NOLLY MIXING MASTERCLASS - Bass Processing

Adam "Nolly" Getgood walks through a rock song in this mixing masterclass, focusing on bass guitar processing.
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- 12 specialized styles of compression
- Use the grab compressor to add attack and impact
- Use the smash compressor for weight and size
- Built-in pre and post EQ sections to improve workflow
- Stop the guesswork with the powerful 'drum type' knob with hundreds of optimizations all happening under the hood
- Built-in saturation to help shape and add character to your drums
- Stop scrolling through your plug-ins endlessly trying to find the right compressor, and let your creativity flow with Smash and Grab.
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*Note, this video uses a beta version of Smash and Grab so some features and graphics are different in the released version.

[@justuswilson9137]

Nolly Likes his instruments happy and smiley faced while sounding gnarly snd aggressive

[@Drescodeleo]

As August Burns Red stated once: "Angry music for happy people"

[@bassplayinggoalie]

"...And then the amp track" *speakers explode*

[@TedThomasTT]

I think we've made enough Vsauce jokes now.

[@Drescodeleo]

[MICHAEL] ...or not?

[@jobelewis6416]

but what ARE jokes? *brain music*

[@djroastbeef1]

Thanks for taking the time to do these, I was really hoping you'd do bass. These videos are great!

[@LeoDanateiaRock]

"Hey, GetGood Drums, Nolly here !"

[@MichaelAveryMusic]

Way over-processed, it DOESN'T EVEN sound like Blood Eagle anymore... Awesome freaking tips, I love this series!

[@JohnDoe-pm9ip]

Thank you for making this information available and free. It is a gift to musicians all over the globe.

[@imhvy]

OooOooO using smash and grab as a bass compressor...YES i will be doing that from now on... Thanks nolly!!

[@joelgillihan7825]

This series has REALLY helped me with some of my tracks at home. Thank you for the lessons!!!

[@ericvalverderosado2046]

im not a bass player but my favorite bass guitars so far are your signature model and Status Graphite Chris Wolstenholme's one...carbon fibre body and LED inlays

[@gamemakertim]

I love the grit pedal in Logic's pedal board!

[@HugoPaulo]

All these videos are amazing! I've been learning A LOT!

[@kylegrossi8175]

Same! Nolly has a great ability to communicate

[@Bassmaniaaa]

This is the good example which shows, that if the bass is played and recorded good enough, there's don't need post production very much. A little bit EQ, a little bit compression, may be some stuff on DI. Amazing adventure has starting when the bass track is awful.

[@decibelpeak]

Great video! I'm a huge fan of mixing DI Bass with Amp Bass as well. I'm really happy you talked about using parallel compression and impulse responses. Just found 2 free impulse response loaders called "Pulse" and "LeCab2". Can't wait to start using it and implementing it in my mixes. Thanks for the tips Nolly! - Stefan

[@taterfight]

Any plans on making a Kemper Bass Profile Pack to go along with All The Gains? Love your stuff man!

[@user-gt7es2es6o]

Nice track

[@bassplayinggoalie]

First caption reads: [Applause] lol

[@maximlevesque9253]

The DI sounds like EZ Bass « Djent » preset because of how clean that tone is. Can’t really fuck up with such a good source like this ! Well done, Nolly ! I love these videos

[@brianbergmusic5288]

Thanks for this tutorial. Any advice on neck vs. bridge pup? I ask, because my Squire Dimension V bass is limited to a bridge humbucker, as I assumed that a bridge pickup is superior for metal rhythm just like rhythm guitar.

[@HaitIsHere]

Is the full song uploaded anywhere?

[@pr4vus.studios]

Thanks for the video, really appreciate it! I have 2 questions: is there a reason why you would boost the 50Hz in Pro EQ instead of doing so in Pro MB? Also why use a high pass filter if you are boosting the subs afterwards in Pro MB? Why not use a shelf in Pro EQ instead?

[@ericandrei8497]

What s the name of the intro song?

[@bigkid757]

Was that second bass track on a stereo track? Did I miss something?

[@Q-go]

looking at nolly's amp chain... nolly bass has been in development for at least 5 years or more?

[@defmu3825]

Hi Nolly, do you use your bass preamp when recording DI or do you prefer to go passive?

[@riohutomo7509]

why does my smash and grab doesn't have the ratio knob? anybody have a clue?

[@joeyvpoisonfree]

rio hutomo he used a beta version of the plugin

[@prashuryagoswami6122]

Hey man my bass does not pop in the mix. I use di signal and some plugins. Im a fan of your bass tone and also the gojira bass tone. I play a warwick rockbass streamer standard and dont have a base amp. Please help.

[@thisisMRJAMES]

The di sounds like it should be in a nofx track

[@As5Hat]

what recording program is that? ProTools?

[@macanthony1108]

Logic Pro X

[@BurntMcgurnt]

I have a question and to my knowledge Nolly hasn't answered this before but does he use top down mixing? just curious

[@GetGoodDrums]

He does! He's explained his top down mixing setup in a number of mixing tutorials on our channel.

[@BurntMcgurnt]

@@GetGoodDrums I know haha I'm just playin around

[@prometeo2310]

what DAW he usingP

[@seansalo5117]

Logic

[@GaryMcNeill]

what daw is that?

[@seansalo5117]

Logic

[@INAKI4MUSIC]

I'm the 666 viewer, hell yeah :D Very cool content I learn a lot, thank you :)

[@maranhas3697]

this smash and grab is new? my S.A.G is diferent...

[@seybsnilksz]

I believe it's an earlier prototype version.

[@DomHallBass]

Simple stuff.

[@juanmarin9484]

Hey guys please help me 😃 I would appreciate if you could share with me any KZbin channels/forums/websites/books/PDFs/ or any other place where I could learn about music recording, from the noob level all the way to pro level!

[@malpacamusic_1007]

try MusicanOnAMission

[@jeom0498]

@@malpacamusic_1007 hey thanks for the reply, I've heard about that. I'll be sure to check it out. Do you have any personal experience with it?

[@jasonharkin9667]

RIP to my shitty 200 dollar dean bass lmao

[@jimmymolthoff]

Shuttup i have a 80 dollar bass from gear4music 😂😭😭

[@aryamanZEUX]

sausage