Bass guitars just sound better with distortion - it's pretty well become a fact! Ever since Royal Blood hit popularity, bands have been scrambling to record great distorted bass guitar tones, and I've done a lot of different experiments to figure out how to get great sounding distorted bass guitar tones in the mix, even if they didn't record it that way - and that is what we will explore today with Fabfilters Saturn 2 distortion plugin!
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Intro Video Music: Shapeshifter By Daeodon
Example song in session: Explosion by Darrian Gerard
00:00 - A/B Comparision
00:26 - Topic Overview
01:53 - Tutorial (How To Distort Your Own Bass Guitar Tracks!)
02:19 - Multiband Processing
03:30 - Choosing Your Distortion Type
05:20 - Nailing Your Pick Attack / Locking To Your Drums
06:18 - Dialing In Your Low End
08:38 - Which Quality Selection Should You Use?
09:19 - Comparision!
11:17 - Bonus Tip!