From the course: Music Production Secrets: Larry Crane on Recording
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Recording miking bass amp and DI together - Pro Tools Tutorial
From the course: Music Production Secrets: Larry Crane on Recording
Recording miking bass amp and DI together
Larry: So, let's talk about recording bass guitar. One of the things that kind of struck me when I first started working professionally was that a lot of bass players would come in and say, I want like a really deep tone. And it turns out really that a lot of what you want in a bass guitar when you're mixing the song is mid-range articulation. Yeah, you want low frequencies. You want all that stuff below 100 Hertz, those deep tones that kind of hold the bass in there and work with the kick drum But you need that sound of what the bass is doing, the harmonics and the, the upper tones of the bass. A lot of this stuff is in the 500 hertz realm, 200 hertz, that kind of stuff. So when recording bass guitar, I really like to use a bass amp. We got an am peg b15 here that my friend has loaned me. It's a fantastic amp for recording bass. But really, you can use all kinds of different amps. I've used guitar amps. I've used really small bass amps. I've used really big bass amps. And it's just…
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Setting proper microphone levels8m 11s
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Miking snare drums5m 28s
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Treating snare drums for alternate sounds4m 47s
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Comparing four common vocal mics5m 39s
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Recording live performances of acoustic guitar with vocal11m 32s
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Vocal recording tips10m 31s
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Recording miking bass amp and DI together10m 34s
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Using distortion with bass guitar4m 28s
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Creating an ensemble from one musician6m 26s
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Finding the best drum placement in rooms4m 1s
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Miking drums8m 14s
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Treating drum sounds in the room8m 37s
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Destroying hum9m 14s
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Recording upright piano13m 19s
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