Bass seems to recorder quieter than guitar...?

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kcyrowolf

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UPDATE: All resolved. The issue was my own stupidity in leaving an FX send block active.

So I just got a Dingwall NG2 5 string, which is working great with the Axe FX II. I'm using the Citrus Bass 200 preset from Austin Buddy's pack, which sounds great to start with.

Normally when I record guitar I have no problems at all getting the right amount of level, however when recording bass, it seems to be much quieter. Both my guitar presets and the bass preset are all sitting right on the line in the VU meter on the Axe. Even when pushing the input level on my interface and dragging the fader all the way up in Cubase, I'm only getting 'almost enough' volume, which doesn't seem right to me.

Any thoughts on this? It seems strange, as both my guitar and bass presets read at the same level in the VU meter...
 
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Bass frequencies take more energy to push out than mid or treble ones, especially on the low b which eats up headroom. Try a compressor somewhere in the chain
 
dr bonkers said:
Or start using more compression in the amp block.

For a 5 string, if you want get more level without the bass sounding squished, try using one of the optical compressors.
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The optical on the back end of a patch that only acts on the low strings, 6 db's compression, instant chewy goodness
 
Sounds like maybe your monitors aren’t quite up to the job at low frequencies.
 
Sorry guys, I dun goofed...

I forgot that all of Austin Buddy's stock presets have an FX loop send, with sends the preamp to Output 2 (which is the output I use for recording). Deleting this block fixed my issue.

Thanks for the input anyway. I suck. :(
 
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