Metal Bass Tone - How to Make It Awesome [Reaper Tutorial]
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- Опубліковано 26 чер 2024
- The bass in metal is the glue between the bottom end of the drums, especially the kick, and the mids of the guitars. Distorted guitars don't glue well with an unmodified bass tone, it needs it's own distortion, applied just right.
The standard of processing metal bass is to split it into three parallel tracks based on frequency, and treat those three tracks differently. When they are merged back together, they will make the perfect bass tone that glues with your guitars and with your drums. This video teaches you how!
00:00 Introduction
01:07 Creating the basic bass track
02:57 Setting up the processing tracks
05:16 Processing the bottom track
06:37 Processing the grit track
09:30 Processing the dist track
10:32 Finalizing the bass tone
11:32 Trying the tone in a mix
14:16 Creating a track template
15:30 Outro - like and subscribe!
Equipment and software used:
- Reaper 6.42
- Neural DSP Fortin Nameless
- TSE 808
- TSE R47
- Lepou Le456
- LeCab2
- Superior Drummer with Metal Machine
- Ibanez S470
- Aston Spirit
- Davinci Resolve 17
Download Lepou amps at osirisguitar.com/lepou
The Systematic Mixing Guide: systematicproductions.com/mix...
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I've watched alot of videos trying to explains techniques you used in this video (buses, cabs, eq cuts) I felt this was the most informative one I watched, and it wasn't intended to lol. Thanks!
Well, I did go through the routing etc pretty thoroughly for it to be informative in more than one way. Glad you liked it!
I just ordered my first Audio Interface. This will be very helpful for creating backing tracks. Great video thanks!
That tone sounds great. I feel I'm going to get a get a good tone with this info.
really interesting way of mixing... i will try that for sure..
You have no idea how much this cleaned up my mix. My god, it's like night and day. You're doing god's work.
Super happy to hear it 😀
@@osiris-guitar I did it a bit differently (got rid of the second distortion effect on the grit channel), but separating the signal into separate channels is a game changer.
Amazing video . Thank you very much!
liked and subscribed
Thanks for the sub!
Great tone, but in the final mix is too low in volume. In my opinion bass doesn't have to be perceived, but heard, like guitars or drums. It doesn't have to necessarily double rhythm guitar one octave lower all the time, but should create its own melodies and harmonies to enriching musical texture, rendering it much more interesting. You guys who play guitar don't like bassists with initiatives, don't you?😁 I'm joking...Just pump a bit up the volume and would be far better! 🙂 Thank you.
Hmm... bass still doesn't really sit well but that might just be Trilian itself, keep up the great work with the tutorials :) subbed
How would you change it?
Hi there @Osiris Guitar, been following your steps but can you guide me where I can find that Mesa4x12 oversized cab???? been an idiot looking it around everywhere :)
I'll see if it's in the IR pack I usually link to on my blog...
@@osiris-guitar i downloaded it but it is not included, hoping you could help me :) thanks a lot. been following your guide for my base
@@thesingingpanda4060
Not sure if it's freeware, but I can't find the company that made it (and from where I got it for free) anymore. So...
www.osirisguitar.com/wp-content/mesa-412-oversized.zip
Being a little OCD myself, does the bass di need to be at the bottom? Can you bring it up under the main bass track or will that chamge something?
Since the DI track only sends to the three processing tracks (bottom/grit/dist) and not to master/parent it can be placed anywhere. Even outside of the main bass track (how's that for OCD :-D)
can you share this reaper template? thanks
Absolutely! I'll post it on my blog shortly.
There's a link for it at the bottom of this blog post now: www.osirisguitar.com/nailing-your-metal-bass-tone-with-parallel-processing-video/
@@osiris-guitar thanks. Btw what are your top 3 favorite amp sims and irs for guutars and bass
I haven't really done extensive testing of simuper many amp sims, I've kind of stuck with my favorites over long periods of time. My all-time most used:
- NeuralDSP Fortin Nameless and Plini (current). Whole signal chain built in, and you can tweak the impulses by moving microphones etc.
- TSEX50 - also a complete plugin with stomp boxes and IRs
- Lepou Lecto + Lecab with friedman or God's cab. More work sine you have to create the entire signal chain, but also free. Made a video about that: ua-cam.com/video/qCI6qJgRNy4/v-deo.html
Noooo. Search your Reaper plugins for Band Splitter. If you choose the 3 Band, it has 6 output pins, already mapped to the low, mid, and highs.Sends to three individual tracks and do your processing there. And a Buss of course.
And it was late last night, the R47, is an emulation of the famous RAT distortion pedal, not a Bass Amp. Use Clean-ish Amp with the R47.. Also try the TSE BOD on your Bass,. For Metal get STL Emissary Bundle, all Free of course. R47 and Clean Emissary 🙂