Music Recording & Production at SHStudios

  Here at The Coolest Recording Studio in London Town - we got an amp & speaker addiction! - We like 'em BIG - we like 'em small - it's all about tone, the size of the sound, & the spread of the soundstage - whether you're after a perfectly placed guitar in the mix (listen to early Van Halen ) or a wall of sound ( Black Sabbath ) - this is the quickest & easiest way to track that something special. Also a great way to get that huge bass sound you always wanted - here's how: First :  - you're gonna need either a splitter pedal - or a Boss tuner (they have two outputs) guitar tuner splitter pedal  - one output goes to your regular amp - like this one: recording bass amplifier amp This will give you the meat of your tone - so for instance - if you were a jazz guitarist & liked a lot of clean heavy bottom in your guitar sound - you may well use a bass rig as your first amp - and a smaller guitar amp with a 10 or 8 inch sp...

Here at the Coolest Recording Studio in London Town - we do like a big fat bootifull low end - as much as we like melodic mids & tingling highs - & while there are a gazillion mixing / production tricks to make the bass sit nice, pop out or groove summore - you always gotta start out with the basics - & get the badass tracked. First thing's first - get your bass player settled - doesn't matter if they're sitting or standing - they're gonna want to see the drummer - or at least the control room. Plug the bass into a DI ( Direct Injection ) box before any pedals or fx units they may be using - you want a good clean signal going to your recorder - you can use this as is to mix in with the mic'd up amp - you may want to process it with effects or software amp emulations - or indeed you may want to run it into a different amplifier and re record a different tone later down the line. Here's a pretty good quality di: You just plug into t...