Began by setting up the bass guitar with two simultaneous recordings through both the DI box and recording of the amplifier using an AKGD112 microphone. This microphone allowed accurate capture of the lower bass frequencies and was ideal for this recording. The practice of capturing both the raw pickup audio of the bass guitar through the DI box, and then the altered EQ settings of the bass amp in the live room, was advantageous as we could choose between the two audio outputs for the track. We also used an SM57 microphone for the musicians talk-back to allow for communicating with the people in the control room.
Following this setup process, we established a good fold-back mix so the musician could play along to the track and feel comfortable in doing so. This also allowed for communication with the talk-back feature. We then began tracking the bass guitar and feeding it into the Pro Tools session.
