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Originally posted by Cliff-at-Bose:
Slaine

Adjusting to playing bass over our system is not easy, especially after you've played typical bass amps all your life. You'll be hearing your instrument more like it sounds in the studio, and so will everyone else. Here are some observations and recommendations:

1. Definitely having kick and bass in the same rig will give you problems. Kick will suck the life out of the note you are playing at the same time. I know this from first-hand experience. The best thing to do is amplify the kick separately. It needs a whole lot of bass volume.

2. Very interesting you have found out about "less bass". I know that all the power in bass tone is in the lower midrange/upper bass and even high end. I learned this from working in the studio, where bass definition is often improved in the mix by emphasizing the upper harmonics of tone. Of course deep bass is there too, but on solo, bass often sounds like a guitar. In the mix, it sounds right. I learned this also from working with Ron Carter and amplifying his (beautiful) upright (David Gage pickups) with our system. He basically turned most of the bass off and turned the mids and highs up. Sounded perfect in the ensemble mix.

3. You might benefit from taking more time to sort through the presets in your ps1 for bass. Possibly even some of the direct electric guitar presets could work.

Thanks for your messages. Let us know how you get on with all this.