MikeTheMisfit

Hi guys, I record my bass covers in the old fashioned way with my bass into an amp and the song through an external speaker. I've heard of the terms Direct Interface and 'DAW' I think it is. But for the life of me I cannot work out how all that works (I'm so incompetent when it comes to technology). Other people get perfect recording sound by plugging their bass into a DI so you can hear the bass and song perfectly. Could somebody explain to me in the most simple layman terms possible how it works? I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.

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Thank you to everyone who took the time to reply, I really appreciate it. I've decided to go with the Behringer BDI clone because I don't have much money to splash out. It should be arriving today so I'm pretty excited.

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