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12-02-2012, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Clearwave  Bass players make the best producers/mixers. | there are alot of new bands that you hear on the radio and the bass is plenty audible. and thats a good thing. listening to some older stuff i like, im like, man if they brought the bass up a little more, it would definitely sound better. 
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12-02-2012, 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by sumgruuvz there are alot of new bands that you hear on the radio and the bass is plenty audible. and thats a good thing. listening to some older stuff i like, im like, man if they brought the bass up a little more, it would definitely sound better. | Like the first three Metallica albums.
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12-02-2012, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Fat240 Like the first three Metallica albums. | the first 4 metallica albums. hahaha. i found the isolated bass tracks on youtube and played them with the studio version on itunes and it totally kicked ass! 
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12-02-2012, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by bunkaroo Nothing like getting the final master back of an album and hearing your bass completely disappear. Ugh. Can't even tell what I played much less that it was a Spector.
And this was from a "high end" European mastering house that's done a lot of big records in the prog metal genre. Meanwhile it's THIS ****ING LOUD compared to other records.
So I guess it's going to be a little longer before my band's record comes out because there's no way I'm letting it go out this way - if it does they're going to need a new bassist LOL.
Anyone else have problems with getting their bass sound represented well on an album? I'm not looking for it to be out front like Geddy or something - fairly audible would be nice. | Bunk that plain ass sucks.....
Nothing worse than putting your blood, sweat & tears into a project and having your tone destroyed at the finish line. Lets raise the bar on expectations of bass in the mix. "Fairly audible" is still not good enough. But like most here have said, been there, done that.......Good luck with getting it done again at a different place, you deserve a better product at the end compared to what you got.
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12-02-2012, 10:01 AM
|  | Bassist for Six to Midnight. Sold on Spector! | | Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Newberry SC | | A great picture from last weekends gig! Is it odd that I fall more in love with this bass every time I play it? I pretty much have her right next to my bed so she is the first thing I look at in the morning! Yummy 
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12-02-2012, 10:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Oklahoma | | nope. spectors are tremendous basses. more people need to fall in love with them 
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12-02-2012, 10:30 AM
| | Bassist for Six to Midnight. Sold on Spector! | | Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Newberry SC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by sumgruuvz nope. spectors are tremendous basses. more people need to fall in love with them | No joke, they are amazing instruments. Really don't see myself playing another bass for a very long time. Maybe upgrade to a US model when I get the coin. The Euro is definitely better than any other bass I've played in that particular price range.
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12-02-2012, 11:13 AM
|  | The NS-2a guy | | Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Decatur, Alabama | | | I always have bass in mind when I mix!
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12-02-2012, 11:23 AM
|  | The Spector Godfather | | Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Staten Island, NYC | | Ahhh what a beautiful photo. A SPECTOR on a STATUS mixing console.
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12-02-2012, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by superdick2112 Wasn't it Metallica's producer that played bass on the horrid "St. Anger" album, using the Spector NS-2 that belonged to the late bass player of Loverboy?  | Yes. Bob Rock, Scott Smith.
It's the Spector you see Smith using in the old Loverboy videos.
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12-02-2012, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by lippylou No joke, they are amazing instruments. Really don't see myself playing another bass for a very long time. Maybe upgrade to a US model when I get the coin. The Euro is definitely better than any other bass I've played in that particular price range. | some people just dont know what theyre missing. its ok. their loss is a spector lovers gain 
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12-02-2012, 12:51 PM
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12-02-2012, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by sumgruuvz some people just dont know what theyre missing. its ok. their loss is a spector lovers gain | No joke, I've been a Fender lover since my first P-bass at 14. I'd trade it AND my American Standard Precision V for a Euro 5 to go with my Rebop.
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12-02-2012, 02:12 PM
|  | The guy with the dumb username... | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Massachusetts | | | Piece of history, but that headstock shape.... nyehhhhhh...
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12-02-2012, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Basstovsky Piece of history, but that headstock shape.... nyehhhhhh... | Still a cool bass though....at bit different but cool.
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12-02-2012, 02:51 PM
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12-02-2012, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by cableguy Bunk that plain ass sucks.....
Nothing worse than putting your blood, sweat & tears into a project and having your tone destroyed at the finish line. Lets raise the bar on expectations of bass in the mix. "Fairly audible" is still not good enough. But like most here have said, been there, done that.......Good luck with getting it done again at a different place, you deserve a better product at the end compared to what you got. | Trust me I'd love to raise the bar. Problem is a couple of the other band members hear no problem with it. It's insulting really. When I listen to the mixes I always have comments about how to make ALL the instruments sound good. Apparently I'm the only one listening for the bass.
The sad thing is this will probably be the end of my involvement with the project. I know they are not likely to back up enough in the process to get the bottom end sounding better, and there's simply no way I'm going to put any more time or money into supporting an album I am not audible on. Rather than make them replace the bass tracks, I'd probably just let them buy my performance rights and leave it at that. What a headache. |
12-02-2012, 03:08 PM
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Just LOVE that sound!!!
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12-02-2012, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by bunkaroo
Trust me I'd love to raise the bar. Problem is a couple of the other band members hear no problem with it. It's insulting really. When I listen to the mixes I always have comments about how to make ALL the instruments sound good. Apparently I'm the only one listening for the bass.
The sad thing is this will probably be the end of my involvement with the project. I know they are not likely to back up enough in the process to get the bottom end sounding better, and there's simply no way I'm going to put any more time or money into supporting an album I am not audible on. Rather than make them replace the bass tracks, I'd probably just let them buy my performance rights and leave it at that. What a headache.
| Andrew....I need to talk to you about performance rights......my former band is using my recordings.......pm coming your way
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12-02-2012, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by bunkaroo Damn I think that video just convinced me to put the 40P5 and 40J in my NS-5XL again. | totally tightens up the sound... | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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