recording tips needed
Hiya. In doing more recording this weekend for an EP and for one of the songs I want a really clear but growling tone on the bass any tips on how to get it?
The other track is played using bass chords and slides akin to stuff by Sigur Ros or Explosions in the Sky and I'm going for a different sound on that and I'll probably use effects (either studio ones or my pedals)
The other track is played using bass chords and slides akin to stuff by Sigur Ros or Explosions in the Sky and I'm going for a different sound on that and I'll probably use effects (either studio ones or my pedals)
Tell me does it feel the same when you've set upon a change but your heart's in the old times?
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Ronan, as Bob said - compression, tube OD, mids - I sometimes record using 2 amps with different settings and mix them (can be 1 tube and the other solid state). May I suggest using DR strings - that can give you a clear sound too.
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I also record direct, but usually right from the bass. First I run into an Alesis compressor, set for a slight boost, and then into the board. I have the bass and treble set more or less flat, and the mids boosted. I turn the mic gain (pad) up until the overload light just flashes when I hit a note hard... this thickens up the sound nicely! You don't actually hear any distortion, but you do have added harmonics.
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I would skip the amp section of my combo, but I've had very bad experience with compression. No matter what I try, it ALWAYS makes my bass sound ****** . . . it ruins the "Ric-ness" of it; basically, however I try it, it turns the 4003 into a Fender J-bass, but without any of the character that makes a J-bass awesome.
My GenzBenz combo has an XLR jack and a speaker disconnect switch that basically allows me to plug through the pre/power-amp section into a board. It growls very nicely, and, considering there's a gain knob there as well, I can make it do pretty much whatever I want. And it always sounds better to me than a compressor. Maybe I just haven't found the right compressor.
My GenzBenz combo has an XLR jack and a speaker disconnect switch that basically allows me to plug through the pre/power-amp section into a board. It growls very nicely, and, considering there's a gain knob there as well, I can make it do pretty much whatever I want. And it always sounds better to me than a compressor. Maybe I just haven't found the right compressor.
Wow, I hadn't considered the option of using an XLR out jack from my amp directly into the board. That's an intriguing idea. I've only tried going direct using a SansAmp, and recently, a BassPOD. I am gearing up for a recording session Jan 20-22. I have an Ampeg V-4b 100watt head that I love to use live, and it has an XLR out. Do you think it might work? I might have to try it out this weekend. Do I have to have the speakers connected and working, or is it safe to power up the amp and just run the XLR out to the board (ie. silently in the room where the head is)?
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I never found a compressor to alter the sound that much.. just smooth out the dynamics. Unless it's some kind of tube compressor.. they color the sound.
Recording from the XLR is a great idea. I've done this in the past with my GK-800RB, and really liked the sound.
I've been thinking of trying this with my TE combo, but I hate to have to carry it up two flights of stairs!
I'm not crazy about amp simulators, because they seems to make the sound mushy and filter too much in the way of imitating a speaker cab.
Recording from the XLR is a great idea. I've done this in the past with my GK-800RB, and really liked the sound.
I've been thinking of trying this with my TE combo, but I hate to have to carry it up two flights of stairs!
I'm not crazy about amp simulators, because they seems to make the sound mushy and filter too much in the way of imitating a speaker cab.
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Cheers guys!
If only I had a 4005 JPS!!! Wanna lend me one
I'm gonna try some of the stuff out, mix and match and see what I get. As for strings only ones I really get on with are Elites nickels. So I'll be putting a new set on tomorrow!
In the chorus though I use distortion (through the Hartke VXL Pedal) and I go for that dirty Larry Graham setting you can get with the pedal.
If only I had a 4005 JPS!!! Wanna lend me one
I'm gonna try some of the stuff out, mix and match and see what I get. As for strings only ones I really get on with are Elites nickels. So I'll be putting a new set on tomorrow!
In the chorus though I use distortion (through the Hartke VXL Pedal) and I go for that dirty Larry Graham setting you can get with the pedal.
Tell me does it feel the same when you've set upon a change but your heart's in the old times?