Whether you like or dislike Joe's method, he cuts to the chase and gets straight to it. I find that British/English TH-cam tutorials are often more digestible. Americans are usually running most videos and tend to over-explain everything, right down to the fact their Air-con has been playing up recently... and other fluff. Nobody gives a frog's cock about anything other than the information they were looking for.
Im a begginer in using Logic. and always wondering why my bass tone sucks. I just record it plug and play. But after watching this video, it changed my life. Love it. Thanks for this man! Continue making vids like this. It helps a lot of people. God bless man!
Deffo a subjective thing, but to my ear, the more you played with the sound, the worse it was getting! The end product sounded like I was listening through the bedroom wall to my neighbour playing....
Hey Joe, this is a great vid. I am mixing a track and i was struggling to fit in the bass with the right eq and plugins and i followed your mix and my bass sounds much better. Thank you so much
I've just been working on one of my tracks for my 3rd EP, although it's my 3rd, it's my first time doing a lot of the production work myself. I have been scrolling through videos trying to find a clear and concise way to create a "warm" bass tone. I can't believe I never thought to use a bass amp preset 🤦🏼♂️ These steps were super helpful, and you've set it up in such a way that ANYONE can play around with the different frequencies to get desired tone. Thanks for your help!
after the first touch of EQ cleanup, i send it to an aux, take the highs of bass to a stereo spread while keeping the original bass channel mono with sub initiating plugins (like Waves Rbass) and top it off with an SSL Comp and then finally use the FFEQ to analyse and tweak anything necessary. you get bith stereo highs while subby lows. works for me.
Hey, I just followed your advice with INFINITELY better results than from this tutorial. The method in this video scoops the mids very drastically, but the result isn't quite a desirable smooth, creamy bass (think Beatles Dear Prudence), but more like, as another commenter said, like listening through the wall to someone playing bass in the next room. Click Read More if you're interested in a recap. As per Xufi Nawaz's recommendation, I used the following channel strip set-up: Plugins: Bass Amp (Warm preset, tinkered to your liking) Sub bass (boost low frequencies between 50 to 200, maximum wetness. Tinker with it to avoid dissonance.) Compressor (Studio FET, 2:1 ratio, a little makeup, long release time - this gives a fatter, more consistent sound to the notes played) Channel EQ Send to Auxiliary bus, start with about 50% signal. Aux channel strip: Channel EQ: Hard cut out all the lows up to 150 hz, knee frequencies 150 to 400, lightly boost remain highs. Spreader: Rate .250 hz; Intensity 30%; Channel Delay 42 sam; Mix 100% Benefit of this method is that you get crisp, dynamic high ends and warm, full, creamy lows. AND you can easily adjust between them, by easing off on the Aux send signal, or lessening the sub bass etc. Having two channels to balance your mix lets you achieve crazy full results. By the way, absolutely no disrespect to the author of this video! Thanks for making this tutorial and, like he said, tone and mix are largely a matter of preference! Just thought I'd share what I found.
@@brendanjames9793 thank you so much describing it so well. one thing i would like to add is that the method can be experimented with the width of stereo of the highs as per individual needs. thanks a lot again Brendan! appreciate it a lot.
@@brendanjames9793 Very very useful... Thank you. And like you said, no disrespect to the author (Joe) because it's a matter of personal preference. I prefer a cleaner yet deep sound myself so this is dope
This is the first video I have ever seen on your channel and the first thing I thought when I heard your voice was: "Has he thought of doing vocal covers of Coldplay?" You have the same voice as Chris Martin :O
Joe I’m using a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 2nd gen. Hopefully I’ll be able to achieve the same results? I’ve been trying to mic my bass amp but I’m not pleased with the sound I’m getting.
Unfortunately I think it sounded much better before you started fiddling with it. You added way too much muddy low end, so much so that it sounded like it was underwater. Your compression choked it (too fast). Strange choice to add a FET at the end. That would have been better to knock peaks first, then level out with a more gentle compressor after.
Great video! however I feel that with a little bit of EQ your original sounding much better. to my ear, you cut off too much of mids that had a lot of definition of some notes. Then again it's all personal preference. Keep it up!
Certainly won’t be using your tips. To me you just ruined it. Lost all its definition etc. I think it should have been mixed within the context of a song against other instruments
Uh what makes you think this is the bass line of a song or that there are other instruments? 4 to 1 he just wrote that (pretty gnarly) riff just for this video. Also, a little bit of nuance never hurt anyone; even though I agree that I wouldn't take this final product per say, there were still like valuable practices shown & explained in the video. It's not all or nothing, especially with someone that can actually make videos of this high a quality in the first place
That's absolutely fine, there's no reason you should use it if you don't like it :) I like the end result so thought I would share, and it's a good tone to use to practise with. It COULD have been demonstrated with other instruments, but I chose against that, there are countless examples in songs where the bass is isolated, and to give a better understanding of what each parameter does, I thought having it isolated would be a better option :) I hope you find what you're looking for elsewhere! Cheers Joe
Joe's Logic on hindsight I owe you a sincere apology. It was extremely rude of me to criticise you in such a manner. Specially when you’ve took the time and effort to help people. TH-cam needs people like yourself. While the end result wasn’t my taste I had no right to say it so rudely. I did however learn a few tips. Please accept my apology and continue with your passion. Much respect ✊
Madison Emery I apologise, I shouldn’t have been so rude and your spot on for ticking me off. I have apologised to Joe also. TH-cam has far too many critics hiding behind a keyboard.
@@TheJimboe11 That is quite alright! That's very big of you to apologise, when you could have easily said nothing. I completely accept your apology, no hard feelings whatsoever. Best of luck with whatever you're working with!
Whether you like or dislike Joe's method, he cuts to the chase and gets straight to it. I find that British/English TH-cam tutorials are often more digestible. Americans are usually running most videos and tend to over-explain everything, right down to the fact their Air-con has been playing up recently... and other fluff. Nobody gives a frog's cock about anything other than the information they were looking for.
Very true
Im a begginer in using Logic. and always wondering why my bass tone sucks. I just record it plug and play. But after watching this video, it changed my life. Love it. Thanks for this man! Continue making vids like this. It helps a lot of people. God bless man!
Deffo a subjective thing, but to my ear, the more you played with the sound, the worse it was getting! The end product sounded like I was listening through the bedroom wall to my neighbour playing....
Hahaha! Well that's absolutely fine. This is of course all preferences, so if some of it doesn't work for you, just use the parts that do :)
This is a great tone. Sounds ok by itself but I can tell it will sit so brilliantly in the mix
Thank you. Helped me create an awesome bass sound for the first time. Guided me through that process intuitively. Much appreciated!
Very helpful. Logic actually has some great guitar and bass amps in it.
Hey Joe, this is a great vid. I am mixing a track and i was struggling to fit in the bass with the right eq and plugins and i followed your mix and my bass sounds much better. Thank you so much
this vid literally saved my life the recording does sound a lot better now.....!! THANK YOU SO MUCHHH
This might be the BEST tutorial of how to make better bass tone.
Thanks man :D
Multipressor plugin works amazing for bass. I use the extreme deep punch preset.
Yeah I tried the Multipressor as well. Works marvellously and provides that cushion I've been looking for. Used Joe's Amp tips though. Thanks folks!
Thanks!! I was looking for a way to get the huge low end on my bass guitar, and this totally did the trick! Cheers!
thank you so much ive just started mixing bass and ive found this so helpful i really appreciate it imma sub
Sounds very nice, will definitely sit well in a mix
I've just been working on one of my tracks for my 3rd EP, although it's my 3rd, it's my first time doing a lot of the production work myself. I have been scrolling through videos trying to find a clear and concise way to create a "warm" bass tone. I can't believe I never thought to use a bass amp preset 🤦🏼♂️ These steps were super helpful, and you've set it up in such a way that ANYONE can play around with the different frequencies to get desired tone. Thanks for your help!
Beautiful, thank you!
Great video!! Thanks. This is really helpful to a beginning Logic nerd.
Great video! Just what I was looking for! Thanks!
You're a life saver bro. Super easy to follow and my bass sounds great now thanks!
after the first touch of EQ cleanup, i send it to an aux, take the highs of bass to a stereo spread while keeping the original bass channel mono with sub initiating plugins (like Waves Rbass) and top it off with an SSL Comp and then finally use the FFEQ to analyse and tweak anything necessary. you get bith stereo highs while subby lows. works for me.
Xulfi Nawaz you should make a tutorial
@@mikefetters6674 would love to. hardly get much time. but will try for sure.
Hey, I just followed your advice with INFINITELY better results than from this tutorial. The method in this video scoops the mids very drastically, but the result isn't quite a desirable smooth, creamy bass (think Beatles Dear Prudence), but more like, as another commenter said, like listening through the wall to someone playing bass in the next room. Click Read More if you're interested in a recap.
As per Xufi Nawaz's recommendation, I used the following channel strip set-up:
Plugins:
Bass Amp (Warm preset, tinkered to your liking)
Sub bass (boost low frequencies between 50 to 200, maximum wetness. Tinker with it to avoid dissonance.)
Compressor (Studio FET, 2:1 ratio, a little makeup, long release time - this gives a fatter, more consistent sound to the notes played)
Channel EQ
Send to Auxiliary bus, start with about 50% signal.
Aux channel strip:
Channel EQ: Hard cut out all the lows up to 150 hz, knee frequencies 150 to 400, lightly boost remain highs.
Spreader: Rate .250 hz; Intensity 30%; Channel Delay 42 sam; Mix 100%
Benefit of this method is that you get crisp, dynamic high ends and warm, full, creamy lows. AND you can easily adjust between them, by easing off on the Aux send signal, or lessening the sub bass etc. Having two channels to balance your mix lets you achieve crazy full results.
By the way, absolutely no disrespect to the author of this video! Thanks for making this tutorial and, like he said, tone and mix are largely a matter of preference! Just thought I'd share what I found.
@@brendanjames9793 thank you so much describing it so well. one thing i would like to add is that the method can be experimented with the width of stereo of the highs as per individual needs. thanks a lot again Brendan! appreciate it a lot.
@@brendanjames9793 Very very useful... Thank you. And like you said, no disrespect to the author (Joe) because it's a matter of personal preference. I prefer a cleaner yet deep sound myself so this is dope
This is the first video I have ever seen on your channel and the first thing I thought when I heard your voice was: "Has he thought of doing vocal covers of Coldplay?" You have the same voice as Chris Martin :O
great tutorial! the 20 people who disliked this video probably just have a predisposition with guys named "Joe"... thanks again!
on the very first eq you use I can figure out how to get the eq down as low as you do it only goes down to like 35 with the numbers on the left side
Excellent.Thanks !
Good Job man!!
Sounds muddy to me, think it’s over cooked from your original recorded sound. 🤔
If I use that logic amp preset with my standard jazz bass and mi apogee interface, i need to bring compression to minimum and sounds totally diferent
Mega video mate
That’s a good bass tone tutorial for di. thanks
Thanks I needed that
Hi, great playing man ! 👍🤩😎 What the RTL latency you have with this interface in 44.1 and buffer 32 ? You are my best 🎸👏🤩
Awesome, this def made my bass pop.
I think the gain staging is causing the fuzz, the signal looks too hot to me. Pre fader metering helps. Great Vid tho thanks
cool!! thanks!! one question sir: with sample rate do you use to record your bass? thanks!!
Thanks a lot! 🙌🏻
You saved my song ! Thanks a lot !
THANKS A LOT BRO GOD BLESS U
Joe I’m using a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 2nd gen. Hopefully I’ll be able to achieve the same results? I’ve been trying to mic my bass amp but I’m not pleased with the sound I’m getting.
That should work absolutely fine 😀
Cool! Thank you!
Unfortunately I think it sounded much better before you started fiddling with it. You added way too much muddy low end, so much so that it sounded like it was underwater. Your compression choked it (too fast). Strange choice to add a FET at the end. That would have been better to knock peaks first, then level out with a more gentle compressor after.
Great video! however I feel that with a little bit of EQ your original sounding much better. to my ear, you cut off too much of mids that had a lot of definition of some notes. Then again it's all personal preference. Keep it up!
Thank you! Yes absolutely, it's all down to preference 😊
is this naboo from the mighty boosh?
No, this is Patrick
Yo Bro I appreciate the expertise much love to ya!
Thanks, mate
wow thanks mate
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Is this the same guy who does the piano videos??
clean tone of the bass was better :(
I thought the same thing...
I prefer the original.
You sound exactly like Jim from The Office UK
too muffed !!
deffo remove this video it's got channel killing potential.
Certainly won’t be using your tips. To me you just ruined it. Lost all its definition etc. I think it should have been mixed within the context of a song against other instruments
Uh what makes you think this is the bass line of a song or that there are other instruments? 4 to 1 he just wrote that (pretty gnarly) riff just for this video. Also, a little bit of nuance never hurt anyone; even though I agree that I wouldn't take this final product per say, there were still like valuable practices shown & explained in the video. It's not all or nothing, especially with someone that can actually make videos of this high a quality in the first place
That's absolutely fine, there's no reason you should use it if you don't like it :) I like the end result so thought I would share, and it's a good tone to use to practise with. It COULD have been demonstrated with other instruments, but I chose against that, there are countless examples in songs where the bass is isolated, and to give a better understanding of what each parameter does, I thought having it isolated would be a better option :) I hope you find what you're looking for elsewhere!
Cheers
Joe
Joe's Logic on hindsight I owe you a sincere apology. It was extremely rude of me to criticise you in such a manner. Specially when you’ve took the time and effort to help people. TH-cam needs people like yourself. While the end result wasn’t my taste I had no right to say it so rudely. I did however learn a few tips. Please accept my apology and continue with your passion. Much respect ✊
Madison Emery I apologise, I shouldn’t have been so rude and your spot on for ticking me off. I have apologised to Joe also. TH-cam has far too many critics hiding behind a keyboard.
@@TheJimboe11 That is quite alright! That's very big of you to apologise, when you could have easily said nothing. I completely accept your apology, no hard feelings whatsoever.
Best of luck with whatever you're working with!