Aliwobble Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 So recently it was my privilege to play on a friend’s recording. This was my setup, and it sounded great! Now show me yours... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 (edited) - Edited March 16, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 The last recording I did was for an R&B, Americana, blues band. I used my Mike Lull PJ5 with TI flats and a lump of foam, through an Aguilar TH500 DI'ed into Logic. What a great sound. Better than any of the bass sounds preloaded into Logic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Fender Precision with fresh Warwick Red Label steel rounds, into a Tech21 Para Driver, into an Ashdown ABM600, connected to an Ashdown ABM410. All eq was from the Para Driver, eq switched off on the ABM600, but the Valve Drive engaged and at noon. Two feeds, one taken from the DI on the Para Driver, one from a mic on the 410, then blended, was about 60/40 DI/Mic. Sounded like this: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterMute Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) EBMM SR5 20th anni or an SR5 fretless DI'd into an RND Shelford Channel linked to an HX Stomp. Before that it was a Line 6 Bass Pod XT Pro rack. Been down the modelling rabbit-hole for a while now, haven't recorded with a stage "rig" for a decade. Quite a lot of work in the mix, usually the UAD2 Distressor comp, or an LA2A limiter, a touch of Thermionic Culture Vulture and OXFR3d EQ for HPF and shaping. Latest results here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/newtonswake/non-est-deus-ex-machina Edited January 31, 2022 by WinterMute 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 I recorded 'Barracuda' a couple of weeks back and just went straight into my mate's Zoom desk using my JV Precision strung with TI Flats, with tone and volume fully open. He can sort anything else out. [ramble]There was a story as to why my mate Andy (a drummer I had been in a band with for 5 years or so) and I decided to record 'Barracuda', other than it being a killer track. Last summer I answered an ad for a start up classic rock band, the intention being for a bunch of retirees to get together once in a while, rehearse, maybe gig. I asked Andy if he was interested and he was. The guitar player managed to get a lady singer interested - she was a backing singer in his function band, and her partner was a keys player with backing vocals. It all sounded very promising, especially when one of the first tunes to get discussed was Heart's 'Barracuda'. The vocal for this is always going to be a tough call so to even suggest it kind of set out the stall. Or so I thought. After many weeks delay for various reasons we had our first meet up - and the singer hadn't learnt 'Barracuda'. In fact she hadn't learnt anything other than the tune she already knew. Which was 'I Love Rock and Roll'. Which I would have thought was about as easy as it gets but apparently caused this particular lady some problems with phrasing, despite reading it from an iPad. Or perhaps because of it, I dont know. And, to be honest, the guitarist didn't cut it either. My mate and I graciously bowed out. Having learnt 'Barracuda' we were keen not to waste it... but the vocals! Andy had been in a band with a lady who had the chops but he hadn't seen her for some years. He got in touch and she was keen, so that set that in motion. Meanwhile he has a guitarist pal that he had contacted and he has just recorded the various guitar parts. Just waiting on the vocals, which I am looking forward to hearing. [/ramble] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passinwind Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 On 30/01/2022 at 03:29, Aliwobble said: So recently it was my privilege to play on a friend’s recording. This was my setup, and it sounded great! Now show me yours... Nice! New recording rig, hoping to try tracking with it for the first time this week: Probably with this Marco Bass, possibly with the whole bass rig too though: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliwobble Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share Posted February 2, 2022 My preference, as the guy who has to put the mix together, is for the recorded sound to need as little work as possible at mixing time, but I guess I’m doing fairly old-school blues / rock / country style genres mostly. These days I find myself preferring a mixed up cabinet over a DI; somehow it just seems to work better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 I've recorded with various studio rigs, my own rig, DI'd and blended signals of both. However, the revelation of the Tech 21 Sansamp VT bass pedal was a light bulb moment for me and I have done a few records / countless sessions with it. Unless I was told by the producer or the person who's project it was to do otherwise, it will always be my default. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 My band was recorded live, for The Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, last June. I'd just bought a Markbass CMD 121 which I took along and I played my MIJ Precision through it. The Sound Engineer didn't use the DI, he just whacked a mic in front of it and got a great sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Fender Precision, LaBella 760FL strings, foam. NS WAV4 EUB, can't remember what strings. Both straight DI. One overdub on Lakland Skyline Decade, GHS Precision Flats, no foam, also DI'ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 JMJ Mustang with Fender flats straight into a focusrite interface then into Logic pro X with this: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 On 02/02/2022 at 14:48, Cat Burrito said: I've recorded with various studio rigs, my own rig, DI'd and blended signals of both. However, the revelation of the Tech 21 Sansamp VT bass pedal was a light bulb moment for me and I have done a few records / countless sessions with it. Unless I was told by the producer or the person who's project it was to do otherwise, it will always be my default. Is that the regular pedal version, without the XLR DI out? Mine was this: It's the Ampeg SVP-CL, and it's basically the preamp section of the SVT Classic in a 1HE rack unit with a Jensen transformer-balanced DI out that sounds great. My main preamp when playing live and rehearsing is the SVP-PRO, but the CL is quieter and cleaner and I like the more straightforward EQ. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeneythebass Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 No frills, Stingray ol smoothie with flats>session cake>iPhone SE>GarageBand >tube amp sim result: https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/upjEhLrxsEBL7U2Q6 (bass comes in about 0:45) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Last recording i did was in a studio, using my Rally Basso 4 banger through an Ashdown Electric Blue combo and D.I.'d into the desk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Steinberger Sprit, through an Ernie Ball lead, DI'd straight to the desk at the Futureworks studio in Manchester. Nice and simple, like me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliwobble Posted March 6, 2022 Author Share Posted March 6, 2022 Today’s rig: epiphanies Jack Casady into the EBS microbass 3, and into the interface. Worked well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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