Saturator + WaveArts MultiDynamics.
Even with dead strings u can get a punchy sound with multi-band compression.
-Ben
Recording Bass Guitar
PSP Vintage Warmer had too much latency for me (11ms).Tried combinations of EQ4, Compressor, PSP Vintage Warmer etc... but cant get a good tone.
Seriously multi-band compression is your friend with slap. You can sculpt
out the mids (and get laser beam accuracy on the buzzy bits), boost the
bass, and best of all you can boost the clack of a pop. Being
compression/expansion though it means you're only boosting the clack
when it's over a certain level, or only boosting the bass when it's meant to
be. You can get a lot of control over which levels your sound should have
depending on it being a slap or a pop while controlling the decay of
different components of the sound with release times.
Pickups and strings are a big part.Could it be:
-that my bass is passive, rather than active?
-pickups on bass (MEC)?
-Bass POD ? Should I get a good plain DI?
Remember Les is on fretless a lot of the time, it behaves different when
slapped. You don't have the string slamming into 24th fret making the real
body of the clack. It's more round, less attack or whatever. Also he uses
quite a bit of distortion...... Which I'd say is the "warm/bright"
component.... Haven't listened to Les in years tho so can't really
remember how most of it sounds.
-Ben