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With so much weight being put on your bass tone and how your rig sits in the mix, it’s important to consider innovative new ways to improve that sound.
Pantera’s sound is unique and instantly recognizable. You’ve got the wailing, shred-filled playing of Dimebag Darrell, the grizzly, aggressive vocals of Phil Anselmo, and the driving, thunderous drums of Vinnie Paul. Tying all of those elements together are the haunting, brute power of Rex Brown’s bass.
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How much of your mixes low end come from the bass guitar track? 50%? 90%? How would you actually measure it?
There’s a lot of insight we can gain from bass-focused engineers and producers, as well as professional bassists, when it comes to getting an awesome bass sound both in the studio and in a live mix situation.
Recording bass directly is one of the most common techniques in the studio across many different genres. Producers love the clear, unaltered low end present in a great DI recording and the pliability that sound has in the mix. While...
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