bass records distorted?......

[freakkguitarist]

ive been noticing that on alot of my recordings the bass guitar is rather distorted....not gain... but almost a rumbly clipping sound. but im definitely not clipping the mic (d6 and D114) and im not clipping the preamp at all. what could it be?

[ofajen]

Originally Posted by freakkguitarist

ive been noticing that on alot of my recordings the bass guitar is rather distorted....not gain... but almost a rumbly clipping sound. but im definitely not clipping the mic (d6 and D114) and im not clipping the preamp at all. what could it be?

I think we need more details on the whole signal chain to pin in down. Are you listening back to a bass track or to a mix? Might be tracking too loud on the recorder input? Are you using a compressor in the chain with an attack setting so fast that you are clipping the bass waveform?

Cheers,

Otto

[tmix]

What Otto said.

My first guess is a battery is low in your active pickups (if you have that) the compressor is farting (optical compressors work best)
or something in your cable chain is bad.

more info from you!