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5.13am
7 November 2022
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Every time I listen to an isolated bass track, it doesn't sound like a bass at all -- has no resonance like it does when not isolated, sounds like it's all pick and no oomph. What gives?
Example: Paul's isolated bass from With A Little Help From My Friends --
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5.56pm
21 February 2024
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Listening to Dear Prudence on headphones, Paul's bass plucking is so boring and monotone I'd rather not hear it. Probably serves a purpose, but don't want to hear it that much!
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2.17am
7 November 2022
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I listened to Dear Prudence isolated bass too and I agree -- but my point is, these isolated tracks can't reflect the actual bass, since if it did, it wouldn't have hardly any satisfying effect on the listener when listening to the song normally -- but it DOES have satisfying effect on normal playback. I.e., I can hear more bass tonality normally, but when it's isolated, suddenly all the "juice" is drained from the bass. Something doesn't add up. The isolations must actually CHANGE the sound/tonality of the bass.
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3.15pm
24 March 2014
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I don't know how they isolate the tracks but, yeah, it sounds like the DI track. Well, i don't even know if they recorded the bass from the amp as well, i guess they did record both amp and di. So probably the end result is amp + di + a bit of reverb.
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7.50pm
1 December 2009
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I've sometimes wondered if George Martin and Norman Smith just weren't that great at recording bass, considering how often The Beatles complained about the weak sound they got compared to Motown or Stax bass sounds - by comparison, The Rolling Stones version of "I Wanna Be Your Man " got a much bigger, thumpier bass sound than The Beatles did on their version of their own song!
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5.40am
7 November 2022
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I agree the bass on normal playbacks seems too subdued or too integrated into the general sounds, but it still sounds more like a bass than the many examples of isolated bass I've heard, and I still don't know why...
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