Better Bass Techniques? And Mix Down Prob, recording bass n pro tools free Options

[mancabbage]

yo, ive been recording a demo for my band using pro tools free and an imic - we've been feeding everything through a P.A system and the results are amazing quality, apart from the bass, see our bassist plays a 6 string funk slap style bass lines he does the same amount of low notes as he does high notes - thing is on the recording the high notes are really noticble but the low notes arent - i could boost the gain and this makes the low notes sound much better but the high ones like complete shit - so is there anyway i could boost the gain of the low end ofthe track more than the high end? how? maybe i could use a different recording technique: at the moment we are using a line out - into the pa - into my mac - would it be better quality if we mic'd up the amp instead????

also in pro tools how do u mix down some tracks , but not all of them - see we have our vocals spread over three tracks , which witheverything else takes up three tracks - so how do i select these tracks and mix them down into just one track? so i can make room for the others??

[ryosode]

This is me, but I would definitely go through an amplifier and then microphone, unless you have Bass POD or something like that. Please remember that bass amp is a part of your instrument. In fact, I consider bass guitar to be only half of the whole instrument. The other half relies on your amps and cabinets and other effects as you may see fit. I always try to get the best sound I can create before going into the mixer and/or DA converter rather than producing the sound in the workstation.