StoneAje
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Since my band has been doing all of our recordings ourselves I have been forced (and I love doing it) to read all about bass tones and how to construct them but one thing I have found is what bass players generally think of certain freq areas is totally different then what the guy in the studio recording your tracks thinks. I found this amazing chart in one of the books I am reading and it has honestly helped me so much!
The conventional bass mindset is that good bass freqs are around 30 or 40 hz. That's why most bass EQs adjust those freqs but I have found that in almost all cases, Warwick electronics are the only ones with decent freqs! Wick puts the bass at 100 hz and if you use that as your main low end and filter off all of the crap below that you would be amazing how much cleaner your low end will be. I feel the same way about treble. I recently put in an Aguilar OBP3 (bc it was cheaper then replacing my broken electronics) and with the treble set to 6.5k I just keep it turned all the way down. People might think that's blasphemy but with the way I have my tone set I don't loose any high end, only harsh noises that aren't really heard much in the mix but add sound when you're trying to clean things up. I hope this helps and this list below if directly from the book not me! So you know it's good
0Hz to 60Hz:
Sub content to add weight below bass drum. The faster the music, the more should be filtered out.
60Hz to 80Hz:
The range that conflicts with the bass drum. Be careful here.
80Hz to 140Hz:
The range where bass is generally most dominant in a mix. This has to be well controlled.
140Hz to 200Hz:
Muddy, ‘ringy’ content is generally to be found here. Commonly needs substantial cutting.
200Hz to 500Hz:
The crux of the mud in a raw bass signal. Generally needs to be heavily attenuated.
500Hz to 900Hz:
The ‘cardboard zone’. Reduce if the bass is sounding flat and 2-dimensional.
2kHz to 4kHz:
Fret noise and other harshness. Can add intelligibility to the bass in dense arrangements, but can also get abrasive if not controlled.
4kHz+:
Generally safe to filter.
The conventional bass mindset is that good bass freqs are around 30 or 40 hz. That's why most bass EQs adjust those freqs but I have found that in almost all cases, Warwick electronics are the only ones with decent freqs! Wick puts the bass at 100 hz and if you use that as your main low end and filter off all of the crap below that you would be amazing how much cleaner your low end will be. I feel the same way about treble. I recently put in an Aguilar OBP3 (bc it was cheaper then replacing my broken electronics) and with the treble set to 6.5k I just keep it turned all the way down. People might think that's blasphemy but with the way I have my tone set I don't loose any high end, only harsh noises that aren't really heard much in the mix but add sound when you're trying to clean things up. I hope this helps and this list below if directly from the book not me! So you know it's good
0Hz to 60Hz:
Sub content to add weight below bass drum. The faster the music, the more should be filtered out.
60Hz to 80Hz:
The range that conflicts with the bass drum. Be careful here.
80Hz to 140Hz:
The range where bass is generally most dominant in a mix. This has to be well controlled.
140Hz to 200Hz:
Muddy, ‘ringy’ content is generally to be found here. Commonly needs substantial cutting.
200Hz to 500Hz:
The crux of the mud in a raw bass signal. Generally needs to be heavily attenuated.
500Hz to 900Hz:
The ‘cardboard zone’. Reduce if the bass is sounding flat and 2-dimensional.
2kHz to 4kHz:
Fret noise and other harshness. Can add intelligibility to the bass in dense arrangements, but can also get abrasive if not controlled.
4kHz+:
Generally safe to filter.
