Bad Bass Sound, Playback sounds weird Options

[Hugo Cole]

Hi

I've been noticing that when I record real bass parts through my Firebox into Garageband on my G5, despite sounding fine monitored through my headphones, when I play it back there's a weird and unpleasant effect that sounds vaguely like there are two basses playing, and slightly out of tune with each other. Basically totally crappy sound. It seems to happen even when I try different effects (e.g. modern rock bass, edgy bass, etc). So I just tried playing my bass through input 1 on the firebox and it sounds much better. I also tried singing through input #2 and although nothing as bad as with the bass, the sound seems somewhat weaker (?). Any ideas what the problem might be?

Thanks

Ken

[aportman]

I am not sure how you are monitoring the audio. but make sure that you are not hearing the playback from two different monitoring sources. I monitor mainly through my mixer board, but if for some reason, I have my software also monitored during the playback via the Q mix, I will at times get a very weird effect on my recorded tracks. Just a thought!!! I will keep my thinking cap-on and let you know if I ponder any other possible reasons this could be happening. As the post states below, make sure that the song tempo and kHz recorded are all congruent. If this is off, major problems will surface. Good luck!

Allen