Budget studio monitors?

[Musicman666]

59 minutes ago, xgsjx said:

I've not used mine in anger, but I've played bassw & subby synth bass through them at a decent volume (well I do use them for recording & mixing).  They give a very clear sound & fairly uncoloured.

Encouraging ....

[Dad3353]

2 hours ago, Musicman666 said:

I was kicking around the idea of something like a pjb double four to do my garage studio practice/recording sessions because my ancient near field book shelf monitors on my recording setup were not handling the low b  ....but suddenly it dawned on me that I should just invest in better active monitors!!

so could these kali 6 monitors do what the double four does? ...I have a sansamp that could warm it up but what I am looking for is a low volume punchy bouncy bass setup that would essentially be my recording sound as well??

This reads as if you're playing your bass through the monitors and recording the result (with a mic, I presume...). Is that really the case..? It's far more common to either play the bass directly into the DAW or recorder and add Fx as required, or play through an amp-cab and capture the result with a mic (very often both are done at once ...).
I'd say that it's quite unusual to use monitors as a source signal for recording bass, or anything else. Apart from not doing the monitors any good, they are not designed for that. Maybe I've mis-understood (it wouldn't be the first time ...).

[Musicman666]

1 hour ago, Dad3353 said:

This reads as if you're playing your bass through the monitors and recording the result (with a mic, I presume...). Is that really the case..? It's far more common to either play the bass directly into the DAW or recorder and add Fx as required, or play through an amp-cab and capture the result with a mic (very often both are done at once ...).
I'd say that it's quite unusual to use monitors as a source signal for recording bass, or anything else. Apart from not doing the monitors any good, they are not designed for that. Maybe I've mis-understood (it wouldn't be the first time ...).

I am planning to play out through my mixing desk  ...my question was are the lp-6 monitors man enough to cope with a bass guitar as a replacement for say the double four? ...if I do get the double four I would still take the di from it into the desk, I personally can’t see a huge advantage to ever miking the speaker for bass. 
 

just seems like the double four is essentially a small bookshelf monitor ...so why duplicate?

Edited May 19, 2021 by Musicman666

[xgsjx]

I don't mic my cab.  Bass > pedalboard > interface > DAW > Interface > LP6.  I've never used my rig for about 2 years.

[Musicman666]

7 minutes ago, xgsjx said:

I don't mic my cab.  Bass > pedalboard > interface > DAW > Interface > LP6.  I've never used my rig for about 2 years.

Do you play 5string low b?

[xgsjx]

No, but I use an octaver.  Synth goes lower than low B too.

[Musicman666]

21 hours ago, xgsjx said:

No, but I use an octaver.  Synth goes lower than low B too.

ok.. fingers crossed...i took the plunge ...