What is the normal freq. distribution for a bass guitar?

[egervari]

What is the normal freq. distribution for a bass guitar?

On a bass recording I've been mucking around with for the last few days, my EQ graph is saying that between 0-250hz, the curve peaks to 9db at 80hz. It's all very high db.

At around the 250hz mark, everything is way below 0db. There are some peaks around the 500 and 800hz areas at -3 db, but mostly, it's all between -6 to -18db past 250hz.

The signal completely dies at 2k. I REALLY have to make a boost to get the signal past that.

Is this an uneven signal, even for bass guitar? I find that if I boost/cut in 6 areas, I can make a somewhat more balanced curve. The tone is better, but the quality is crap because the EQing distorts the sound. I find that I have to make -16db cuts and +9db boosts in various areas just to get a more correct 'tone' that matches an album (quality thrown to the wind). However, the dry tone is so muddy, it's completely unusable.

Help?

[Audiop]

Why would you want to EQ something foor a smooth nice looking curve on your LCD?


That said an el-bass range from 40Hz to a couple of hundreds for the basic notes which have most energy. The timbre is determined by the harmonic overtones that is added to the fundamental frequency and for most instruments the overtones/harmonics fall rapidly after the first few harmonics.


/Peter

[moon_unit]

That sounds way off.

What you need to do is EQ it in to the shape of a Bunny.

Because I like bunnies.

They're cute.

(Here, bunny)

[BOWIE]

I don't know, I never look at my sound. If it feels muddy, try a different DI, amp, preamp, lower your strings, change string brands, etc. If you need to use an EQ, use a bass preamp, NOT the EQ on your DAW. Let us know how it turns out.

[Weasel9992]

Originally Posted by moon_unit

That sounds way off.

What you need to do is EQ it in to the shape of a Bunny.

Because I like bunnies.

They're cute.

(Here, bunny)

That was awesome.

Bass guitars vary by brand, mod, player, amp, etc, but they tend to have a big presence down in the 50-80Hz range and in the low mids in terms of the fullness of the instrument, then some transient activity up higher. Put the SA away though...use your ears. They're FAR more sensitive to audio input than your eyes are.

Frank