Recording and Mixing Bass Guitar?

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Re:Recording and Mixing Bass Guitar? 2012/03/06 10:38:54 (permalink)
i recorded half of my new album's Bass tracks, with a Ibanez Mikkro bass, which i paid $115 for it brand new.

do you wanna hear one?




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Re:Recording and Mixing Bass Guitar? 2012/03/09 23:58:48 (permalink)
Bass guitars I have found are famous for that too. I have a fender reissue precision bass, and there is a couple notes that just jump right out, no matter what I do to the input. Doing a sweep with an eq to find that frequency is the only way I could "tame" it. It was not my room, I always do direct, and it would jump out in headphones too.

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Re:Recording and Mixing Bass Guitar? 2012/03/12 16:45:24 (permalink)
FWIW, I use Native Instruments Scarbee Jay-Bass and they have faithfully captured some of the "tonal" problems that you all are talking about here. Sweet spots, dead spots, Over-killed harmonics, etc. Just letting you know that even using a bass synth has it's problems as well.

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Re:Recording and Mixing Bass Guitar? 2012/03/13 22:53:53 (permalink)
I agree with Bitflipper that one should really be able to control the intensity of a played note.  If not all your "C" notes are recorded poorly you can find one that works and copy it into the place of the bad note.  I've done this plenty of times instead of re-recording something.

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Re:Recording and Mixing Bass Guitar? 2012/03/14 09:32:25 (permalink)
One thing you may want to think about is seek out a top notch Repair Tech in your area and take the bass to him. Let him look at it and let him tell you if he were to do a set up (meaning adjust the neck, intonate the instrument, change strings, adjust action, adjust the pick ups etc....) will it help the instrument out any......I have all my instruments done once every two years.....I feel it is worth every penny.....they play and feel better.

A High Quality tech more than likely will tell you (for Free) what he can and can not do for you and the instrument. You can then decide for yourself from there.

If you are not sure of a High Quality Tech "ASK AROUND", do some google searches, but do the research first..This is IMPORTANT....I would be willing to bet if you live close to someone on this board they would be willing to recomend a tech.... just do not take it to any music shop down the block etc.....It may mean that you will have to drive 30 miles out of the way but in the long run it would be worth it.....( Mine is 40 miles one way while my local shop is just two....but I would not trust anyone else)

Will this solve your all issues? maybe, and maybe not.....but at least you will know that what you purchased will be in the best condition it can be.....and that is all you can ask out of any instrument...

From here then you can work on the other solutions that people like Jeff and Kelli and Dean and Bitflipper are suggesting......It seems like they are really on the right track with their advice to you.....

Just my 2 cents...
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Re:Recording and Mixing Bass Guitar? 2012/03/26 03:13:26 (permalink)
all great advice-referencing what bitflipper said-i gave up exclusively micing basses due to the varying quality of equipment and especially old strings that come thru the door and use a Sansamp Bass Driver and a Beta 52 just in case-the D.I. is very adaptable and  i always soundcheck and playback the bass so they can approve their sound before the session proper starts,-especially when there`s pedals involved.(same with guitars)
new strings and a proper setup can make all the difference-so can technique-years ago i had to learn "funk" for a cover band gig and my d string octave frequencies popped and stuck out like dogs balls till i got the muscle memory thing going.
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Re:Recording and Mixing Bass Guitar? 2012/03/26 04:09:56 (permalink)
The thing that seemed to work best for me was the Solo/610 pre-amp into an EQ and then into an 1176. It's hard to go wrong with that type of setup and it's simple and easy. The 1176 pretty much kills for bass and locks it down nice and tight without being obvious (unless you want it to be.) Add a distortion pedal or whatever on the way in as required.

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