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Looking for general pointers on recording bass. I don't have a lot of space so since I only record(don t gig) I was thinking about getting a quality bass head (was thinking Markbass or ?) and recording from the line out. I have been recording several years, using Sonar for the last 2. I have been DI ing. Looking to improve my bass sound although the DI is OK. I have a 78 Ricky 4001 and an MM SUB. I know that many bass line out channels are of poor quality and you get a better mic ed sound but I also have a sound level issue. Have recently bought an AxeTrak for the guitar but am concerned about the quality of that. Would be interested in what other folk do.

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Since you'd only be using the pre-amp, a full amp head would be a bit of a waste. You need a nice DI or a pedal you like the sound of, or a purpose built DI. If you have an external recording interface it probably has a built in pre-amp for instrument level input, and this in combination with a VST amp sim might be what you're after.

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What would be a quality DI unit? I have a POD Pro that I sometimes put guitar through. I also have access to enough effects in Sonar. I don't use distortion, just after the perfect straight bass sound. I use a Focusrite Saffire 24. Maybe just have to learn to use it better.

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you can plug your bass directly into the Focusrite Saffire 24. If you don't have any amp modelling plug-ins for Sonar, try and get one. Alternatively, you should be able to get a good sound going in to your POD (but it will take some playing with the settings) and then into the saffire 24.

Personally, I like to record straight in to my soundcard from the bass. Then, I just add distortion or compression (or both) and use EQ to give me an "amped" sound. I've tried amp modellers but I don't like the sounds as much as this method.

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  • 1 month later...

Slightly late to this thread I know, but I got very pleasing results (for me anyway) using the following technique:[list=1]
[*]Plug P-bass into [url="http://www.samsontech.com/hartke/products/combos/a-series-combos/a35/"]Hartke A35 combo[/url] with EQ mainly flat, slight bass boost, and Limiter cranked to about 8.
[*]Disconnect internal speaker, connect speaker o/p to [url="http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/GI100.aspx"]Behringer GI-100[/url] DI box with 4x12 speaker simulator engaged.
[*]Connect DI box to DAW, set levels, hit REC!
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I wanted a big round sound to go underneath the guitar on the recording, and this method avoided the bass overload I always seemed to get using a Korg Pandora. You can hear the results (demo for my pop covers band ChartBeat) [url="https://dl.dropbox.com/u/32485154/ChartBeat/ChartBeat_Demo.mp3"]here[/url].

BTW I am not affiliated with Fender, Hartke, or Behringer! <_<

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