{"id":315,"date":"2020-04-07T12:16:13","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T12:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bassguitardojo.com\/?p=315"},"modified":"2020-04-07T12:16:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T12:16:13","slug":"how-to-record-bass-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bassguitardojo.com\/best-accoustic-bass-guitar\/how-to-record-bass-guitar\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Record Bass Guitar?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Of all the different kinds of guitars including acoustic, electric, electro-acoustic, archtop, twelve-string, and double-neck guitars to name a few, mastering the bass guitar is perhaps the most demanding and arduous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No wonder then that the bass guitar is invariably used for recording music in a variety of genres including but not limited to jazz, symphonic rock, blues, R&B, blues, gospel, reggae, country, heavy metal, and rock. The bass guitar models usually come with 4, 5, or 6 strings and always have two less strings than say an acoustic or archtop guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A bass guitar always has a unique role to fulfill, regardless of whether the instrument is played in a studio recording or strummed at a live concert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The musical instrument has its distinct scale, tone, length, and feel and therefore playing it effectively calls for having specialized strumming skills and adopting an unconventional technical approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to recording a specific music style, the bass guitar can prove to be incredibly handy, furnishing a firm foundation for your song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, there are multiple ways in which you record notes produced by a bass guitar-by mic\u2019ing the amp\/cabinet or directly injecting or plugging the instrument into the DI box or recorder. However, many sound recording and audio engineers try to attain perfection by blending signals from amplifiers and DI boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before you can start recording, find out if the soundtrack is going to use other musical instruments or whether the notes will be superimposed or overdubbed over existing recordings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Going DI is recommended in all recording situations in order to minimize the possibilities of spills and also to keep options open in case you want to change something during the latter recording stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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