On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 1:24 AM, Aurelien <orl@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 08:15:06AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote : >> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 8:09 AM, schoappied <schoappied@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > porl sheean wrote: >> >> common things you would want to do with a bass guitar sound are eq, >> >> compressor/limiter and possibly overdrive/amp sim. >> >> >> >> hope this helps. >> >> >> >> porl >> >> >> >> ps. maybe you could upload a sample of your playing somewhere and a >> >> description of what sort of sound you are after and people could give >> >> you examples of what ladspa plugins and settings they would use to get >> >> it? just an idea. >> >> >> >> 2 >> > Thanks, I'll try eq, compressor/limiter. I don't think I want to put >> > effects on it. >> > >> >> 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. >> > > You're quite right. Bass sound is very much a matter of fingers (or > pickups) playing. As every other instruments, actually, but in "current > music", I think it's really marked. > And strings, strings, strings. Huge difference on a bass. I love putting a new set of strings on a standard guitar. We all know that pleasure. But on a bass it seems it's really important to find the right brand of strings to bring out the best sound the bass has to offer. I'm lucky to live near a great guitar shop where I could get some good advice. They were nice even though my two instruments are by most measures not so good. However they were good and pointed me toward a couple of different options that worked out well. I don't use the same strings on each instrument and personally will never recommend bass strings at all as I think the right choice depends too much on the instrument. - Mark _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
