Just to put things in perspective here's the current song I'm working on.
Bass is a short scale KnockHofner, (slightly deeper tone than a full or long scale as theirs less tension on the strings) into a Behringer BDI21 but only as a passive DI to covert it to a balanced signal as I have a lot of M & R Interference at this place.
The bass is treated as per the picture. The drive comes in after the intro 1st verse...it doesn't make the tone "dirty" (though it does sound a bit that way solo)...it provided some harmonics and upper frequency noise to allow the bass to sit more clearly in the busy mix of the chorus. I needed some clarity to cut through as the chorus is busy and the verse has the bass, for the most part, not playing the root note.
Latest Song WIP
Lots of compression on the source bass track - stacked so that no one of them has to do too much work and end up "pumping" The Deathcore one really levels things out and adds a little "colour" while the PSP Vintage Warmer2 adds a little "warmth"/tape saturation to it's flvour of compression.
The drive VST is a free generic one but, like most drive pedals/VSTs, cuts a fair bit of bottom end so it blends easily.



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Last edited by rayc; 09/03/23 07:55 PM.
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