Why is the bass ususally so quiet?

Necromancer · 03-08-2014, 03:02 PM

As most of us already know, the bass guitar is usually just recorded for tempo purposes in the final mix more so than as a dominating instrument. Especially with a lot of the classic rock. At the same time, there are a lot of artists that build the song around the bass lines, like Peter Gabriel for instance. Most stereo systems have bass boost these days anyway, so you can actually listen to it either way, with or without a dominating bass sound.

03-08-2014, 03:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
Necromancer Divination Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,655	As most of us already know, the bass guitar is usually just recorded for tempo purposes in the final mix more so than as a dominating instrument. Especially with a lot of the classic rock. At the same time, there are a lot of artists that build the song around the bass lines, like Peter Gabriel for instance. Most stereo systems have bass boost these days anyway, so you can actually listen to it either way, with or without a dominating bass sound.