Leadfoot Posted January 19, 2019 Posted January 19, 2019 You definitely want to compensate on the low frequencies so that it compliments the kick. I also like to add just a touch of overdrive to give the bass some grit so it stands out a little more in the mix. I record through a POD HD Pro into an Audient interface to get my sound, but any saturation/distortion plug in can get you the extra bite. Just be very light with it so it's not too distorted.
Jim Roseberry Posted January 19, 2019 Posted January 19, 2019 3 hours ago, Leadfoot said: You definitely want to compensate on the low frequencies so that it compliments the kick. I also like to add just a touch of overdrive to give the bass some grit so it stands out a little more in the mix. I record through a POD HD Pro into an Audient interface to get my sound, but any saturation/distortion plug in can get you the extra bite. Just be very light with it so it's not too distorted. +1 Another thing you can do is apply the distortion/dirt only to the mids/highs of the bass signal. Mult or duplicated the bass track Run a high-pass filter on the mult/copy Apply the distortion after the high-pass filter This gives you a tone in the realm of Chris Squire and Geddy Lee. You get that nice sounding distortion... without the bottom-end losing definition
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