by If you wanted to record your bass 40 or 50 years ago, it would have been an expensive and time-consuming project.
You’d have to rent a studio (not cheap), hire a recording engineer (again – not cheap!), and that’s just to get it recorded. You may even have to fork out more money for someone to mix and master whatever you record.
The process ends up taking a ton of time, not to mention being heavy on the wallet.
Today though, things are very different and I want to show you how you can start recording professional-sounding bass tracks in the comfort of your own home for less than $100.
As long as you already have some common gear like your own bass, instrument cable, some headphones and a computer to record with, you can get started very affordably.
I’ve also got 4 tips you can use to make sure your bass recordings sound just like what you’d hear on the radio.
Check out the lesson here:
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Being able to record in the comfort of your own bedroom, basement or wherever, means that you can really take your time and craft the perfect bass track. You don’t always have that luxury when you record your bass in a studio setting.
By the way – I’m not knocking using a professional studio. I’ve played on dozens of studio sessions and it can be a really magical experience.
However, if you’re not at that level yet or you simply don’t have the funds, you can get similar results using either of the <$100 USB interfaces I mentioned.
You can even get great sounding bass tracks by recording directly to your phone, but that’s another video for another day.
Good luck with the lesson and happy bass recording!
Cheers,
P.S. Here are the Amazon links to the interfaces if you’re interested in checking them out and want to start recording bass:
https://www.amazon.com/Focusrite-Scarlett-Audio-Interface-Tools/dp/B01E6T56CM/
https://www.amazon.com/Mackie-Onyx-Artist-1-2-Interface-x/dp/B07664LMPQ
Hi luke,
Thank you for your excellent post about recording .
I already own a macky pro-fx8-v2 with usb in/out, and use that for recording.?.
Thanks to you, there is something to record, because i make much progress in bass
playing; your lessons are the best and very helpfull.
Greets, Bob. Nl.