So how do you record bass?

[warwick.hoy]

The majority of the tracks posted on the soundcloud linked in my sig, both guitar and bass cabs are recorded using Shure Beta 98d/s'.



I'm not recording savvy but we've tried different mics that were available to us and it came down to these.

[smile_man]

DIRECT IT. HOW IT SHOULD BE.

[bdunlap]

DIRECT IT. HOW IT SHOULD BE.

I wanna use my pedals and it sounds kinda lifeless through an amp sim

[warwick.hoy]

I prefer my cabs mic'd live and in the studio. I feel like my cabs contribute as much to my sound as my preamps,....effects,...etc. I'm cool with it if you want to run a DI and mic my cab.

[Achtane]

god I can feel gas for recording equipment now

For real. I have a Line 6 GX that's handy for quiet night playing, but everything played through it sounds pretty mediocre to me. I don't like any of the bass amp modelers so I just don't use them, but the straight bass signal sounds horribly sterile and weak.

[eatyourguitar]

I also love RE20s for bass

+1

yes yes. bass mics are always dynamic mics and the RE20 is the king of all purpose dynamic mics. its been around for a long time. if your gassing, just spend the $500 and you have an awesome vocal mic and an good guitar/bass mic also. young guys tend to use %100 condensers on every vocal. I had a old timer skool me. the RE20 is used a lot in rock and pop and radio.

[tuffteef]

most recording engineers dont mic it.

who ?

[bennybanana]

I have been running my bass into the Tronographic Rusty Box into a Sebatron Mic Pre DI into my recorder...Getting lots of nice chunky sounds.

[theavondon]

most recording engineers dont mic it.

who ?

[eatyourguitar]

I talk to real people so if you want me to post a link to back it up I cant.

[tuffteef]

I talk to real people so if you want me to post a link to back it up I cant.

and we dont? musician hear say much..
im an engineer and have lots of engineer friends and met lots of crusty old engineers and we all use mics on bass because we do factor in amp cab and speaker choice as key sources

[Gearmond]

cheap shitty first-act USB cable.

usually sounds squeezed unless i add some reverb. funny thing is that the guitar sounds fine through it.

[mynameisjack2]

Stelk a friend's condenser mic, put the amp and mic in a closet, play outside of the closet. It's crisp as fuck.

[one bad monkey]

I just run direct. My amp sound is roughly what my bass sounds like (but amplified), so I don't gain anything by mic'ing a cab.

[Baxandall]

I use a CAD Equitek E-100 with great results. I don't use the lo filter or the -20 switch. Just straight mic into the board. Sometimes I'll use a direct feed also and blend them but the E-100 just sounds great for bass.