Thanks Guitar Hacker,
The grinding bass is a DI'd Vantage. In the box I set up a send and receive track with a Klon clone VST on it. The bass sends a split to the Klon which is EQd and hammered by the drive which sends it back to the bass track where they blend. It's WAY too hard to guess how much drive is necessary until the mix is full. Without a vocal it sounded like the bass was 200% too loud but with a vocal it's almost right. Hence I didn't use the VST as an input effect not an insert on the main bass track as they, as a matter of course, cut significant bottom end.Using send & return allows me to add drive without the loss.

Last edited by rayc; 05/28/20 10:57 PM.

Cheers
rayc
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