The great thing about modern studio recording is that you can recover bass recordings that are otherwise too weak in the mix.<\/p>\n
To note: “Recover” in this context doesn’t mean “fix.” This will not cure off-notes, mistakes made by the player or anything like that. What it does mean is to salvage a recording so you don’t have to record the bass line all over again.<\/p>\n
A typical problem with recording bass is too much “boom” noise. This is a sound best described as a blare. Fortunately, a bass recording that blares too much can be made usable with EQ tweaks, as the video will show below.<\/p>\n
When you’re really desperate, a distortion or overdrive effect will “flatten” out the overall sound.<\/p>\n
What if you don’t want to use distortion but want more punch?<\/strong> Try a compressor instead of dist\/OD in post-production and it just might be just the thing you’re looking for.<\/p>\n See video below for details.<\/p>\n Lastly, yes it is true there are differences between regular effects and ones specifically made for the bass guitar<\/a>. Bass-specific effects are specifically designed for bass guitar frequencies and are easier to work with. You can use a cheap effect as shown in the video if you have no other choice, but it’s suggested to use bass-specific effects instead as you’ll have a much easier time working with them.<\/p>\n To those who don’t like to wait, the video below is 14 minutes long. Skip to 3:40 to get directly to where EQ editing starts if you like.<\/p>\n