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Old 3rd August 2003   #10
Jax
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Quote:
Originally posted by e-cue
Check your phase against everything else in the mix. A lot of people fail to do that. And that's another great spot for the IBP mentioned.
Yo cue - what do you mean?

How does one check the bass's phase against everything else in the mix?

Are you talking about recording the whole band at once with multiple bass mics or somethin?


In reply to the topic, I could go for tighter bass sounds too. The Big Bottom Pro plug is how I get it big sounding. So far right at 60hz is almost always the right place.
If you use it, just don't let it do any compression within the plug-in. It sounds like crap if you do. The trick is to keep turning down the drive until the compression (yellow upside down meter) doesn't activate at all. After that, fully crank the output (I forget what it's called). And don't use the tracking button, it adds mud.
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