rookie needs advice for recording bass / bass drum -Sound Forge - PC

Subject:rookie needs advice for recording bass / bass drum Posted by: robotjohnson Date:6/14/2002 10:24:15 AM i am brand new to recording software and using a combination of soundforge 5 and acidpro 3 for creating predominantly loop-based tunes. hopefully this isn't too dumb of a question. are there any rules of thumb for recording low-end instruments such as bass guitar (i've been going straight into the soundcard instead of mic) and bass drum kicks in terms of eqing, effecting, etc? i have been recording directly into soundforge. i'm not sure if this is where my problem is, but i've already damaged a set of home stereo speakers that i use for playback, and my hunch is that the bottom end is causing this. any help is appreciated.
Subject:RE: rookie needs advice for recording bass / bass drum Reply by: Chienworks Date:6/14/2002 12:48:57 PM When you connect to the sound card, are you connecting to the line input or the mic input? Guitar pickups put out a level that is too high for microphone inputs. You'll get lots of loud distortion unless you use the line input.
Subject:RE: rookie needs advice for recording bass / bass drum Reply by: ady_tabacaru Date:6/14/2002 2:32:22 PM try using the mic at the Bass and Bass Drum( it gives you a natural sound ), about the speakers (work with a small level at the output) and use some real monitors like Yamaha or Allesis Monitor One.
Subject:RE: rookie needs advice for recording bass / bass drum Reply by: Geoff_Wood Date:6/14/2002 10:04:14 PM The bass output may be a bit low level for the soundcard line in, and unless it is an 'active' bass, the impedence of the soundcard input will be too low. A built-in mic preamp on a soundcard is unlikely to be very high quality, especially at low frequency. What mic and sondcard are you using ? An external preamp (maybe mini-mixer) may be required. EQing - you may need drastic EQing to get the sound you want, and compression too. Usually some low bass needed for thump, and some higher frequency boost if you want a 'clicky' sound.
Subject:RE: rookie needs advice for recording bass / bass drum Reply by: rraud Date:6/18/2002 8:12:59 PM Electronic Musician has a article on micing kick drums in the July edition which you may find helpful or amusing. http://www.emusician.com .

Subject:rookie needs advice for recording bass / bass drum

Posted by: robotjohnson

Date:6/14/2002 10:24:15 AM

i am brand new to recording software and using a combination of soundforge 5 and acidpro 3 for creating predominantly loop-based tunes. hopefully this isn't too dumb of a question.

are there any rules of thumb for recording low-end instruments such as bass guitar (i've been going straight into the soundcard instead of mic) and bass drum kicks in terms of eqing, effecting, etc? i have been recording directly into soundforge. i'm not sure if this is where my problem is, but i've already damaged a set of home stereo speakers that i use for playback, and my hunch is that the bottom end is causing this. any help is appreciated.

Subject:RE: rookie needs advice for recording bass / bass drum

Reply by: Chienworks

Date:6/14/2002 12:48:57 PM

When you connect to the sound card, are you connecting to the line input or the mic input? Guitar pickups put out a level that is too high for microphone inputs. You'll get lots of loud distortion unless you use the line input.

Subject:RE: rookie needs advice for recording bass / bass drum

Reply by: ady_tabacaru

Date:6/14/2002 2:32:22 PM

try using the mic at the Bass and Bass Drum( it gives you a natural sound ), about the speakers (work with a small level at the output) and use some real monitors like Yamaha or Allesis Monitor One.

Subject:RE: rookie needs advice for recording bass / bass drum

Reply by: Geoff_Wood

Date:6/14/2002 10:04:14 PM

The bass output may be a bit low level for the soundcard line in, and unless it is an 'active' bass, the impedence of the soundcard input will be too low.

A built-in mic preamp on a soundcard is unlikely to be very high quality, especially at low frequency. What mic and sondcard are you using ? An external preamp (maybe mini-mixer) may be required.

EQing - you may need drastic EQing to get the sound you want, and compression too. Usually some low bass needed for thump, and some higher frequency boost if you want a 'clicky' sound.

Subject:RE: rookie needs advice for recording bass / bass drum

Reply by: rraud

Date:6/18/2002 8:12:59 PM

Electronic Musician has a article on micing kick drums in the July edition which you may find helpful or amusing. http://www.emusician.com .