record my bass onto pc

[Bay Splayer]

what i want to do is record my bass AND whatever track i am jamming along to, and save it on my pc

have done so before with windows sound recorder but quality not to good, bit of fading in and out

i am guessing what i need is a sound card

if so, would this be easy to use for a non tech-head like me

also, if it is what i need, i would prefer an external one .....any recommendations (nothing too expensive)

cheers

[bremen]

[quote name='uptonmark' post='333205' date='Nov 20 2008, 03:55 PM']what i want to do is record my bass AND whatever track i am jamming along to, and save it on my pc

have done so before with windows sound recorder but quality not to good, bit of fading in and out

i am guessing what i need is a sound card

if so, would this be easy to use for a non tech-head like me

also, if it is what i need, i would prefer an external one .....any recommendations (nothing too expensive)

cheers[/quote]

These work for me:

[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/behringer_ucontrol_uca_202.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/behringer_ucontrol_uca_202.htm[/url]

For use with anything other than a very high output active bass you also need a preamp; I haven't tried these but they get good reviews:

[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/art_tube_mp.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/art_tube_mp.htm[/url]

Passive basses have a high impedance output that doesn't really match the sort of low impedances you find with line-level solid state gear like soundcards.

I don't get commission from Thomann by the way!

good luck!

Edited November 20, 2008 by bremen

[Bay Splayer]

thanx bremen

come on the rest of you, more suggetions please

[tonybassplayer]

Maybe it's me being a bit thick but I clicked on the link for the audio interface and I am a little puzzled as to where the guitar lead plugs in to it ??

[bremen]

[quote name='tonybassplayer' post='333440' date='Nov 20 2008, 09:35 PM']Maybe it's me being a bit thick but I clicked on the link for the audio interface and I am a little puzzled as to where the guitar lead plugs in to it ??[/quote]

It's got phono sockets. An active bass would just about work without a preamp, a passive hardly at all. I've only ever used it with a preamp so it might be me that's being thick by assuming it'd work.


I just edited my post to say 'you WILL need a preamp with this'.

Edited November 20, 2008 by bremen

[G-77]

something like this

[url="http://www.dv247.com/invt/29998/"]http://www.dv247.com/invt/29998/[/url]

or this

[url="http://www.dv247.com/invt/24169/"]http://www.dv247.com/invt/24169/[/url]

i got one of these , very versatile little box [url="http://www.dv247.com/invt/30811/"]http://www.dv247.com/invt/30811/[/url]

i know a few people who use theses

[url="http://www.dv247.com/invt/38096/"]http://www.dv247.com/invt/38096/[/url]
[url="http://www.dv247.com/invt/29911/"]http://www.dv247.com/invt/29911/[/url]

hope that helps

[Bay Splayer]

thanx G-77

[Rumple]

I use an Edirol UA-25 and get an excellent recorded bass sound.

Audacity is good audio recording program and it's free - [url="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/"]http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/[/url]

R.

[lowrentdiscographer]

Quite interested in a usb interface, anyone have any thoughts regarding the Line 6 Toneports, GX and UX1? Comes bundled with Cubase (LE?)

S.

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

I have toneport gx. Excellent(cost me about £58.00 from Rockstop charing x rd)
Recording plug in not included.
If you want to record , you could purchase riff master as an add on.
(approx £40.00)