Recording "hardcore" bass

[Deng]

Hey, I was wondering if any of you have had any experience recording really gritty and in your face bass for "hardcore" or similiar types of music? Here's the rig we used...

Peavey Nitro Bass head
Avatar 2.12 cab

We miced one cone with a beta 52 and then the other we Y miced with 2 sm57s all the mics were into M-Audio "Audio Buddy" pres into a Motu 828 mkII.
The problem is it sounded a little too "live." We've tried compressing and the like and have gotten a decent sound but we are thinking to go back to the drawing board and just re-recording the tracks. Anyway, all opinions are appreciated.

[brandondrury]

I think I just asked this on another thread. What does "too live" mean?


I'm actually sort of mixing a project right now that used a Fender Jazz bass through a Rat pedal through a real Ampeg VST (the tube one) through a VST. I'll try posting it as soon as I can and maybe we can help each other out.

Bass is tough in rock music, dude. I struggle with it all the time.

Brandon

[DogpitStudios]

Live sound... Kinda hard to explain.

Its like when you hear a recording and you can tell the mics are too far from the source so that you actualy pick up the weird room overtones. Don't get me wrong weird room overtones can be a good thing on certain instruments that call for that kind of live music type of sound (drums being a great example of this). I believe you actually posted an article that said that drums sound best miced from far away and that eq only should really come into play with close micing cause thats not how drums naturally sound. THIS IS COMPLETELY TRUE. This is what live sound is. Maybe I didn't explain this well enough...?

Any question?

Ben

[brandondrury]

Okay, so the bass sounds far away? Is that what we are talking about then?'

Brandon