Don’t forget about using your right hand thumb for playing bass. Sting does that a lot.
Putting a little foam under the strings near the bridge can really help muffle any extraneous strings ringing. Using your left hand to mute strings is also important.
When recording bass I focus on three things primarily: getting a good tone with no extra notes ringing, playing at a consistent level note to note, and playing in perfect time. Consistentcy can be helped with compression and the timing functions in the DAW can be used to tighten up the performance. Nothing can be done to fix the extra ringing notes after they’ve been recorded. Muffling and punching in when needed can really help.
