Jeff Addicott Posted March 15, 2001 Share Posted March 15, 2001 Some people seem to view certain instruments as being better suited for one or the other (live or recording). It this hogwash, or is it true? If true, what makes a bass better suited for one or the other? In my experience (albeit somewhat limited, since I don't do a whole lot of studio work) this is somewhat true. I once had a G&L L-1505 5-string that wasn't very impressive, onstage, but it laid down some really strong tracks on my band's CD. On the other hand, I've had a couple of instruments (Fernandes APB-5 and G&L L-2000) that are just a ton of fun onstage, but were kind of dissapointing in the studio (of course, some competent engineering could make a big difference). What's your experience? ------------------ Jeff Addicott http://www.jeffnet.org/~addicott/bass.html Jeff Addicott http://www.jeffnet.org/~addicott/bass.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arvidgunardihotmail.com Posted March 15, 2001 Share Posted March 15, 2001 I think there's a factor of different kind of rig people would use on stage and in studio. Obviously things get turn up pretty loud on stage sometimes, and not so loud in studio. There's a thing in audio engineering that people call Psycho acoustic, it covers the phenomenon that human being perceived louder sound as being a "better sound" than softer sound, even if they're both identical. This is why you have to be carefull with car audio salesman who's trying to sell you the product that gives them the highest commision. In studio, engineer would request bassist to turn up their amp(if it ain't DI) just enough to get good signal to tape. Now if all the engineer wants is direct from DI, it's going to make a whole lot of difference! Bass would sound so different through headphones, than through your 4-10 cabinet for example. Ofcourse the bass guitar itself does an important part. But as i said, before you even touched on the bass itself, there's a lot of other factor involved. And also, studio monitors are very high fidility speakers, meaning they "show" you almost every frequencies that your bass produce; that weren't that obvious through your highest quality amp/cabinet. And since they're very honest speakers, they show you the ugliest tone/sound out of your bass that you didn't know was there before. Hope that helps. Arvid Gunardi Producer, Bassist, Engineer. This message has been edited by arvidgunardi@hotmail.com on 03-15-2001 at 04:06 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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