Make your bass sound like Korn...

[SeventhSon]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...bass+is%3Afree

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[Stinkbug]

Re: Make your bass sound like Korn...

Yikes!! I am not a Korn fan, but I am pretty sure their bass doesn't sound like that.

[Endrik]

Re: Make your bass sound like Korn...

actually Korn's bass sound is a low end fart and you can hear that "metallic" string tone.
But it's not definetly done like that, no scooping. I'm sure they use combination of amps, corssovers and DIs. Low end is clean and the upper FQs are distorted.

[Chrisb]

Re: Make your bass sound like Korn...

Thats pretty close to how it sound actually. As Endrik said I doubt its done like this kid does it, but this is probably as close as you can get without alot of playing with extra shit. As Endrik also said their stuff while its very low and distorted is pretty tight and clean. Its actually a pretty badass bass sound IMO.

[Endrik]

Re: Make your bass sound like Korn...

My guess:

One signal to DI and directly to the board
The other one to crossover where the signal is splitted to 2.
The low end signal goes to the bass amp head with huge cabs (w/ 15" speakers) and is miced. The sound is clean because distorted bass guitar's low ends only make the mix muddy. The amp could be a SS because SS sounds cleaner.
The hi and mid signal goes to other head(s) (tube amps) could be even guitar amps. I think the speaker's are smaller, like 10". The amp(s) are overdrived/distorted. It's miced.

Both signals are going to preamp and then to the board.

All (DId and miced signals) are heavily EQd and probably comprssed.
All are mixed to the middle.

I'm just guessing based what my ears tell me.

[Endrik]

Re: Make your bass sound like Korn...

Also, I think they use pretty moderate amount of distortion on the hi and mid frequency.

Also the ultra low/heavy Korn sound is coming form the bass NOT from the 7 string guitars.

Also, a lot of the Korn's bass lines are slapped wich gives an extra punch to the mix.

Also, I feel sorry for the engineers because recording and mixing the bass guitars' low B string is pain in the ass, most of the producers don't allow bass players to use 5 string basses in the studio (for open low B playing)