Getting a good bass sound with a REAL bass

[Ted]

Has anyone created a custom effect patch for getting a good sound from bass guitar when plugged directly into the guitar input?  If so can you share the settings?

I'm not thrilled with any of the three bass effects, but am hopeful that a custom effect can be created.  Effect tweaking is not my strength.

Thank in advance.

[guitarron]

What sort of sound are you looking for?
I had to tweak a preset for my Rick bass, the gain needed to be kicked up and eq'd for it because Rick pickups have weaker output.
Forum member, Lost Highway CWB, has a hot funky bass sound in this recording, not sure what he did here.
http://microrecorders.org/community/post-your-work/funk-da-cidade-cinza/msg1438/#msg1438
Ron

[Ted]

What sort of sound are you looking for?

I don't know.  Just something thicker and punchier.  I have an Ibanez P-Bass copy with a built in preamp & EQ.  It doesn't sound BAD with the preset bass patches, but I'd like it to sound better.

I have no bass amp though.  I'd like to find out what others have been able to do going directly into the Micro BR.  If I could get a sound like Lost Highway CWB did, I'd be ecstatic.

[Pedro]

Today I recorded an Acoustic Bass (a very good I must say) clean with no effects. It didnt sound great so I used a Directx Waves plugin called Renassaince Bass and it turned out very good. This plugin is not free though.

I advise you to mess around with the Effects Patches, I bet you can get some great sounds. I don't have a bass with me so I can't really advise you a patch.

[TheMohawk]

i know this is pretty late but getting the perfect bass sound was a preoccupation of mine in the studio.

Now messing about with the br i find that using the "Bass Cln" effect gives me a great staring point. I think once you have a great starting point with sound then all you really need do is tweak a couple of things.

If you press the TR2 which brings you in to edit the features of the "Bass Cln" effect you will see you have Compressor/Enhancer/EQ/NoiseSuppressor/Delay.

I put the compressor on, put the attack up, put the level up.
I put the enhancer on maybe put a couple of its low and main levels up a bit. Put the eq on and mess with the levels. Put the noise suppresor on. And i always keep the delay off for bass. This gives me a good a bass sound as i would like.

Basically just adjust these levels and you should get a good solid bass sound going on. Then maybe you can save that as a patch or whatever, but im not sure how to do that. Id rather just write it down or  remember it. Also good idea maybe to mute all other tracks and to bounce your edited bass sound  onto an empy v-track somewhere.

[Ted]

Thanks for the tips.  Do you have an MP3 you'd like to share with the bass sound you achieved?

I haven't had my nose in the Micro BR for a few months, but am wanting to resume recording again.  I'll give your ideas a try.

Do you use a preamp in combination with the patch tweaks, or are you just plugged directly into the Micro BR?

[TheMohawk]

I plug directly into it, because i want to know that i can achieve good stiff with just that on its own and be able to say so because i would like to think its possible. And i am especially touchy about the bass. I think i have a good sound, maybe you might think its crap but we'll see. I'll try get something simple put up.

[TheMohawk]

just noted there is another good one for the bass, its right before the "bass cln" effect its called Piezo Ld.
Simply go in and edit the properties. As usual i take the delay off. turn the compressor on pump it up, put the enhancer on and pump the low levels and main levels up in that too, put the eq on and again put the low gain up.....works for me. Maybe some more tweaking and you could get a real good sound. Maybe put the high gain up too to make it clearr and punchier but the low must go up for it to maintain bass!!

I always say as far as bass sound is concerned, stay away from the mid, lash up the low bass end and lash up the high end!!!

[TheMohawk]

i put something small up on a new thread "my bass sound"

[guitarron]

i have rick bass with the classic weak ass single coil rick pickups
i use tweaked"acoustic and just about anything for guitar-
piezo ld is one of them
on bass i 've been using a br600 which has some nice useful patches, right out of box
btw-welcome to forum ted and mohawk