adding bass to tracks (from bass git and vinyl) tips?!?

im a pretty good bassist and ive been rocking some basslines for this new album,
but just going into the motu ultralite via jack cable seems to pick up static that gets in the way when I boost the gain. do any of you guus record live bass? ive got some cool mics, would you recommend mic'ing up an amp? what kind of mics do you use?

alternatively as a backup I'm trying to record bass from vinyl, but I suck at it! should I be filtering out frquencies before it enters the mpc, should I wait for a bass solo or just a moment when drums dont hit?

thanks

I've recorded live bass over some of my beats. Never had the static noise problem. Are you sure you're cables aren't messed up?

For sampling off vinyl there is not a specific rule here. Depends on your desired result. You can just sample some bass with everything on top of it and filter that out. It gives that 90's type of vibe.

If you want a clean and natural sounding bass it's best to wait for a solo or a clean riff.

thanks, I'll try another cable, and going into the mac's standard input too.

its just annoying I couldn't hear it before I laid down some serious solos!

the bass is a new Fender p-bass. If it doesn't clean up maybe I should get the store to check the electronics

thanks for the vinyl tips too!

Turned out to be the power cable for the Ultralite causing the problem - woop! Bass sounds cool now if I run the Ultralite off firewire/thunderbolt.

a DI Box.

I just grab a groovy bass line and make it fit. Like smashing the square blocks into the circle shape. Sometimes its gonna loop perfect and so minor trimming is used. Or sometimes its sounds good halfway, so I chop it all up on to the pads and use the sounds that work. Pitch up and pitch down, whatever means necessary. Sometimes I'll even sync my beat with the vinyl source with the bass line so when I sample it, its already in time.

Depending on your MPC but most have lo pass filters, use it whenever you hear a dope bassline on a sample that has too much instruments on top.

Peace.

Get sticky with the grease.

As far as the bass guitar goes, I have been totally won over by the Line 6 Bass pod xt pro. I get some great sounds out of it and now don't have to worry about making noise or miking up problems etc.
I have actually sold my bass amp as I don't need one atm. and just use the pod to DI the bass straight into the mixing desk. There is a nice range of models in there at a good used price.
I was putting electric guitar through it too but I like it so much I have now bought the guitar version as well.

You get balanced (xlr) outs as well as the digital.





I believe the latest (new) unit includes both guitar and bass models but is quite pricey.



btw. Kick drums can sound great processed through this.

I've been thinking about buying something like that too, but can't afford one right now. Nice to read good reviews. I wish I also had more freetime so I actually could learn to play my bass a little better

Ill-Green wrote:I just grab a groovy bass line and make it fit. Like smashing the square blocks into the circle shape. Sometimes its gonna loop perfect and so minor trimming is used. Or sometimes its sounds good halfway, so I chop it all up on to the pads and use the sounds that work. Pitch up and pitch down, whatever means necessary. Sometimes I'll even sync my beat with the vinyl source with the bass line so when I sample it, its already in time.

Depending on your MPC but most have lo pass filters, use it whenever you hear a dope bassline on a sample that has too much instruments on top.

Peace.

Get sticky with the grease.

thats sig worthy right there.\