Mixing Bass Guitar With Slate Digital Plug Ins - Warren Huart: Produce Like A Pro

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[MarcosRobertoDosSantosJF]

As a bassist myself, I can only thank your for the tips. recording and mixing bass is really tricky.

[J_THOR]

It says quite a lot about your personality the course is only $27. A lot of people add a 0 to that. Not judging anyone here. Just making an observation. "Thank you ever so much" Warren (and team). Always inspiring

[thomfraney]

Every time… literally every time you teach me something new. Thanks so much for all you do Warren.

[Luke-otmk]

I loved this approach of using the inverted filter. Cheers!

[rome]

I agree that 750 Hz is one of the best places to boost on a bass guitar. Well, I normally start at 800, but it can be anywhere from 700-1000. It really brings out the presence of the bass without adding any clankiness. It's also an area where not many other instruments live, so you can boost the bass there without stepping on anything else.

[alban]

Ok. I have to admit that you all are teachng so well to me/us all these teknikS and it's always a new gift, each time Thanks to the whole Channel

[hailmaryrecordings]

Very useful segment.

I used to somehow get better bass-tone back in the day, by plugging directly into my 4-track than I do with my digital-stuff now. Bass has been a real mystery.

[commontimeproductions]

Awesome thanks! That mid 3k trick on the bass amp will totally help my mixes translate to little speakers now! I've been trying to get the bass to sit better in the stuff I am currently mixing and am gonna try this trick now. You rock Warren!

[Joey-rpvg]

So important to get the bass right. Thanks for your insight. Great video thanks very much

[willyecharte]

Very helpful. What a great idea is separation of lows and highs. Thanks!

[spencergroup]

Cool indie song. Fresh and current sounding.

[CrushingAxes]

Man this Slate Tape is great, I use on everything! I love Kramer Tape and it's my favourite, but Slate is just as good, faturator is new for me! I need to experiment more with fresh air! Sounds good here!

[javisounds]

How is the song called? sounds fantastic!

[LohPro]

if you want to utilize hardware bass pres & FX, do you just "bite the bullet" & try to get the tracks as perfectly aligned as possible?

so, record DI direct with the amp/processed track & LPF/HPF them the same way as you do duplicated DI tracks? this way you minimize polarity issues, but still retain the live/raw sound of the hardware bass chain gear (bass pre, bass distortion, amp)

[alexinfanti]

Thanks for this lesson, Mr.Warren!!!! Always great 👍👍👍💪

[lipk]

I use the ZOD IDDI: sounds like a bass amp. Then I push a lot 30 Hz on the pultec. The result is a di track that sounds like a bass amp. I also put Atlantis plugin onto the send for a little room.

[Bluelagoonstudios]

Hi Warren, I also work a lot with high and lowpass settings (ReaEQ stock plugin is great for this), in this situation I would use the new Bettermaker Buss compressor on the mix buss, what I also dare to do is small panning on the bass DI (left) and the amp (right), just 2 or 3% out center. But this totally off topic, because we have Slate plugins for this production. I only have a few, mostly for drum creation. As main Dyn EQ I have only the Kirchhoff-EQ. Great to see your tutorials.

[dougiemanross]

I have, essentially, the same method. I treat the “amp” as the main source. I mix it to sound the best it can by itself with some natural grit. I usually high pass it at around 100hz - 120hz to clean out the low end and then I compress it a little bit to keep the transients in check but I don’t want to squash it. The DI I usually low pass (100hz - 80hz) and brick wall limit the living shit out of it so the clean, low end fundamental ends up being one level. I fade it in with the dynamic bass “amp” and it always ends up sounding pretty good in a pinch. In a perfect world, maybe I’d side chain the low end DI somehow to the kick drum so it’s got a bit of dynamics but for what I’m doing, this gets the job done 80% of the time. The bass guitar itself is nice and is dynamic but the low end is one consistent level.

[_Alex_Sander]

Another trick is to add modulation to the higher split, such as an spx 90 on the symphonic preset. Great way to add some movement and allows you to ”hear” the bass more

[svendskogheim]

Great tips as always, thank you so much :)