Hello all,
JD here with yet another newbie question, in line with recording. This one is purely subjective, I will understand, but here goes.
I am a metalhead from way back, I love high gain chug, but still love everything else as well. Since I used to own a PODX3 before the Axe, I always had sound recording issues. After buying the Axe, I quickly realized that many of these issues were due to what I now believe to have been crappy tone coming from the pod. None the less, I almost quit recording entirely because of it, and at times did not want to play at all due to frustration.
In comes the Axe, the tones are so amazing and beautiful, that the recordings damn near take care of themselves. I was so relieved. I have a couple of them posted at soundcloud, and am very happy with how they sound, but I have still yet to feel confident to head back into my metal. The recordings I do have on sound cloud are pretty much lower to mid gain kind of jams, all from presets. Even the bass was from the A bank 000 baseman. The base tone was brilliant, and fits these lower gain jams perfectly.
Here is the question: in regards to recording 101, when recording a bass line with metal or heavier tracks, is it wise to use gain on bass, or better to keep more of the warm blanket (best way I can think of to describe it) sound with little gain on the bass. Again, I know this is a very subjective topic, and I am not talking about "just tweak till you like it" I am asking about (recording) theory, I guess. I have been to recording forums who say "the higher the gain of guitars, the less gain (or drive) of bass (again, this was a rule of thumb). I think the idea was, that too many distorted instruments have a danger of creating too much noise? But on the other hand, I hear some heavier bands that do have drive on their bass.
So this is not a "taste" question, it is more a recording 101 question. I hope it makes sense what I am asking. I have heard some heavy jams in here, and they sound great, I would just like to hear what you guys think, so I can get to work
Thanks in advance,
JD
JD here with yet another newbie question, in line with recording. This one is purely subjective, I will understand, but here goes.
I am a metalhead from way back, I love high gain chug, but still love everything else as well. Since I used to own a PODX3 before the Axe, I always had sound recording issues. After buying the Axe, I quickly realized that many of these issues were due to what I now believe to have been crappy tone coming from the pod. None the less, I almost quit recording entirely because of it, and at times did not want to play at all due to frustration.
In comes the Axe, the tones are so amazing and beautiful, that the recordings damn near take care of themselves. I was so relieved. I have a couple of them posted at soundcloud, and am very happy with how they sound, but I have still yet to feel confident to head back into my metal. The recordings I do have on sound cloud are pretty much lower to mid gain kind of jams, all from presets. Even the bass was from the A bank 000 baseman. The base tone was brilliant, and fits these lower gain jams perfectly.
Here is the question: in regards to recording 101, when recording a bass line with metal or heavier tracks, is it wise to use gain on bass, or better to keep more of the warm blanket (best way I can think of to describe it) sound with little gain on the bass. Again, I know this is a very subjective topic, and I am not talking about "just tweak till you like it" I am asking about (recording) theory, I guess. I have been to recording forums who say "the higher the gain of guitars, the less gain (or drive) of bass (again, this was a rule of thumb). I think the idea was, that too many distorted instruments have a danger of creating too much noise? But on the other hand, I hear some heavier bands that do have drive on their bass.
So this is not a "taste" question, it is more a recording 101 question. I hope it makes sense what I am asking. I have heard some heavy jams in here, and they sound great, I would just like to hear what you guys think, so I can get to work
Thanks in advance,
JD