Getting the Perfect Modern Metal Bass Tone Explained

Recording some metal bass guitar anytime soon? Then you need to check out this bass guitar video course! Groove3 instructor Gary Hiebner walks you through the process, showing you how to blend different tones and apply some processing to achieve the perfect modern metal bass sound. These videos are designed for those to improve your metal bass recordings.

Videos

• Introduction (00:16) - Gary gives a quick introduction on what's going to be covered in this series on the perfect modern metal bass tone. The end result will essentially be a blend of clean and saturated bass tones.

• Getting the Perfect Modern Metal Bass Tone Pt. 1 (07:34) - In this video, Gary first plays the track so you can hear the bass tone within a full mix, followed by the bass isolated. Then Gary jumps into a DAW and shows how you take the raw DI bass, duplicate it, and then work on the clean sub bass tone.

• Getting the Perfect Modern Metal Bass Tone Pt. 2 (09:27) - Next up, Gary shows how you can add some saturation on the duplicate bass track with a guitar amp sim, along with some extra processing. Finally, you see how to blend the two tracks together to get the perfect modern metal bass tone.