mixing bass

[banjo71]

Is there a way other than depending soley on your ears, to make sure bass guitar is same volume every song?

I don't have a physical mixer, all done on pc and mouse. So I build from scratch a new mixer for every song. Most of my business is mixing, not recording. So there are different recording signal levels coming in from different songs on the bass guitar. But it's good to have the bass guitar mixed the same volume for every song. Is it primarily an ear thing?

 

[mixsit]

... But it's good to have the bass guitar mixed the same volume for every song. Is it primarily an ear thing?

Interesting thing to say. I don't happen to agree with it realy either.
One of the ways to align/look at song levels in a mastering context- is to alingn on the vocals, but that would be more one group's songs, (a 'song to song balance thing.
Between one style/band to the next though.. I'd be looking at how the kick and bass want to fit together, and solve for that combination, tone and shaping (..to get to where the bass lives' on a song) There's a whole set of possible bass balance variations in there.

Other than that, set up some mix templates to get past the 'making a new setup each time.

 

[GONZO-X]

every song should have it's bass track mixed on solely the merit of how the bass supports the mix

in other words,

every song should be unique.

otherwise, everything would always sound the same, and that would be mighty boring.