I feel somewhat maligned on the bass guitar
Probably from my bad (and very limited) studio experience when the 'engineer' clearly couldn't be arsed and just plugged me straight into the desk and compressed the sound to fuck. Supposedly this Pod models amps, so if I can talk it into modelling a slightly overdriven bass head through a couple of nice 15" speakers, we'll get along fine. If not, I may have to have a massive flounce.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:01, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

edit: what I put here before was wrong. what you say should be pretty much achievable but
you might be better off getting them to model an amp in the mixing software, that way you can record a dry signal and then piss about with it more in production.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:03, Reply)

This is true
Although it may be a little off-putting if we're recording 'as live.'

My main concern is the song in which the bass is the lead instrument, but maybe I'll just to have to ask them to turn me up in the monitors and then, as you suggest, piss about with it afterwards.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:05, Reply)

I did it with my guitar last time we recorded
DI into the desk, through a hastily chosen, but suitable amp model in Logic, so I could hear it in the headphones/monitors, then ran the signal back out through my real amp afterwards.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:06, Reply)

This is also an option, I guess
We're planning to blitz through everything and take it all home to mix on our drummer's computer, so I could always just get a decent take of everything and then run the signal back through my Laney afterwards.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:08, Reply)

it's definitely worth considering
although you would need to get at least a couple of mikes on your amp to make sure you capture it nicely.

means you can loop it back through your amp and fiddle with the settings while it is playing which is pretty handy.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:09, Reply)

Normally with a bass amp
I believe it's enough to get a mike in front of the speaker and probably a line out from the preamp. Might try and get a room mic in place for the solo though!
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:15, Reply)

yeah, that sounds good.
there's nothing worse than recording and not being happy with the sound, which is why I recommend recording it DIed. Gives you more options after the fact
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:17, Reply)