the pyrate dead
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Hi
I've got the raw tracks of a recording that is being handed to someone to mix. I want to be able to communicate what I want out of the bass as best I can, and so have some questions!
I play through a beautiful mat amp, and I love the sound of it. We had some valid concerns about recording only the mic, so recorded the D.I. also. The thing is, I'm really into the sound of the mic signal, but when its used along with the full band, due to what I assume to be frequency issues, it wavers a lot in and out of the song. The amp I use has quite high gain, a lot of bass and the presence isn't really that huge in the mix. Obviously the D.I. signal is punchier and cuts through the other instruments well throughout the songs. We had tried pushing the high mids on the mic track, which pushed the sound through things a little better, but it still wasn't totally right.
I'm not well versed in discussing with engineers how they can fix things for me, so I wanted to find out a little more about the options I have come to in my head whilst not knowing much, namely:
blending mic and D.I./getting the best from just the mic/using the D.I. recording and running it through my amp at better settings (is that a thing?!)
Anyone want to impart some wisdom to me?!
I've got the raw tracks of a recording that is being handed to someone to mix. I want to be able to communicate what I want out of the bass as best I can, and so have some questions!
I play through a beautiful mat amp, and I love the sound of it. We had some valid concerns about recording only the mic, so recorded the D.I. also. The thing is, I'm really into the sound of the mic signal, but when its used along with the full band, due to what I assume to be frequency issues, it wavers a lot in and out of the song. The amp I use has quite high gain, a lot of bass and the presence isn't really that huge in the mix. Obviously the D.I. signal is punchier and cuts through the other instruments well throughout the songs. We had tried pushing the high mids on the mic track, which pushed the sound through things a little better, but it still wasn't totally right.
I'm not well versed in discussing with engineers how they can fix things for me, so I wanted to find out a little more about the options I have come to in my head whilst not knowing much, namely:
blending mic and D.I./getting the best from just the mic/using the D.I. recording and running it through my amp at better settings (is that a thing?!)
Anyone want to impart some wisdom to me?!