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The P-Bass in This Day And Age...

#21
Ukiah Bass said:
How can you get paid work if you don't do what the producer wants? This attitude seems counterproductive. Might be more flexibility with the band in on the decision (especially if they don't know much about basses and how specific gear affects tone). But producers are not only supposed to know this stuff ... they also sign your check! Just sayin.... ;)
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If you're trying to make money as a studio musician, tracking bass for other people's songs, which includes probably 12 people in the entire country, youve got a point.

but if you're in a band PAYING for studio time to record your own original material, you shouldn't be told what instrument you should or shouldn't play.
 
#22
I disagree with the entire premise that you can make a bass sound like any other bass in a studio. I've owned many different kinds of basses over the years and nothing quite sounds like a P bass. In fact I had two identical P basses at one point one strung with LaBella DTFs, the other TIs and a 3rd P bass (different wood combo) with rounds.

If you are into "close enough" that's cool. But as far as recording studios go technology is certainly more convenient but it's not neccesarily better. Who doesn't want to have the opportunity to record with a Neve board and some of the best studios are "reamping", running tracks through an analog tape macine to warm them up.
 
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#23
There's some outstanding modeling going on today. And of course, my hearing may say different than yours.
And while there's a bell curve of human hearing, there are some individuals who can hear and discern subtle differences in some tone, the vast majority are listening to the player, not the bass.

A p-bass, nor any amplifier has never got credit on a recording. There's never even a liner note. The Bass and amp don't matter that much. Credit the player.

For Tape, Depends on what you mean by "warming up", cutting highs, adding distortion is what I think about "warm".

There's a lot of other problems with tape, and thus why products exist to restore and recover tape recordings
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This kind of software is not cheap, but it's needed.

"Some of the best" studios may be adding woo with a tape deck, but plenty of the best aren't.



There's a lot of "Replacer" plugins available for recording today. So it is possible to replace a bass track with samples from a p-bass. I don't think that most producers would care that much as they can signal process the bass track to their needs. Drum replacers are big though, They do replace drum sounds quite a bit as it's a lot of work to get a good drum sound in the first place. Same player, just different sounds.
 

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