What would you recommend? (audio rec)

[40Hz]

Thanks for the advice. As for the first video a cant rec with cab cause i dont have a mic and as i said i can rec at a noisy house.I use Ableton suite and i think it has very good also Eq

It's sometimes hard to find an instructional video that exactly matches the constraints of an individual question. But there's enough other info I thought both were worthwhile.

Don't have a soundproof studio? No worries. You might want to eventually try building an isolation box. That's basically a heavily soundproofed box that can fit a cab or combo amp and a few mics into it. A lot of small studios use them, and they're not hard to build if you're good with basic tools and simple woodworking. They don't need to be pretty to work right.

www.projectstudiohandbook.com publishes free plans for one if you want to explore that option.

More on what it's about here:

 

[villis]

It's sometimes hard to find an instructional video that exactly matches the constraints of an individual question. But there's enough other info I thought both were worthwhile.

Don't have a soundproof studio? No worries. You might want to eventually try building an isolation box. That's basically a heavily soundproofed box that can fit a cab or combo amp and a few mics into it. A lot of small studios use them, and they're not hard to build if you're good with basic tools and simple woodworking. They don't need to be pretty to work right.

www.projectstudiohandbook.com publishes free plans for one if you want to explore that option.

More on what it's about here:

great info's here!!!! Thanks again!!!

 

[Badwater]

The audio seems to be fine and the bass techniques are great. The bass comes through fine. And, the videos cover a variety of tone and fx.
The mix is pretty good. What kind of DAW do you use? And do you use Sidechain or Parallel compression to bring the bass forward in the mix?

 

[Badwater]

If you're recording without acoustic studio environment, the most effective way to record is to go direct from bass or bass amp to interface/DAW, and set up some presets for EQ and compression in you DAW plugins. Try using as little plug ins as possible, and use the EQ for your main sound shaping. And for fx, use it between the guitar and amp for the best analog signal.

 

[villis]

If you're recording without acoustic studio environment, the most effective way to record is to go direct from bass or bass amp to interface/DAW, and set up some presets for EQ and compression in you DAW plugins. Try using as little plug ins as possible, and use the EQ for your main sound shaping. And for fx, use it between the guitar and amp for the best analog signal.

ok my english in this terminology isnt the best! i dont know what is parallel vs sidechain compression. When you say use your fx between guitar and amp you mean it is better to go bass-darkglass-ebs-interface than to get 2 signals one from darkglass and one from ebs and then mix it in the daw?

i use ableton suit as a DAW and i get the original song from youtube and then i just add my bass and then increase the bass volume,after that i export the whole thing with no mastering then to sony vegas to sync it with the video.

 

[Badwater]

ok my english in this terminology isnt the best! i dont know what is parallel vs sidechain compression. When you say use your fx between guitar and amp you mean it is better to go bass-darkglass-ebs-interface than to get 2 signals one from darkglass and one from ebs and then mix it in the daw?

i use ableton suit as a DAW and i get the original song from youtube and then i just add my bass and then increase the bass volume,after that i export the whole thing with no mastering then to sony vegas to sync it with the video.

Yes, that may give you one track to work with, and that one track should give you a track where no plug-ins are needed. And it may eliminate the need for compression. But if you like to mix 2 bass tracks, with the fx on one and clean on the other that works well also.

There is a mixing technique called Sidechain compression. This compresses the other track when there are volume spikes in that track, and allows the bass to remain constant in volume over that track. The Sidechain technique is also used for frequency ranges, and with any track. Check out the YouTube for tutorials on how it works and how to set it up.

Nevertheless, your bass videos sound good, I don't think there is any problem with audio.

 

[villis]

Yes, that may give you one track to work with, and that one track should give you a track where no plug-ins are needed. And it may eliminate the need for compression. But if you like to mix 2 bass tracks, with the fx on one and clean on the other that works well also.

There is a mixing technique called Sidechain compression. This compresses the other track when there are volume spikes in that track, and allows the bass to remain constant in volume over that track. The Sidechain technique is also used for frequency ranges, and with any track. Check out the YouTube for tutorials on how it works and how to set it up.

Nevertheless, your bass videos sound good, I don't think there is any problem with audio.

Thank you very much! ok i will take look at this technique!
yes they sound good enough but i am a little psycho with the detail,you know what i mean, and i am searching more an more and its really nice to have so good advisors here in this forum!
My best regards to all!

 

[DirkP]

Why do you describe the sound you want to archieve with a vague term like "modern". This could be anything from Markus Miller to Heavy Metal...
At least you should give us some examples of bassists, who sound the way you want to sound on the recording.
I would always record direct, but there are tons of bassists, who swear to micing their cabinets and both of us would not reject to describe the sound as "modern", for whatever that means.

 

[villis]

Why do you describe the sound you want to archieve with a vague term like "modern". This could be anything from Markus Miller to Heavy Metal...
At least you should give us some examples of bassists, who sound the way you want to sound on the recording.
I would always record direct, but there are tons of bassists, who swear to micing their cabinets and both of us would not reject to describe the sound as "modern", for whatever that means.

Yes as i said my english isnt the best. So when i am saying modern i mean all that you describe from marcus miller to pantera! i dont care about the old you know <<double bass>> like tone (james jamerson)

ok the question is here for you again a) direct to the interface or b) di from the head and xlr from B7K and then mix these two signals?

in other words i dont made this thread to ask about how can i achieve a specific tone ,you know, to tell me how to make it more punchy or more dirty. I already know that kind of stuff. My question is how i can achieve best results and what combination of the equipment that i have is best to use in quality terms.
my mistake i had to set it otherwise