Finally, we are going to add some effects to serve as icing on the cake. We need distortion to give us those sweet harmonics that we often hear in great bass recordings. You can use a separate distortion plugin, or in this case, I use a distortion pedal that comes with the free version of AmpliTube 5.
BONUS: To make your bass track as mix-ready as possible, add some compression to it. This will level out the higher volume peaks and make the quieter parts of your track louder. This could (and should) be a subtle change to the overall sound. It's not a single step that pulls off a convincing bass illusion, but rather a combination of intentional, well-calculated moves.
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