Scoop the mids?

[ilovethesechord]

I've always read on this forum that scooping the mids from your signal will disappear you from the mix.

... I was hoping that someone here could point me to a recording in which the bass tone is scooped and sounds "just right."

Help me talkbass, you're my only hope!

-trent

 

[ilovethesechord]

bump.

Are there any funk albums that do not feature that unmistakable slap -in - your face crackle pop bass tone?

 

[Michael Henson]

I see this is a couple of the bass players in my church. The first thing they do when they plug in is boost the lows and highs and nearly mute the mids. IMHO it sounds horrible...I've had the misfortune of running sound a couple times when they're playing and they make it impossible to create a nice sounding mix. I've told them countless times that they're hurting the sound but apparently as long as they like the sound coming out of their amp no one else matters...ugh.

 

[gweimer]

I usually go with a camel's hump - drop the low end under 100hz (room ambience usually covers this anyway), boost at 125-250hz (that's the thump), cut a little between 500-1000, boost a little at 1250hz (string clarity), and then basically neutral above that. If you need more low end, boost the volume, not the lows.