The Cargo Cult’s new Subquake is a powerful tool, for shaping the bass in the content you create. In this article Damian Kearns explains what it is and how this plugin can sculpt your bottom end and get your speakers bouncing.
5 Bottom End Plugins Worth Checking Out
A natural counterpart to our recent article Our Favourite Audio Plug-ins To Give You Some Sweet Top End is an article covering the opposite end of the spectrum. So here is a round up of some favourite bottom end plugins and like the top end article, this isn’t a flat list, it illustrates a progression from simple EQ through to more involved processing.
Do You Really Understand How Bass Works? Check This Video Out
FabFilter and Dan Worrall have released a 30 minute video on bass which we recommend everyone working in audio watches. Here’s a list of ten of the subjects covered in this comprehensive video and we’ve even included timestamps so you can get straight to the part which sounds most interesting to you.
Our Pick Of Plugins For Bass Guitar In 2023
Considering all the attention electric guitars get in the plugin world, basses feel very much the poor relation. However, as any bass player will tell you, the crowd might be looking at the guitarist but they are dancing to the bass player! Here’s our pick of what’s out there for bass in 2023.
5 Musical Ways To Thicken Bass Parts
Bass guitar is often the musical foundation of any track, adding weight and girth. But what if the bass guitar needs thickening? Here are five ways to do it without reaching for EQ or comps.
Three Ways To Add Realism In Virtual Instrument Mixes
Virtual Instruments have made totally authentic sounds a reality for composer, arranger, and engineer alike. Despite their increasing realism, there is still much room for some simple production moves to help really sell the sound. We show you three simple moves.
Bass Recording - Should You Use A DI or Amp?
What are the pros and cons of Using a DI vs using a bass amp and microphone when recording bass? Should I use both or are amp modelling plugins the way forward in 2022? We look at the options…
Why You Shouldn't Ignore The IK Multimedia MODO Bass 2
With so many great sounding, playable bass VI’s around, choosing between them can be difficult. We look at one instrument that has all the sounds with a different way of doing things.
Check Out These Bass Mixing Tips For The Perfect Bottom End
No matter what kind of bass you’re working with – electric, acoustic or synthesised – getting that perfect bottom end in the mix can be challenging at the best of times. Here are six techniques and ideas to help give you a leg up.
Five Ways You Can Improve Your Studio's Monitoring For Free
Once good quality loudspeaker studio monitoring is in place, the only thing left to do is optimise it for your space. Read on for five ways on to get the most out for free…
Using UJAM Slap For Energy And Realism On A Track
When it comes to songwriters getting ideas for instrument parts across to others, up until recently the options have been limited. For many, meaningful bass parts are especially hard to convey… Unless you have the right tool for the job.
Our Pick Of Plugins For Bass Guitar
Here are our pick of plugins you might consider to put the fun back into fundamental!
Tips For Mixing Low End In Tracks
No matter what genre you're mixing, you've probably encountered an unruly low end that can mess up the whole mix. In this free video tutorial, Geoff Manchester walks you through some techniques to help you manage low end in a mix.
5 Music Production Things We Loved In May 2021
May 2021 might have been unseasonably chilly, but that didn’t stop it encompassing plenty of hot new music technology releases. Here are five that particularly caught our attention.
Create Movement In Your Bass Parts With Waves Kaleidoscopes
In this quick tip video for Production Expert, Michael Costa shows us how he uses the Waves Kaleidoscopes plugin when applied to a bass part to bring movement using automation during a lead guitar solo.
Mixing Bass and Keys With Waves Abbey Road RS124
In this video series for Production Expert, with the support of Waves, Michael Costa talks us through the Waves plug-in series. Michael focuses on the bass in this video and shows how the Waves F6 Dynamic EQ can give the bass more of a hi-fi sound and presence. This video also looks at the Waves Abbey Road RS124 compressor and how its Super Fuse mode can make each note sound distinct.
Mixing Bass With Waves CLA Signature Series
In the second of this series of videos, Brent March delves into the CLA Bass plug-in; he demonstrates the effect of the plug-in engaged and bypassed. He shows us how to best use the compression section and how to take advantage of the pitch effects.
6 Superb Virtual Bass Guitar Plugins You Should Check Out For Your Productions
In this article, Ronan gathers together half a dozen top tier plugins tuned up to help you realise your ‘live’ bottom-end ambitions, several of them providing the bassist as well as the bass.
Sansamp For Bass - Pedal Or Plugin? Listen And Decide
In this article, we’re going to see how two different Sansamp plugins stand up next to the real thing and enable you to decide for yourself, which is best.
FREE Bass Recording Techniques - Get A Great Bass Sound
In this series, we are going to use a resource put together by Audio Technica to cover how to record a wide range of sound sources from a solo vocal through guitars, bass, piano strings, brass woodwind and percussion, before moving onto the drum kit. In part 2 we are going to look at bass, both electric bass and upright bass.