Bass is my worst enemy...

[marcccc]

Ok...
We have 4 tracks on cd. 1 has mucho bass...and it's hardly enjoyable. My first question is ...1.) How to know when your guitar and drums will be too bassy when recording? (In set-up, my guitarist listens to the drums before recording, and its not all bassy...same with his guitar...then when its done it is..?) We are recording through a br-8. 2.) What I'm trying to do now is mix the tracks on the cd, then put them to another cd...like a rough draft to final. I'm using audio catalyst to make the tracks to wav and mp3. I used the wav file in music jukebox, mixed it down...and when i recorded to a blank cd and it came out the same as the first bassy recording...what can I do? Someone please help me. I like my music to be enjoyable!
Thanks.
Marc

 

[rtzstudios]

What kind of monitoring system are you using?

 

[marcccc]

monitors

I know that he uses (guitarist/vocals) 2 peavey sp5g's when we play it back.
We also have..i think a 12 channel..or 16 channel peavey 2002 or 2000 something mixing board. So, that with the br-8, he uses an sm-58 for the guitar recording with an umbrella over the amp...also a carpet...to make it more...condensed? hm...
If you need more specific things, just ask.
Marc

 

[regebro]

Those speakers are made for live sound, an hence not optimal for recording purposes. Therefore, the thing you need to do is listen to a lot of commercial CD's to learn how the speakers sound, and then mix to that.
Also do what you already did, listen to it on a lot of other systems, and if it sucks, remix.

One important thing is to not have a lot of low bass that goes below what the speakers handle well. If your speakers are rated down to 60Hz, don't try to get that really low rumble bass, it won't work.