I like to get the best natural tone out of the instrument itself and then try to bring out that character. My 79 Kimbara Jazz copy has SD Quarter Pounds and Rotosounds. A smidge of MXR envelope filter and the tube maxed on my Trace Elliot SMX recorded from the line out for a warm classic tone that responds to my fingers. My Aria with its PJ configuration has D'Addarios and I like a clean punchy sound that's expressive whether I'm playing fingerstyle, pick, or slap - sometimes all three in the same song!
Love this video tons of cool ideas! Ik is amazing! I don’t record amps “most of the time” because of it. And my DI chain it’s bass/UA 610/ aphex 204/ and a dbx160sl!
Warren, it was you that told me to seperate the bass at 250hz....I do this with Cambridge EQ and Butterworth 5....can't remember if that was your advice or not....but never changed it since I started.
I have been spending much time honing my bass tone lately, as I am a guitar player. I got a great tone on a song I just finished by using a large felt pick into a LaChapell tube preamp DI (with lots of hair on it)>1176>LA2A clone with my P-Bass. I found that saturation/distortion plugins were not helping in the mix, so I relied on the abovementioned tube saturation and boosting lots of mids with UA Pultec MEQ.
@@adamsteelproducer it's always good to peek at genres one doesn't generally listen-to - the interesting stuff always happens at the margins. This is a great video 👍.
It is both Fretless and Fretted but we do quite a bit of work with Tony and even had him come in to share his tips on recording bass! ruclips.net/video/uGJoEVcATEc/видео.html
@@Producelikeapro are you sure? I was in early 20's when The Firm came out and seem to recall the fretless sound and tone being a big part of the buzz with my fellow musicians.
Phenomenal, thank you! As a tip for all fellow bass players: Don't forget to really dig into the strings like Adam does. Otherwise you don't get that nice poppy punchy snappy sound. It is so essential, and often missed by people. How you play the strings is so important for the sound. Btw reminds me of Fleas sound on the Californication album. All around the world in particular ;D
I tend to use quite a bit of distortion/fuzz with moderate compression on bass in mixes that are on the dense side. I find pushing the odd harmonics helps make the bass tracks cut through the mix without having to increase the volume. Although, when soloed it does sound pretty ratty, it works pretty well for me in many situations. Now and then I use a slight chorus as well. For sparse mixes, especially with acoustic instruments, I like a cleaner, warm, rubbery tone. Some really good tips in this video!
Call me predictable but Pino fretless on New York Minute (Don Henley) Missing persons (Go West ) and Get Here by Olita Adams . Of course we all know it’s in his fingers!
Hello! Thanks for the video. One question: Does your Reaper course have subtitles in Portuguese, or even Spanish? I'm Brazilian, illiterate in English lol
I fine the tone Adam is demonstrating works best in a mix where you want the bass to be felt, but not necessarily heard. Sort of a rolling bottom end which can add some character to the guitars thanks to all the grit and grind. For me, I prefer something with more pronounced mids and less of that hi-fi clacky scoop. Think Dave Ellefson on the classic Megadeth albums or Dave Hope from Kansas
😂😂😂I love how everyone recoding and mixing treats TONE as the ultimate destination. TONE is steps on the journey . Writing good music can overcome not having the ULTIMATE tone.
What are some of your favourite bass tones in music recording? Comment below!
I m work on vocals Before Guitar
I like to get the best natural tone out of the instrument itself and then try to bring out that character.
My 79 Kimbara Jazz copy has SD Quarter Pounds and Rotosounds. A smidge of MXR envelope filter and the tube maxed on my Trace Elliot SMX recorded from the line out for a warm classic tone that responds to my fingers.
My Aria with its PJ configuration has D'Addarios and I like a clean punchy sound that's expressive whether I'm playing fingerstyle, pick, or slap - sometimes all three in the same song!
Lately Bass
Love this video tons of cool ideas! Ik is amazing! I don’t record amps “most of the time” because of it.
And my DI chain it’s bass/UA 610/ aphex 204/ and a dbx160sl!
@@VelocityRecordingStudio now that sounds like an amazing DI chain… loads can be done with just that for sure
an ADAM talking about and crafting bass tones?
Sign me up!
edit : i probably have to save up for later, ofc.
haha! Start now.
Just a few mins in and I know this is going to be so informative. Thanks Warren and Adam!
Our pleasure!
Thanks Lee! This was a lot of fun to do
@@adamsteelproducer You Rock! - Warren
Love Adam Steel! If you're a Reaper user and you don't know Adam, you should. Cheers!
Thanks ever so much
Thank you, great insight! Beautiful bass tone🤩A full course on mixing heavy bass would be amazing too!
Thanks ever so much Bruno!
Warren, it was you that told me to seperate the bass at 250hz....I do this with Cambridge EQ and Butterworth 5....can't remember if that was your advice or not....but never changed it since I started.
That's great to hear! Yes, anywhere from 175-250hz wrks well for me
Great! Thanks for the video!
Thank you for watching!
I have been spending much time honing my bass tone lately, as I am a guitar player. I got a great tone on a song I just finished by using a large felt pick into a LaChapell tube preamp DI (with lots of hair on it)>1176>LA2A clone with my P-Bass. I found that saturation/distortion plugins were not helping in the mix, so I relied on the abovementioned tube saturation and boosting lots of mids with UA Pultec MEQ.
Thanks for sharing! Getting the bass right is so important.
@@Producelikeapro Yes and one of the most difficult things to do, especially for a guitar player. 😃
haha!
Bass is my favorite instrument! Very interesting to see the hows and whys of getting awesome tones!
Glad you like it!
Cheers!
@@adamsteelproducer Likewise!
@@Producelikeapro As always!
@@adamsteelproducer You Rock!
Awesome video!
Thanks! It means a lot!
Adam’s great, really knows his stuff, someone to learn a lot from.
Thanks ever so much Phil! Agreed 200%!
Amazing video Adam! Thanks Warren
Thanks ever so much!
I must admit I was a bit cynical - not a genre I play but the end result was great. I definitely agree the sound should be there up-front.
Thanks for sharing and watching the whole video! Hope you also learnt something.
I know it’s a bit heavy, but I hope a lot of cool tricks and ideas can come from it- especially the “flavour mix” method
@@adamsteelproducer thanks ever so much Adam! You Rock!
@@adamsteelproducer it's always good to peek at genres one doesn't generally listen-to - the interesting stuff always happens at the margins. This is a great video 👍.
CAN'T WAIT for Adam's ultimate guitar tone!!
Great video. Some good bass tones there. Adam rocks. Cheers
Thanks ever so much Joey!
Thank you Adam and Warren! :)
Thanks ever so much
My favorite tone is Tony Franklin's fretless tone on The Firm albums.
It is both Fretless and Fretted but we do quite a bit of work with Tony and even had him come in to share his tips on recording bass!
ruclips.net/video/uGJoEVcATEc/видео.html
@@Producelikeapro are you sure? I was in early 20's when The Firm came out and seem to recall the fretless sound and tone being a big part of the buzz with my fellow musicians.
@@chrisknowles64 I think Warren means the work TF has done with him, regarding not being fretless 😎👍
@@ArtbyJoeH lol, it's possible for sure.
@@chrisknowles64 the free course is both fretted and fretless!
Phenomenal, thank you!
As a tip for all fellow bass players:
Don't forget to really dig into the strings like Adam does. Otherwise you don't get that nice poppy punchy snappy sound. It is so essential, and often missed by people. How you play the strings is so important for the sound.
Btw reminds me of Fleas sound on the Californication album. All around the world in particular ;D
I tend to use quite a bit of distortion/fuzz with moderate compression on bass in mixes that are on the dense side. I find pushing the odd harmonics helps make the bass tracks cut through the mix without having to increase the volume. Although, when soloed it does sound pretty ratty, it works pretty well for me in many situations. Now and then I use a slight chorus as well. For sparse mixes, especially with acoustic instruments, I like a cleaner, warm, rubbery tone. Some really good tips in this video!
good video
Thanks, Nikkie! Adam is a fantastic educator.
@@Producelikeapro i m Mix my Vocals
@@Producelikeapro can you go Live Today MIxing Vocals
@@Producelikeapro can you send me good free Bass EQ and VOcals EQ
Really crazy tutorial
Thanks ever so much
Call me predictable but Pino fretless on New York Minute (Don Henley) Missing persons (Go West ) and Get Here by Olita Adams .
Of course we all know it’s in his fingers!
Thanks ever so much Joe!
Hello! Thanks for the video.
One question: Does your Reaper course have subtitles in Portuguese, or even Spanish? I'm Brazilian, illiterate in English lol
We are preparing all of the courses in Spanish!
@@Producelikeapro Subtitled, or spoken Spanish? With subtitles available, I can translate to Portuguese :)
@@juniorlfg subtitles!
I fine the tone Adam is demonstrating works best in a mix where you want the bass to be felt, but not necessarily heard. Sort of a rolling bottom end which can add some character to the guitars thanks to all the grit and grind. For me, I prefer something with more pronounced mids and less of that hi-fi clacky scoop. Think Dave Ellefson on the classic Megadeth albums or Dave Hope from Kansas
What is the first bass he is using?
Is it just me or anybody else laughing when he says "I'm quite aggressive with my hands"😂
👀
Haha that made me laugh :)
@@adamsteelproducer haha Oo Er Missus!
😂😂😂I love how everyone recoding and mixing treats TONE as the ultimate destination. TONE is steps on the journey . Writing good music can overcome not having the ULTIMATE tone.
To get this for free is bananas.
Are these the same techniques used for WHAMMY bass!?
Indeed they are poo ninja!
Yay! Whammy!
@@adamsteelproducer haha
@@Producelikeapro seriously have you seen Adam’s wang bar!? Er eha trem bass!?
🤙
Thanks ever so much
I get that it’s a detailed breakdown but 10 minutes in and we’re still just looking at gear didn’t really feel like it was more than a commercial.