User manual IZOTOPE TRASH RECIPES FOR BASS

[. . . ] TrashTM Recipes for Bass Recording bass directly into a computer has a lot going for it: a clean, simple, direct and punchy sound -- and no need to wake the neighbors. With a little Trash, though, you can keep all the benefits of recording direct and still add some character and realism to your bass tracks. There's a lot of control and flexibility with Trash, but once you get the overall principles we know you'll be totally comfortable making your own Trash. So we put together this guide to help you get started, learn the basics and give you some ideas for ways to create your own sounds. © 2004 iZotope, Inc. [. . . ] Not sure if you want to go too far trashing above this frequency, except perhaps lightly for an "exciter" sound. Trash Recipes for Bass Page 17 of 40 © 2004 iZotope, Inc. Project 10: Three Band Trash Preset Used: Bass Three Band Trash Purpose: Really drive the mids without creating high end noise. The midrange is more extreme, with a very strong amount of fuzz between 300 Hz 2 kHz. Because if we didn't have it there, the middle band would continue trashing from 300 Hz all the way up. And since you've probably got fret noise, pick noise and maybe even electrical or RF noise up above 2 kHz, adding distortion to this range is just going to create noise. So the third Trash band is there specifically for not adding Trash in the upper band. Bonus Tip: As you work with multiband effects, you'll see horizontal lines appear on the upper mini-spectrum when you select a control. These are handles to the setting that you've selected, but for other bands. So without switching bands, you can drag these handles up and down to adjust the same parameter for other bands As an example, for the screen below, we've selected the lower band and we're adjusting the input gain. We could adjust the input gain for the middle and upper bands with the horizontal handles on the spectrum. Trash Recipes for Bass Page 18 of 40 © 2004 iZotope, Inc. Project 11: Smooth Out the Bass Preset Used: Bass Simple Dynamics Purpose: Use the Squash module to smooth out a bass part with compression Moving on to the Squash module, we're going to create a few different compression presets for bass. For an overall view on compressors, check out our mastering guide here http://www. izotope. com/products/audio/ozone/guides. html. We'll assume you understand what compressor controls do in general, therefore, and just move on to compression for bass applications. This might be what you want, but for something like bass, which sits as a sort of foundation for the mix, a consistent level and therefore consistent distortion is usually a desirable thing. The "Bass Simple Dynamics" preset rounds off the top of the bass. A relatively fast attack (10 ms) and release make sure the sharp transients get compressed. Trash Recipes for Bass Page 19 of 40 © 2004 iZotope, Inc. Project 12: Add Some Attack Preset Used: Bass Dynamic Attack Purpose: Use compression to bring out the attack in bass. Here we're going to compress the body of the bass, but let the attacks go through unaffected. By adding some makeup gain, we can bring out the attacks while still compressing the overall level. This lets "short" peaks go through without compression, while longer "body" tones are compressed. Take a listen and you'll hear a more full body with enhanced attack, at roughly the same level as an unprocessed track. Bonus Tip: The order of the modules in Trash has an effect on the sound. By default, the order is as shown on the faceplate buttons - Input goes through the Squash module into the Prefilter module, then into the Trash module, etc. You can change this order by clicking the Graph button on the touchscreen This brings up a signal flow diagram that lets you reorder the modules See the Trash help file for more information on ordering modules. Trash Recipes for Bass Page 20 of 40 © 2004 iZotope, Inc. Project 13: Noise Gating Preset Used: Bass Noise Gate Purpose: Create a general purpose noise gate preset When boosting or distorting tracks, any bit of noise can become very noticeable. In addition to acting as a compressor, the Squash module can also serve as a noise gate. [. . . ] While tube distortion tends to sound more smooth and musical, the transistor overdrive in this preset gives a nice brassy or "reed" quality. Bass Project 22I: A resonant sweeping filter sounded a little too sharp and peaky, so we put the Squash module after the prefilter to keep the wah sound but limit the peaks. Trash Recipes for Bass Page 34 of 40 © 2004 iZotope, Inc. Project 23: LFO Phase Effects Presets: Bass Project 23A, B, C Purpose: Try sweeping narrow filters for phase effects. The great thing about analog filters is that they have magnitude and phase characteristics. Linear phase filters are good for surgically removing sharp frequencies, but for tracks and mastering it's the phase response of analog filters that provide a musical and organic sounding quality. [. . . ]