So, yeah a few weeks ago, I had a band record a demo in my studio. When I did it, I only miked the cab instead of running direct in (as I look back,I am not sure why). As I was listening to the track, I noticed a godawful noise coming from the bass rig. Come to find out - my bottom cab of the bass rig was actually blown, but it was hard to hear it because the bassist plays very different than what I was used to. anyway, is there any trick to try to make the bass sound doable again? Actually, is there any way of answering this question without hearing the track?
Thanks in advance,
Tuf
okay, this sucks...
Without hearing it that is tough. You could try filtering or maybe some multiband compression to pull down the offending frequencies.
However, since it's bass, I would have the guy come back in and retrack the bass through a DI (for free). If he is a good player (or at least decent) and the track is close to consistent timing, it should not be an issue. Plus you are talking 3 - 10 minutes per song to get a nice clean sounding track, versus possibly hours of your time trying to fix something that may or may not yield good results.
However, since it's bass, I would have the guy come back in and retrack the bass through a DI (for free). If he is a good player (or at least decent) and the track is close to consistent timing, it should not be an issue. Plus you are talking 3 - 10 minutes per song to get a nice clean sounding track, versus possibly hours of your time trying to fix something that may or may not yield good results.
[Asked whether his shades are prescription or just to look cool]
Guy: Well, I am the drummer.
Guy: Well, I am the drummer.
+1 on the mulligan.
You could try filtering out the high end, then multing the track with the same track pitch-shifted up an octave if it doesn't have enough high end content. It will probably sound pretty processed, but hey, you never know, it could work with the track.
You could try filtering out the high end, then multing the track with the same track pitch-shifted up an octave if it doesn't have enough high end content. It will probably sound pretty processed, but hey, you never know, it could work with the track.
Last edited by darjama on Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:11 am, edited 1 time in total.
Oh, studio guy, bummer. It is weird though that a studio musician didn't notice a weird tone in his phones, but those are the breaks.
Yeah multiband can be yoru friend, multing is also good to try. I have played around with pitch stuff before, but I can never make it sound right.
Yeah multiband can be yoru friend, multing is also good to try. I have played around with pitch stuff before, but I can never make it sound right.
[Asked whether his shades are prescription or just to look cool]
Guy: Well, I am the drummer.
Guy: Well, I am the drummer.
Sometimes I use a separate track and phase cancellation for stuff like that. But it completely depends on how often it occurs. If it's pretty much continuous, you could try to isolate the sound using an EQ/Bandpass/whatever, and then invert the signal so it will cancel just those frequencies. Otherwise, just cut and paste (or use mute automation) for the offending noises as you encounter them.
Good luck!
Josh
Good luck!
Josh
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