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Recording Basshttp://www.pgmusic.com/forums #325910 12/17/15 11:21 PM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
Joined: Sep 2015 Posts: 11 Sydney, Australia Nick Irving OP Newbie
OP Nick Irving Newbie Joined: Sep 2015 Posts: 11 Sydney, Australia	Hi all, I did an interview recently with one of Australia's top Bass players, Michael Vidale and his studio partner Dave Dempsey. I asked them about how to get a great bass sound recorded in the studio. Check it out: Recording Bass So what do you guys do to record bass? Any tips / tricks to share? Cheers! Nick ---------- One Flight Up \| Sydney Recording Studio

Re: Recording Basshttp://www.pgmusic.com/forums Nick Irving #326070 12/18/15 01:39 PM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
Joined: May 2000 Posts: 21,671 Mi., USA rharv Veteran
rharv Veteran Joined: May 2000 Posts: 21,671 Mi., USA	Thanks, enjoyed the read The end was the best .. "Dave: One more thing: Try to bring the tracks in around -12dbFS. The benefits of that will become obvious at mix time and even moreso at the mastering stage. There's a great quote from Bob Katz (legendary Mastering Engineer): “It’s not how loud you make it, it’s how you make it loud”. Tracking too loud doesn’t give you a final product that’s any louder, it just gives you a final product that might be loud but doesn’t sound so great." Make your sound your own! .. I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome

Re: Recording Basshttp://www.pgmusic.com/forums Nick Irving #328600 12/31/15 07:41 AM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
Joined: May 2015 Posts: 40 railway mark Enthusiast
railway mark Enthusiast Joined: May 2015 Posts: 40	I've been recording bass for my band for many years, and have done everything from running direct into the board, amplifier line outputs, amp mic'ing, various DI boxes in conjunction with amplifier mic'ing, etc. Nowadays, the best sounding, most cost-effective way for us project/home recordists to capture bass seems to be with various software/hardware modelers (hardware-Peavey Vypyr VIP series/software-IK Multimedia's Ampeg SVX). I just auditioned the $129 Vypyr VIP1 amplifier this weekend, and was very impressed with how clean and usable the signal was. I like our bass sound to have nice meatiness/growl in the low mids, and the amp was surprisingly able to accomplish that with a little eq tweaking. I continue to be impressed with how well new modeling and sampling technology is able to get us very close to commercial studio quality. Pair that with BIAB Realtracks, and the sky is really the limit in terms of what you can do at home! Mark 2020 BIAB Audiophile, Mixcraft Pro 9 Band: http://www.midwesternlull.com

Re: Recording Basshttp://www.pgmusic.com/forums railway mark #328697 12/31/15 08:57 PM Recording, Mixing, Performance and Production
Joined: Sep 2015 Posts: 11 Sydney, Australia Nick Irving OP Newbie
OP Nick Irving Newbie Joined: Sep 2015 Posts: 11 Sydney, Australia	Thanks guys, Yep, amp modelling is pretty impressive these days. So many to choose from! Best, Nick

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