Bass Sound Capture to Computer - Interface?

[PaulThePlug]

My Son is having another look at Ableton Live Lite...

How do you get ya bass in to the computer?

What do you use?

Anyone with a Budget option no longer used due to upgrade.

He is just starting out on the Ableton/Computer Capture.

He has an Alesis Recital, and Q49?, Akai Drum Pad thing along with Bass and G's...

Ta

Edited September 1, 2023 by PaulThePlug

[fretmeister]

Can't go wrong with a Focusrite Scarlett or an Audient ID4Mk2

 

The 4th Gen Scarlett's have just been announced so I'm sure there will be a blow out of the 3rd Gen stuff.

There are different models with different numbers of inputs and so on, so he can pick what he needs.

 

The Audient is a great choice too, and can be bus powered from a USB-C ipad too.

 

 

[BigRedX]

I've owned a lot of very expensive audio interfaces over the past 25 years, but these days for bass and guitar I use the USB output of my Line6 Helix. This lets me record the bass with and without the effects applied simultaneously, so if I not 100% sure about the sounds I want to use I can then run the direct recorded sound through the Helix Native plugin and tweak the parameters whilst listening to the playback. When I'm happy I can then download the edited patch back into the Helix to use when I play the song live.

[Bassybert]

I use a Scarlett 4i4 into GarageBand, does a great job and doesn’t break the bank 

Edited September 1, 2023 by Bassybert

[PaulThePlug]

Seen a secondhand Line6 UX1 @ £15... more my kinda budget.

Will that do-the-do with the Pod Farm Amp Sim Software.

Presumably can use an FX board or Zoom etc, then plug in to the Audio Interface?

 

EDIT: Picked it up - the Pod Farm stuff looks interesting... Bargain i think...

Edited September 4, 2023 by PaulThePlug

[How1]

M-Audio Solo is about 38 quid. It's kind of a plasticky cheap thing, but it'll do the job. Limited outputs though (RCA only).

Edited September 1, 2023 by How1