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Bobby has THE BEST tutorials...I recommend you all to get his course...AMAZING

Right at the source. Good player. Fresh strings. The key! It's insane that people come unprepared. It's such a good thing to point out that you DON"T need an insane setup. A simple two-channel interface will get the job done. Great video man

“There can’t be clashing notes” ...Cliff Burton has entered the chat.

Bassist recorded himself with old strings, but i think i found the way around it. Some saturation for upper mids, some multiband to tame unbalanced frequencies and yeah! It works! It's just a bit different mixing process when you have that kind of bass. Thanks, bro, glad i found your channel. Also you remind me of BFMV's vocalist

Theres a million youtubers giving "lessons" or whatever on here and tbh you are the only one I've actually improved from watching and find educational. These other guys are like "its gotta be like this" and you are telling us what works for you, why you think its the best way to go, instead of "i know everything guys" lol. Fr never change.

You are very good at explaining these things. These videos are really starting to clear the fog for me when it comes to audio engineering.

I like the way you break it down for your mixing tutorials and let us know the frequencies. Even the frequency range of where to do your high pass and low pass filters.

Thanks man. Bass is my worst enemy in mixing until now So true about the DI. DI in bass makes a huge difference even with different pickup.

I love that headbanging at 14:32 haha. He should have headbanging tutorial vids too, and show off his repertoire there.

Dynamics are important. Aggressive playing is good but also some degree of consistency and control. Otherwise it gets a bit all over the place. If it's tight though then that sorts out most of it. So even though if it's a little too hard on attack that can still sound cool so long as its tight. I also DI for bass sometimes with a mic blending.

I’m learning so much here in 2023. Great video!

Just wanted to share with you all that I spent all day trying to figure out why my recorded bass DI tracks sounded like s**t, but now I just realised I was recording an active bass at INST level 😂 😂 👏👏

the best tutorial ever thanks

This is a fegging awesome video. I learned alot. Thanks for sharing. Rock on ...

There’s a theory out there that says if you eq in your parallel channel there’s a high probability or it’s certainly confirmed that there’ll be phasing. So usually people eq intelligently and smartly in the parallel channel so that phasing can be used as advantage rather than it being disadvantageous. Correct me if I’m wrong over here. Great tutorial though, kudos!!!

Bobby, I have a question. I am a Cubase user and if I want very similar bass sound of Sansamp, what plugin do you recommend? I thought BDO is similar but still not sounding like Sansamp. To my ears BDO is too warm compared to Sansamp. I saw you were bypassing BDO on this mix so I’m sure you compared these two and decided for Sansamp. Any alternatives?

Awesome tutorial dude, bass is an easy thing to overlook in metal. With heavy stuff, I almost always add a little saturation/fuzz to the bass to help it gel with the guitars. I find it helps get rid of that flabbiness and makes it sit in the mix instead of random notes poking in and out. Of course compression alone evens out the dynamics but some saturation/dist/fuzz really helps the bass harmonically and eliminates that poke/flabbiness.

These tutorials/tips have been invaluable for me, thank you so much!

This is really logical and straightforward stuff, amazing how many people just ignore it! Really well and clearly presented! I love the Dug Pinnick approach - clean deep track and a distorted, 'bite' track, then merge them.. It ensures all frequencies are covered! Awesome stuff.

This is a KILLER tutorial. Thanks for putting this out here. It's super helpful.

Thank you so much for helping me save my bass mix with this tutorial! Keep up the excellent work. Thanks again

Your Tutorials have helped me sooo much in learning how to create decent metal mixes. I now even produce for my Band :) Thank you for your effort!!

Awesome video! I've been having trouble getting the bass to sit right in the mix and I think this was the secret sauce I needed

Waiting to see the drum vid! Nice and simple approach to mixing, I like it :)

Dude thanks so much for doing these videos

Excellent video! Thank you.

This is awesome! Thank you very much! 🔊🔊🎶🤘😌👌

Great videos man!

Thank you for this! Man this is amazing

Another great one! Thanks!

As a noob to recording I have the most trouble getting a good bass tone but this video has helped me quite a lot I'm still not there but I'm trying

Solid video man, thanks for your time!! Would you think a pitch shifted guitar or bass simulator would be better for tracking bass?

With metal I think picks over fingers is the best option

nice headbanging! like!

Your videos are God tier dude

Sick.

great video. thanks.

I'm sick of getting stuck on the bass, lol. This helped! Would be nice if you also explained what you did on that distorted bass-track in a bit more detail though.. :-)

The worst bass tracks I've heard are ones where the strings are not properly muted. If this happens then there is really not much you can do in the mix. I tried my best with dynamic EQ but you will never get a tight lowend with a take where multiple strings are ringing at the same time.

Great stuff brother.... purely for anyone interested, I am processing my bassists ZON custom, which is utterly sublime, it sounds as though Beethoven played it on a heavy metal piano . Currently two DI tracks, one into US Ampeg Pro rig and the other thru Logic Fuzz wah, blend the tinny wah track to taste. We cross Punk Rock with Motörhead so I look for clank and definition and more bottom end than Lemmy had :-) x

Great video! Thank you!

Will you do/have you done a video on side-chaining? I definitely heard the kick attenuating the bass towards the end there

I have been using pitch shifted guitars and synth bass, but just picked up a bass a few weeks ago and am looking forward to tracking with it. These are some really helpful tips. I do have one question though; You mentioned using a duplicate bass track and it seemed like you were implying that is was just a copy/paste. So, I can just copy instead of doing a separate performance for anything that isn't going to be panned?

this helped me alot subbed

HI = ) You didnt show the dist bass, how you eq that one! Where do you cut the frekvences? Thanks

4:40 what you came for

Hello, The sound of the bass DI track sounds better than what I've ever played directly into the interface. and what you get out of this sound is exactly how a bass should sound at metal or hardcore. if I record a bass directly into the interface, the DI bass sounds like shit and then I can not do much because the source already sounds shitty and your video is the first on youtube that I found that explained simply and exactly how it works you get a good bass sound. Thanks for the video. i hope it will take me a bit further to record my songs and i also have a question: where can i get the sansamp psa-1 plugin? thanks again and nice greetings from Austria! corbi

What DI would you recommend. I'm mic'ing my mesa boogie cab, and want a DI channel also in the DAW. Would love your input. Money isn't an option, so what would you recommend. Thanks and another great video.

Great video Bobby!...2 questions. 1. How do you achieve the bass distortion sound? Is it the exact main track duplicated on a 2nd track with distortion and eq'd mostly to hear the mids only? 2. I use GTR3 bass cabs and you can split them on 1 track to get 2 amps and blend them. Should I try to get 1 amp be the main bass sound and use the 2nd amp on the same track to get a distorted sound? Or split them into two tracks like you show in the video and use one amp and cab per track. Clearly in both scenarios the 2nd amp would be distorted. Thanks as always for your help! Great content!

This was a sick Doug!! How did you achieve the disto bass sound that you blended with the DI? Did you alter the distortion of the bass itself, or put it through a saturation plug in?

Surely putting a high pass at 60hz wouldn't be ideal? thats where the low notes sit

So this is all before you commit your amp sims?

What did you do with your second bass tone to have it sound like that? as you didn't go into the inserts process

Do you have any alternatives for the sans amp plug in ?I use reaper as my daw and unfortunately I can’t get that one :(

Hey man, don't know if you still read the comments, but I wonder how you did the subbass hit right on the first note. Does it come from the drums? 'cause I've seen some folks pushing the subbass in the bass track to get those kind of pressures but you are quiet restricitve with your lowends. Besides that, great explanations, thanks!

sorry didn't hear a word you said, that movie is great

What do you think about using a tube screamer with a bass. Does it add anything useful to the sound?

Wow, eyes opened.. I need a new bass guitar.. :D

Hello! Great tutorial! I have a question: if I record a D.I. bass track, then I reamp it with a Darkglass preamp which has got "blend" control, does it make any sense to create two separate tracks, one for D.I. sound and one for distorted sound (the darkglass one)? It seems like a duplicate..

are you matt tuck?

Could you please tell me what bass strings you're using? The sound is so clean and fresh to the ears and I need a new set. Please. I don't hear the chunkiness that mine has. I'm also using a Sampson G Track Pro mic that doubles as an "interface" if that matters. Thank you.

when you record what settings should tone knobs be at? i have a treble and bass knob on my bass and im not sure what to use :P

The Night Of The Liveing Dead is a dope movie

How would you approach a bass that is tuned to c? So the low end is super low and so it is deep but also boomy

Hey, thanks for the vid. I am new to recording and I have a few questions. How do you those varied tones such had a sub bass, high end , and distro bass? Also what mixing program is that? Thanks again.

What's your opinion on using VST bass guitars instead of tracking real bass guitar? Great video by the way my dude.

You are one charismatic bastard.

Hello , Quick question: what if most of my recordings sound like 10:00 ? DId I get scammed? Using Roland Duo capture ex

hi, newbee here, whats a D.I?

I seee you're not using the Split Bass technique, why?

what does the sub track do.

Nice job! Where are you from?

That's Jeff Gordon

If you need new bass strings but don't want to spend the money to get new ones, I seriously recommend boiling the strings. I know it sounds like a joke, but look at videos of people doing it, it sounds almost just like new strings because all of the grime that gets stuck between the folds of the winds gets boiled out. Watch Spectre Sound Studio's video on it, the difference is impeccable.

You don't use IR's in bass?

What's the song?

in my opinion Ernie Ball Cobalt strings for bass are the best! hAILS METAL HEADS!

New strings... or boiled ones😏

What a D.I. is?

There's no excuse for dead strings 😂 there just isn't.

So I know why my bass doesn't sound good in the mix: My bass DI sounds like SHIT. Damn you stupid bass. I'm going to buy a new bass!

Just get a P bass.

Dislike for your excessive talking... i even could not finish the video .