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What should you do if you find yourself faced with a bass guitar tone that just doesn’t cut through the mix in the way you need it to? How do you get your bass to compete with massive, layered guitars and punchy, explosive drums? With a bit of pre-planning and a few simple mix hacks, of course!
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At the core of any thrash track is a brutal bass guitar, keeping tempo as songs hit near supersonic speeds without missing a note. Let’s take a closer look at one of the lesser talked about elements of every great thrash metal song – the bass.
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Too often, if a timeframe or deadline isn’t set, things will just get postponed, delayed & ignored. You need to be strict with your time; make sure your time is as valuable to you as it is to the band or label paying you for it.
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No, this isn’t a stereo playback thing. It’s not a “your way is wrong and my way is right” type of thing either. This is about why more often than not, I find myself using two compressors when I’m mixing bass guitar.
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Just like your electric guitars, bass has several options to achieve a variety of brutal bass tones, but it all starts at the source.
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