On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mostly it's just me, and I'm not a bass player but I own two, but to > me it's mostly about gentle EQ. I find I cannot change the real nature > of the instrument itself but rather can just move it a bit in the > direction I want it to go. When I record bass, I go through a tube pre-amp (like one of the ART ones) and then direct into the board (in my case, a Hammerfall RME interface). A tiny bit of EQ or compression helps also, although the tube pre-amp add some nice warm tube compression and even a tad bit of overdrive. A little bit of flange/phase shift or chorus can add a little character to the tone also, as long as it isn't overdone. But the latter can be added in post, so you can adjust to taste without ruining the original (nothing worse than getting a perfect take only to find out you had too much flange or something that can't be removed later). -- Brett ------------------------------------------------------------ "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
