Originally Posted By: Bass Thumper
Hey fellow thumpers, anybody using bass pedals in their recordings?

If you mean adding distortion in general, I do it all the time, but not with a pedal (because I don't own one), I re-amp it with Guitar Rig (but any amp/effect sim will do).

The reason is that most RT basses are very clean, so they a) need a lot of level to be audible, and b) are barely audible on lesser devices (cell phones, TVs, etc).
Adding distortion at higher frequencies and eq it to taste solves both problems.

You can't imagine just how dirty some of my bass tracks sound soloed. In the mix they sound (almost) clean.

Last edited by B.D.Thomas; 01/23/23 06:18 AM.

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