Three Ways To Mix Bass Guitar - PHAT // PUNCHY // AGGRESSIVE

Here are three examples of how to mix bass guitar for completely different genres of music!
We will cover how to achieve either a PHAT, PUNCHY or AGGRESSIVE bass tone in your mixes!

(00:00) Deep & Phat Bass
(06:15) Punchy Mid-Forward Bass
(13:45) Aggressive & Gritty Bass

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[pwrmac]

would love a video on how you processed the guitars in that starfish song, they sound great!

[bandoallebande]

U're doing your job very well dude! Thanks

[jackrorystaunton]

Good bass tones. And as soon you unsolo that buss, those full mixes are sounding great too!

[bazZzment]

Sounds really good! Finally a video with great tips, there's so much BS on YouTube. Cheers!

[edwardkenemorales]

Oh my! Another wish granted 🎉 I hope YT's algorithm puts you on top whenever someone looks for bass mixing as this is the most comprehensive tutorial showing different approaches for different genres!

[DrProgNerd]

Don't have an L2 - but I did pick up the 'El Juan' that you recommended in another video - and it works great. The bass sounds in this vid are just killer. So, so good. Thanks, Rhys.

[Ardenone]

I stopped by for the Sanszampy 😂 loved it!!

[HeDrewNoyes]

More good stuff. Thanks again sir!

I’m gonna have starfish stuck in my head tonight😂😂

[jeffcole]

Great getting to it! covering the info at a good clip/speed...showing - not wasting time (with whatever). Very nice!

[Beat-Brugger]

Thanks a lot for all your helpful Videos. It's great and I love the results.

[chrisbordeaux]

Well, done! Thank you for covering the process for those of us mixing songs in our home. This is so relatable and helpful.

[neilgrainey]

Really really helpful dude. Always struggle with bass so this is really going to impact my mixes. Thank you!

[soundgrips]

I gotta get that SVT plugin. Probably the number one amp for bass.

[ashleydines]

Di sounded great.
I normally go di to 1176 compressor plugin. Bus it and distort and remove the bottom end and automate to the song so it sits

[WyattBrown]

Great info! Man the raw DI sounds so good already, I need to get myself a p bass...

[DaftFader]

I started learning to play bass not long ago. I wanted to be able to lay down live basslines for my own tunes (I make D+B, and really like the old live sounding organic D+B tracks from the 90's like Roni Size stuff as an example). I built a few bits of hardware specifically for recording and mixing my bass (specifically with giving me the most options in mind). I built a 3 mode DI with a FET/Tube and a clean transformer only input (the FET input sounds money on my bass), a vari-mu compressor/limiter (I'm also building an opto compressor soon for it too, for when I learn to play a bit better and can control the dynamics of my playing a bit more myself) and an old Neumann EQ clone which sounds dam good (I'm already wanting to build more of them as I've never heard a mix focused EQ that sounds so dang good, it blows my SSL E292 clones from the original SL4000G desk out the water!). It's only got 3 bands (and only the mid has adjustable frequency), but it has 5 DOAs in it lol (all with matched transistors)! I also built a 3 mode saturation box with varying types and intensities of distortion available.

I'm thinking about getting a new mic and an amp to record to give me even more tone possibilities. I can also re-amp from my DI, so would be able to run anything through it to the amp and mic if I really wanted.

*Any suggestions of a good mic for recording bass amps?*

I'll probably be going for a really deep fat tone, rather than a more low-mid/upper low end heavy rock style tone. Something that would work well in a jazz style of playing might be good as they really lean on the deep lows of the bass quite often in jazz. I ofc still want some presence, but the low end of DnB is ofc the focus of the track, so it tends to get more space than in rock etc as well as generally going lower too, and small speakers are less of a concern as it's main playing environment is a club/rave (even though I still want it heard on small speakers, it's just not the main focus and getting the low lows right is the most important, hence why I'll be running the lower 4 strings of a low B 5 string on my bass next time I change strings ;P). Ta in advance!

[samsonlovesyou]

Should the low end of the punchy bass be going through the amp on the bus like this? I've seen other people recommend the DI is left untouched, besides compression?

[jeremiahaugust]

Thank you so much for this amazing video! Quick question though, On your tracks I see 'Q' on them. I've never seen that before. What is that?

[madmuso]

Great. Vid. You using a sub too or just the Yamaha's we can see?

[tfmusicpro]

Wow, super helpful video, many thanks! Question for you— in your opinion, can you get the same results using these techniques to mix a VST bass guitar? I’m struggling with my bass mixes, but in many of my cases, I am mixing Bass VST instruments. Just wanting to see if that would make a difference in the mix quality at the end of the day. Thx