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I don't know where it comes from, but I prefer the cleaner, more pure bass sound he used on I&W and FII, which, by the way, made a very interesting counterpoint to the heavy guitar riffs imo.
I love the bass mix in Score
Quote from: reneranucci on March 05, 2010, 11:42:17 AMQuote from: FlashCE on March 05, 2010, 07:18:07 AMQuote from: Dream Team on March 05, 2010, 06:35:37 AMQuote from: FlashCE on March 05, 2010, 06:14:40 AMI think there's enough low end in the bass in the recordings. The problem is the lack of high end. If they add more high end into the mix, you'll be able to hear the punch and clarity in JM's playing.Possibly, but I think playing with a pick on the low strings on the heavier songs could provide more low end.Hmm... playing with a pick would only give it more attack. The low end is usually always there isn't it? DT's current mixes have enough low end, I think people actually want more high end when they say they want more JMX.I think at the end, the option in the poll should be "distinct basslines that allow JM to be heard" instead of "more volume in the mix"I agree with this. As I said many times before, the problem is not the bass volume itself. It's rather a combination of doubling the guitar lines (sometimes keyboard lines) and using an unhealthy amount of distortion/overdrive. Also, now that JM uses a MM Bongo bass (which has a much bigger bottom end than his Yamaha basses), he almost wastes its potential by creating a sound full of distortion since it amplifies the mids and low highs and cuts down the bottom end quite a bit.I don't know where it comes from, but I prefer the cleaner, more pure bass sound he used on I&W and FII, which, by the way, made a very interesting counterpoint to the heavy guitar riffs imo.Also, what sometimes irks me is that JR is sometimes playing in the same octave as JM (mostly during the heavy songs), which takes up even more space that actually belongs to the bass player. But that's kind of a different chapter.
Quote from: FlashCE on March 05, 2010, 07:18:07 AMQuote from: Dream Team on March 05, 2010, 06:35:37 AMQuote from: FlashCE on March 05, 2010, 06:14:40 AMI think there's enough low end in the bass in the recordings. The problem is the lack of high end. If they add more high end into the mix, you'll be able to hear the punch and clarity in JM's playing.Possibly, but I think playing with a pick on the low strings on the heavier songs could provide more low end.Hmm... playing with a pick would only give it more attack. The low end is usually always there isn't it? DT's current mixes have enough low end, I think people actually want more high end when they say they want more JMX.I think at the end, the option in the poll should be "distinct basslines that allow JM to be heard" instead of "more volume in the mix"
Quote from: Dream Team on March 05, 2010, 06:35:37 AMQuote from: FlashCE on March 05, 2010, 06:14:40 AMI think there's enough low end in the bass in the recordings. The problem is the lack of high end. If they add more high end into the mix, you'll be able to hear the punch and clarity in JM's playing.Possibly, but I think playing with a pick on the low strings on the heavier songs could provide more low end.Hmm... playing with a pick would only give it more attack. The low end is usually always there isn't it? DT's current mixes have enough low end, I think people actually want more high end when they say they want more JMX.
Quote from: FlashCE on March 05, 2010, 06:14:40 AMI think there's enough low end in the bass in the recordings. The problem is the lack of high end. If they add more high end into the mix, you'll be able to hear the punch and clarity in JM's playing.Possibly, but I think playing with a pick on the low strings on the heavier songs could provide more low end.
I think there's enough low end in the bass in the recordings. The problem is the lack of high end. If they add more high end into the mix, you'll be able to hear the punch and clarity in JM's playing.
Quote from: tri.ad on March 05, 2010, 02:25:31 PMQuote from: reneranucci on March 05, 2010, 11:42:17 AMQuote from: FlashCE on March 05, 2010, 07:18:07 AMQuote from: Dream Team on March 05, 2010, 06:35:37 AMQuote from: FlashCE on March 05, 2010, 06:14:40 AMI think there's enough low end in the bass in the recordings. The problem is the lack of high end. If they add more high end into the mix, you'll be able to hear the punch and clarity in JM's playing.Possibly, but I think playing with a pick on the low strings on the heavier songs could provide more low end.Hmm... playing with a pick would only give it more attack. The low end is usually always there isn't it? DT's current mixes have enough low end, I think people actually want more high end when they say they want more JMX.I think at the end, the option in the poll should be "distinct basslines that allow JM to be heard" instead of "more volume in the mix"I agree with this. As I said many times before, the problem is not the bass volume itself. It's rather a combination of doubling the guitar lines (sometimes keyboard lines) and using an unhealthy amount of distortion/overdrive. Also, now that JM uses a MM Bongo bass (which has a much bigger bottom end than his Yamaha basses), he almost wastes its potential by creating a sound full of distortion since it amplifies the mids and low highs and cuts down the bottom end quite a bit.I don't know where it comes from, but I prefer the cleaner, more pure bass sound he used on I&W and FII, which, by the way, made a very interesting counterpoint to the heavy guitar riffs imo.Also, what sometimes irks me is that JR is sometimes playing in the same octave as JM (mostly during the heavy songs), which takes up even more space that actually belongs to the bass player. But that's kind of a different chapter.I think all of you are right. Every last one of you.
Everything. 9:50 Lines in the Sand. I miss that sort of stuff. I want it again.