Mixing Bass - Greg Wells

Chasing the bass guitar with Greg Wells in this episode of his "Deconstructing a Mix" series.
Producer Greg Wells mixes the song "Your life over mine" by the artist Bry and explains his workflow step-by-step!

[gwells]

You can crucify me for not knowing, or caring, that the bandwidth doesn't affect the low frequencies but you'd be missing the point. My approach to mixing isn't deeply technical. It has to feel right to me, however I make it get there. An inexperienced mix engineer might watch this and think I'm hardly doing anything, but the few things I'm doing took me decades of my own trial and error experience and watching incredible engineers like Joe Chiccarelli do similar things.  Incidentally, I didn't just record this track. I played every instrument on it live. If you actually think I'm just advising you to buy plug-ins, you might want to consider a career in concrete. 🤘

[mayconmendes]

I get sad reading some comments, we are living in a time when we have access to information, and people always find a way to criticize it. I always want to learn more and get more information, I know we should never stop, we should always be one step ahead and that needs study and humility! Thanks G. Well for all the teaching, you really inspire me.

[vl]

Sounds good. Now which plugin would change those lyrics?

[AdamAarts]

I use the standard Supercharger on my bass for years now! It just has the sound, even on a drum bus, guitars, it sounds amazing!

[BlackenedNL]

Still waiting for a monthly subscription to watch the full video's on Mix with the Masters...

[georgioskaratsoris]

Oh, dear! What a wonderful bass sound!

[AlexBallMusic]

Interesting tips on mic choice and combinations. I use a grot mic on drums and it works great, but never really explored it on bass.

[VintiqueSound]

The Supercharger is great to get fat beefy snares with a lot of punch. But as you said, great on a lot of things.

[LesFrancoeur]

Thanks Greg! Sounds excellent with the Supercharger GT and the Pultec EQ.

[Ewrickert]

Hi. Can you please tell me more about the american microphone? Which Model? Thanks.

[TheUndoneOrchestra]

Thank you for sharing your talent and thoughts...

[snippletrap]

Never uses DI, only subtle processing moves... respect!

[peteroseghale]

wow!It always starts from a great recording!

[datamasked]

The real lesson here, kids, is that if you want to get a great mix, start with a great recording. A great recording mixes itself. I get it, mixing is fun. We all like plugins and/or gear. Learn how to mic a source and capture it. That's many times more important than knowing how to mix.

[villasandvistas]

Not A Plug-in ad but I switched to NI awhile back and this Super-duper-charger plug-in finds its way on a lot of tracks with lo-end. Eric Valentine and Señor Wells use it better than most and that's rad!

[NathanPanke]

"Sonority" - G Wells wins the Vocab game

[martybaggenmusic]

It would be easy to simply be envious of your set up and equipment roster, plus the exquisite microphones used in the recording.... but that's all window dressing to the knowledge and experience from the guy tweaking the knobs and adjusting the faders.

[jonfumachu]

I prefer my Greenland microphones... they sound fantastic !!!

[JustShred]

Don't worry guys, the Telefunken U47 is only $8k.

[StudioFiftyOne]

Bandwidth knob on uad pultec eq is just for hi frequency