How To Record and Mix Modern Heavy Bass | Ultimate Bass Tone with Adam Steel

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How To Record and Mix Modern Heavy Bass | Ultimate Bass Tone with Adam Steel

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@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

What are some of your favourite bass tones in music recording? Comment below!

@nikkiejurnigan684 2 жыл бұрын

I m work on vocals Before Guitar

@unclemick-synths 2 жыл бұрын

I like to get the best natural tone out of the instrument itself and then try to bring out that character. My 79 Kimbara Jazz copy has SD Quarter Pounds and Rotosounds. A smidge of MXR envelope filter and the tube maxed on my Trace Elliot SMX recorded from the line out for a warm classic tone that responds to my fingers. My Aria with its PJ configuration has D'Addarios and I like a clean punchy sound that's expressive whether I'm playing fingerstyle, pick, or slap - sometimes all three in the same song!

@sopastar 2 жыл бұрын

Lately Bass

@VelocityRecordingStudio 2 жыл бұрын

Love this video tons of cool ideas! Ik is amazing! I don’t record amps “most of the time” because of it. And my DI chain it’s bass/UA 610/ aphex 204/ and a dbx160sl!

@adamsteelproducer 2 жыл бұрын

@@VelocityRecordingStudio now that sounds like an amazing DI chain… loads can be done with just that for sure

@alrecks619 2 жыл бұрын

an ADAM talking about and crafting bass tones? Sign me up! edit : i probably have to save up for later, ofc.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

haha! Start now.

@Wide_as_Life 2 жыл бұрын

Great! Thanks for the video!

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@ianparker5007 2 жыл бұрын

Love Adam Steel! If you're a Reaper user and you don't know Adam, you should. Cheers!

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much

@brunoteixeira5912 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, great insight! Beautiful bass tone🤩A full course on mixing heavy bass would be amazing too!

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much Bruno!

@MuddyGunns 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video!

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It means a lot!

@dammcadam4689 2 жыл бұрын

Warren, it was you that told me to seperate the bass at 250hz....I do this with Cambridge EQ and Butterworth 5....can't remember if that was your advice or not....but never changed it since I started.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

That's great to hear! Yes, anywhere from 175-250hz wrks well for me

@leefchapman 2 жыл бұрын

Just a few mins in and I know this is going to be so informative. Thanks Warren and Adam!

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

@adamsteelproducer 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lee! This was a lot of fun to do

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

@@adamsteelproducer You Rock! - Warren

@RC32Smiths01 2 жыл бұрын

Bass is my favorite instrument! Very interesting to see the hows and whys of getting awesome tones!

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

@adamsteelproducer 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

@RC32Smiths01 2 жыл бұрын

@@adamsteelproducer Likewise!

@RC32Smiths01 2 жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro As always!

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

@@adamsteelproducer You Rock!

@DanielGlenTimms 2 жыл бұрын

I have been spending much time honing my bass tone lately, as I am a guitar player. I got a great tone on a song I just finished by using a large felt pick into a LaChapell tube preamp DI (with lots of hair on it)>1176>LA2A clone with my P-Bass. I found that saturation/distortion plugins were not helping in the mix, so I relied on the abovementioned tube saturation and boosting lots of mids with UA Pultec MEQ.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing! Getting the bass right is so important.

@DanielGlenTimms 2 жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro Yes and one of the most difficult things to do, especially for a guitar player. 😃

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

haha!

@unclemick-synths 2 жыл бұрын

I must admit I was a bit cynical - not a genre I play but the end result was great. I definitely agree the sound should be there up-front.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing and watching the whole video! Hope you also learnt something.

@adamsteelproducer 2 жыл бұрын

I know it’s a bit heavy, but I hope a lot of cool tricks and ideas can come from it- especially the “flavour mix” method

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

@@adamsteelproducer thanks ever so much Adam! You Rock!

@unclemick-synths 2 жыл бұрын

@@adamsteelproducer it's always good to peek at genres one doesn't generally listen-to - the interesting stuff always happens at the margins. This is a great video 👍.

@nikkiejurnigan684 2 жыл бұрын

good video

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Nikkie! Adam is a fantastic educator.

@nikkiejurnigan684 2 жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro i m Mix my Vocals

@nikkiejurnigan684 2 жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro can you go Live Today MIxing Vocals

@nikkiejurnigan684 2 жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro can you send me good free Bass EQ and VOcals EQ

@harmonystudios1182 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video Adam! Thanks Warren

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much!

@chrisknowles64 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite tone is Tony Franklin's fretless tone on The Firm albums.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

It is both Fretless and Fretted but we do quite a bit of work with Tony and even had him come in to share his tips on recording bass! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q616oqiHyKe4dZc.html

@chrisknowles64 2 жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro are you sure? I was in early 20's when The Firm came out and seem to recall the fretless sound and tone being a big part of the buzz with my fellow musicians.

@ArtbyJoeH 2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisknowles64 I think Warren means the work TF has done with him, regarding not being fretless 😎👍

@chrisknowles64 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArtbyJoeH lol, it's possible for sure.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisknowles64 the free course is both fretted and fretless!

@BlueCityProductions 2 жыл бұрын

I tend to use quite a bit of distortion/fuzz with moderate compression on bass in mixes that are on the dense side. I find pushing the odd harmonics helps make the bass tracks cut through the mix without having to increase the volume. Although, when soloed it does sound pretty ratty, it works pretty well for me in many situations. Now and then I use a slight chorus as well. For sparse mixes, especially with acoustic instruments, I like a cleaner, warm, rubbery tone. Some really good tips in this video!

@splashesin8 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Adam and Warren! :)

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much

@philfyphil 2 жыл бұрын

Adam’s great, really knows his stuff, someone to learn a lot from.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much Phil! Agreed 200%!

@AdiKotes119KRITICAL 2 жыл бұрын

CAN'T WAIT for Adam's ultimate guitar tone!!

@Joey-rp5vg 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Some good bass tones there. Adam rocks. Cheers

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much Joey!

@JayJayStudios1 Жыл бұрын

Phenomenal, thank you! As a tip for all fellow bass players: Don't forget to really dig into the strings like Adam does. Otherwise you don't get that nice poppy punchy snappy sound. It is so essential, and often missed by people. How you play the strings is so important for the sound. Btw reminds me of Fleas sound on the Californication album. All around the world in particular ;D

@DrGlu 2 жыл бұрын

Really crazy tutorial

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much

@juniorlfg 2 жыл бұрын

Hello! Thanks for the video. One question: Does your Reaper course have subtitles in Portuguese, or even Spanish? I'm Brazilian, illiterate in English lol

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

We are preparing all of the courses in Spanish!

@juniorlfg 2 жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro Subtitled, or spoken Spanish? With subtitles available, I can translate to Portuguese :)

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

@@juniorlfg subtitles!

@ErixSamson 2 жыл бұрын

What is the first bass he is using?

@ArtbyJoeH 2 жыл бұрын

Call me predictable but Pino fretless on New York Minute (Don Henley) Missing persons (Go West ) and Get Here by Olita Adams . Of course we all know it’s in his fingers!

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much Joe!

@ak47dragunov 2 жыл бұрын

I fine the tone Adam is demonstrating works best in a mix where you want the bass to be felt, but not necessarily heard. Sort of a rolling bottom end which can add some character to the guitars thanks to all the grit and grind. For me, I prefer something with more pronounced mids and less of that hi-fi clacky scoop. Think Dave Ellefson on the classic Megadeth albums or Dave Hope from Kansas

@chavernac 2 жыл бұрын

🤙

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much

@PooNinja 2 жыл бұрын

Are these the same techniques used for WHAMMY bass!?

@adamsteelproducer 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed they are poo ninja!

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Yay! Whammy!

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

@@adamsteelproducer haha

@PooNinja 2 жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro seriously have you seen Adam’s wang bar!? Er eha trem bass!?

@HerenBass 2 жыл бұрын

To get this for free is bananas.

@My2Drumsticks Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂I love how everyone recoding and mixing treats TONE as the ultimate destination. TONE is steps on the journey . Writing good music can overcome not having the ULTIMATE tone.