Re: Recommendations: low-budget bass amp

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:42:13 +0000, Odie Ferrous
<Odie_ferrous@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Steve Cobham wrote:

>> Surely a better soloution would be to upgrade the monitors?
>>
>> Like the speaker said - I'm baffled.
>
>Don't be baffled Steve! Leave that side of things to me...
>
>I have problems with lower-frequency sounds. Put me in a fairly busy
>pub, and I cannot hold a conversation - I simply cannot hear anything
>due to the background noise.
>
>Similarly with recording, although it's slightly more complex. When I
>am playing, I need to hear the instrument playing well above the other
>levels - although naturally I don't record at these levels. And because
>of my low-frequency deafness, it is more pronounced with the bass.

So why not simply boost the bass in the monitor mix?

Seriously, I think I will leave that side to you - in fact I'll leave
every side to you since you seem to have such exacting requirements
that I don't really think I can help you with them - or, indeed, if
anyone else can.

I know that it's important to get things "just so" for recording and
playing, but sometimes you just have to compromise. Indeed, we do it
all the time with a standard guitar and its inherent imperfections.

But maybe we should assimilate these imperfections rather than fight
them?

Steve.
.

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