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James Krumhansl · 2nd July 2008, 04:03 AM

Lets get some opinions. I run a small project studio out of the home and on occasion I have had bassists so bad come in that once the band left I re-tracked the bass lines myself. I make no change (or nothing outstanding) to how the song was written just a means of having a better performance. These tracks turn out much better than any mixing techniques that could be applied to the original take. Do you other engineers think this is wrong or should learning bass be a prerequisite for any AE :-P.

2nd July 2008, 04:03 AM	#1
James Krumhansl Gear Head Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 49	Retracking a poor bass performance, unethical or necessary? Lets get some opinions. I run a small project studio out of the home and on occasion I have had bassists so bad come in that once the band left I re-tracked the bass lines myself. I make no change (or nothing outstanding) to how the song was written just a means of having a better performance. These tracks turn out much better than any mixing techniques that could be applied to the original take. Do you other engineers think this is wrong or should learning bass be a prerequisite for any AE :-P. __________________ JK2112