Using my bass with my Akai monitors??

[acronym]

[color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Hi[/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]I can't afford an amp and I don't wish to buy one since I plugging this directly in my PC to Guitar Rig. [/font][/color]

[color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]However, would my Akai RPM3 monitors be OK when I play bass via GR, or would it damage them?[/font][/color]

[url="http://www.akaipro.com/rpm3"]http://www.akaipro.com/rpm3[/url]

[acronym]

Anyone, just need to know the bass won't damage the monitors.

[EssentialTension]

Risky.

[acronym]

Can you clarify?.

[Jack]

Like ANY other speaker use your noggin and if something sounds horrible then turn it down or stop.

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='Jack' timestamp='1338655973' post='1677742']
Like ANY other speaker use your noggin and if something sounds horrible then turn it down or stop.
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Agreed.

I guess going through the PC and Guitar Rig will tend to keep things calmer but I'd be worrying that 'neat' bass would be too much for the hi-fi monitors. However, it's very possible I'm talking nonsense.

[Mornats]

I do this every now and then. Don't just go through Guitar Rig though. Pop it into a DAW (such as Reaper) and chuck and eq on the bass. Use a high pass filter at around 100hz, and try and kill off anything at 80hz and below. This should take out most of the frequencies that are harmful to your monitors. In effect, the bass you'll be putting through them should be around the same frequency range as a proper recorded and eq'ed bass so if you've done it right it shouldn't be any more harmful than playing music through them. And as others have said, listen for any noises that don't sound right (squelching etc.) and turn down, or eq more low end off it.

[ben604]

keep it quiet and you won't damage them, but you also won't get much bass out of a 3" driver...

[acronym]

Thanks guys, I haven't got the bass yet so just wanted to check.