You are warmly welcome to Astia-studio’s blog. On this page you have all the bass sound related blog posts. By reading these posts you will learn not only to improve the sound but also how solid and tight you play.
In addition you’ll gain knowledge on how to improve the tuning of your instrument, how to “lock-in” with the drums along with many other important factors.
The guitar player is usually responsible not only for the riffs but also the composition. The bass player diligently learns the riffs and plays the parts according to both the guitar and the bass drum patterns. Did you know that it is one of the reasons that makes your music sound not so good? This […]
The Finnish folk metal ambassadors, Ensiferum, first came to me in 2014 to make recording, mixing and mastering for One Man Army album. I had worked, or actually “work” sounds too official so let’s change it to “had a blast” with Petri Lindroos (vocals & guitar) back when he was in Norther. We made three […]
We continue our How to improve bass sound post with full comments from Jari, Lasse, Lauri and Pekka. They bring up several very good points like how distortion can eat out low frequencies, the anatomy of bass sound and how tape seems to “forgive” small mistakes compared to computer recording. Some share their thoughts very thoroughly […]
There are many blog posts about drums, guitar and vocals, but an important member is most of the time neglected. At rehearsals bass is in most cases unreadable low-end noise and you cannot hear the exact notes. Unfortunately bass sound is usually one of the things that gets the least attention. Let’s dive into the […]
Welcome to part two where members from Ensiferum and Stam1na share their expressions about the topic. This method will improve how your guitar and bass will get in tune. You will also save money on strings as you do not need to change them as often. Our instructional video shows how the coolest tuning tip […]
Have you ever been in a situation where all of a sudden guitar refuses to get in tune? No matter what you do, chords still sound badly detuned. Even though the tuner shows green light, ear says the tuning just isn’t right. I want to share the coolest tuning tip ever with you. It is […]