Anyone else boost their mids live in a band mix and cut them when you're home just jammin by yourself? Am I weird?
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Pretty much! Lol, yeah I used to do the same, but now I keep the mid bump all the time. U just get used to it.
boodakon said:
What's strange is I always used to keep the mid bump too. I just recently started cutting them back at home
Never cut your mids. Your mids are the body of your sound. The bass really gives that punch, that lower "OOMF" you need, the treble the nice crisp and sometimes the nasty edge (in a good way). But without the Mids they're bot useless because they won't cut trough. They make your sound strong and heard.
Salamenster said:
I agree, that's why I rock them live. But playing a Stingray through an SWR redhead (both already known for mids) is almost too much when playing alone.
i think of mids like my moto gear... all the gear(mids) all the time. And i use mids like my motorcycle.... wide open.
KingRazor said:
True! I'm talking about the mids in the 3 band eq on board the EBMM though. I think you all are talking amps
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I boost mids with the onboard preamp, my eq pedal, my other pedals, and my amps.
I use tons of mids normally (every graphic EQ I have has a frown) and usually pull out more (using the pull switches on my Bass 400) once I hear how the mix is sounding. If I am dialing in for a metal band it will be harsh solo... harsher than I like for practicing at home.
Years have gone by where I was probably the only metal bassist in my scene that you could actually hear.
Years have gone by where I was probably the only metal bassist in my scene that you could actually hear.
Not weird.
I do similar except not on the bass(unless it's the Greco Alembic clone I'm using). I have two patches on the Line 6 PODXTLive that get used as you describe and are as follows:
Patch 7A = slight bass cut, mids boosted, treble left alone. Adds cut-thru
Patch 9A = no bass cut, mids & highs boosted. Cuts thru anything and can be used to make almost any bass sound like a Rickenbacker on steroids, cut-wise.
The only use for the above patches at home is to hone the skill of playing almost noise-free on wound round strings(ACME B2's at close range tell you what you REALLY sound like).
I do similar except not on the bass(unless it's the Greco Alembic clone I'm using). I have two patches on the Line 6 PODXTLive that get used as you describe and are as follows:
Patch 7A = slight bass cut, mids boosted, treble left alone. Adds cut-thru
Patch 9A = no bass cut, mids & highs boosted. Cuts thru anything and can be used to make almost any bass sound like a Rickenbacker on steroids, cut-wise.
The only use for the above patches at home is to hone the skill of playing almost noise-free on wound round strings(ACME B2's at close range tell you what you REALLY sound like).
Yeah, I was speaking of amp settings too. I run my bassses passive, so amp controls are it for me. But yeah dude, if you scoop EQ by yourself, you loose nothing. but with the band...you loose note articulation and clarity.
I do the same. In a live situation you need the extra mids to compete with the guitars and other instruments. Alone, a little mid scoop makes for a nice slap tone, and barky finger style which I really like, but to get the same effect with other instruments, I have to bump up the mids or be buried under 2 Les Pauls and Marshal stacks. It's ridiculous. It's funny too because I recently started playing a M6 from Mesa, and in one of the video demos, the dude is showing the 5 position mid switch selector which has a huge scoop, small scoop, flat, small bump and huge bump, and he's like, "I dunno when you'd ever use the huge mid bump except maybe for solos." It's my preferred setting, even with the MusicMan.
