Analogue Recording: How to Record Bass Guitar

The second video in the new series about analogue recording techniques with music producer Simon Campbell - features how to record an electric bass guitar.

To get the best experience I suggest you listen with headphones as the bass doesn’t come through well on mobile devices or computers.
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0:00 Intro
0:29 Overview
1:17 Microphone settings
1:55 Rupert Neve Designs DI
2:22 Suzy Starlite - bass rig-rundown
5:16 Mic pre-amps
7:41 Different Mic sounds
8:36 Recording Levels - Pro Tools
8:57 Routing
9:56 The fly swatter and the Lunghi
10:17 Compressors - isolating microphones
11:30 Nailing the groove
12:00 Conclusion
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For more in-depth information and an overview read: https://vibes.starlite-campbell.com/p...

Setting up the Pro Tools Session -
Recording with EQ and compression. Yes or No?
Routing

CREDITS

Simon Campbell - Music producer
Suzy Starlite - bass

Recorded at @SupertoneRecords vintage analogue studio, just north of Lisboa, Portugal.
Filming / Editing: Suzy Starlite

Thanks to: CADAC, Mike Lull Custom Guitars, Hipshot Products, Sequential, Thomastik-Infeld, Hiwatt, Supertone, Rupert Neve, Henry Dodge from the Elvis Presley Memorial Foundation and the Two Kings themselves: Elvis Presley and the mighty King of Eyewear - Jez Levy of Eyes on St. Albans.