Can You Tell How I Am Playing?

[chaosMK]

I noticed that in my last recording (a 7 song album with apparently much to be desired on the vocals, if you followed that thread) it seems like my articulation didnt really come through so well.

I use a lot of slapping to get a more aggressive tone on the lower range, more aggressive than fingerstyle. Although it sounds good, I wonder if you guys (who know bass tone) can even tell that I am slapping.

For example:

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The Cleansing: :25 into it-
Arisen: :20 into it-

I wonder what I am doing wrong? How can I get my slap tone to sound a little more punchy? Maybe I am using too much compression?

[Smallmouth_Bass]

No, not really. Maybe about 45secs into Arisen but it almost sounds like an agressive pick sound overall, which would be good for this style of music.

[Foxworthy925]

I bet I'd notice more of a difference if I weren't playing this through crappy little speakers on an iMac.

very evident slap in The Waste, but I think that's because there's less noise you have to cut through during the less driven guitar parts.