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Any ideas about recording bass direct into daw?
Brian,
You need a line-6 rack mount bass pod. The standalone with wall wart is ok but the rack is mack. They are both bad ass. l8, Neil "Brian" wrote in message om... I do mainly soul and R&B music into my computer rig. I have been on the market for some better pres (with hiZ inputs) which I can use for vocals and bass. However I am starting to think about buying a decicated "piece" of gear just for bass. I use a '65 Fender P Bass with Flatwounds and it does have a pretty big boost from 100 Hz to 300Hz so any pre that might accentuate that is not going to be a good idea. I have been using a multi band (waves c4) on it after I record for no, but would like to get something that is better straight out of the gate. By the way I am using a Joe Meek TwinQcs for the bass currently. I listened to a Summit 2BA-221 and a Great River MP1NV the other day. I actually liked the summit on the mics and the great river on the bass. The great river seemed to "scoop out" some low mids, almost as if it were EQ'd. Anyway, I don't know if I would like to make $1100 bass pre investment. I would like to try the summit tpa-100 but can't find a place in Nashville that rents them. At any rate, I open to any and all suggestions. |
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Any ideas about recording bass direct into daw?
http://www.line6.com/productpage.asp?productID=45
I very strongly urge you to check this gear out at the store... you need to hear it to believe it. "2mb" wrote in message ... Brian, You need a line-6 rack mount bass pod. The standalone with wall wart is ok but the rack is mack. They are both bad ass. l8, Neil "Brian" wrote in message om... I do mainly soul and R&B music into my computer rig. I have been on the market for some better pres (with hiZ inputs) which I can use for vocals and bass. However I am starting to think about buying a decicated "piece" of gear just for bass. I use a '65 Fender P Bass with Flatwounds and it does have a pretty big boost from 100 Hz to 300Hz so any pre that might accentuate that is not going to be a good idea. I have been using a multi band (waves c4) on it after I record for no, but would like to get something that is better straight out of the gate. By the way I am using a Joe Meek TwinQcs for the bass currently. I listened to a Summit 2BA-221 and a Great River MP1NV the other day. I actually liked the summit on the mics and the great river on the bass. The great river seemed to "scoop out" some low mids, almost as if it were EQ'd. Anyway, I don't know if I would like to make $1100 bass pre investment. I would like to try the summit tpa-100 but can't find a place in Nashville that rents them. At any rate, I open to any and all suggestions. |
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Oops... I sent the guitar link....
http://www.line6.com/BassPODxtPro/ for the bass pod
"2mb" wrote in message ... http://www.line6.com/productpage.asp?productID=45 I very strongly urge you to check this gear out at the store... you need to hear it to believe it. "2mb" wrote in message ... Brian, You need a line-6 rack mount bass pod. The standalone with wall wart is ok but the rack is mack. They are both bad ass. l8, Neil "Brian" wrote in message om... I do mainly soul and R&B music into my computer rig. I have been on the market for some better pres (with hiZ inputs) which I can use for vocals and bass. However I am starting to think about buying a decicated "piece" of gear just for bass. I use a '65 Fender P Bass with Flatwounds and it does have a pretty big boost from 100 Hz to 300Hz so any pre that might accentuate that is not going to be a good idea. I have been using a multi band (waves c4) on it after I record for no, but would like to get something that is better straight out of the gate. By the way I am using a Joe Meek TwinQcs for the bass currently. I listened to a Summit 2BA-221 and a Great River MP1NV the other day. I actually liked the summit on the mics and the great river on the bass. The great river seemed to "scoop out" some low mids, almost as if it were EQ'd. Anyway, I don't know if I would like to make $1100 bass pre investment. I would like to try the summit tpa-100 but can't find a place in Nashville that rents them. At any rate, I open to any and all suggestions. |
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I had amazingly good luck using a JoeMeek VC-6 (original model, before
the VC-6Q came out) patched into a JoeMeek VC5 Meekqualizer...in other words, a McGyver'd VC-6Q before that product was available. So I wouldn't be surprised if a VC-6Q did the trick. Other faves for phatazz electric bass include the (no longer available, apparently) retrospec JuiceBox DI direct to tape, and the XLR out from an SWR SM-400 bass amp, again direct to tape, with the compressor du juor patched into the SWR's effects loop. /Bob Ross Brian wrote: I do mainly soul and R&B music into my computer rig. I have been on the market for some better pres (with hiZ inputs) which I can use for vocals and bass. However I am starting to think about buying a decicated "piece" of gear just for bass. I use a '65 Fender P Bass with Flatwounds and it does have a pretty big boost from 100 Hz to 300Hz so any pre that might accentuate that is not going to be a good idea. I have been using a multi band (waves c4) on it after I record for no, but would like to get something that is better straight out of the gate. By the way I am using a Joe Meek TwinQcs for the bass currently. I listened to a Summit 2BA-221 and a Great River MP1NV the other day. I actually liked the summit on the mics and the great river on the bass. The great river seemed to "scoop out" some low mids, almost as if it were EQ'd. Anyway, I don't know if I would like to make $1100 bass pre investment. I would like to try the summit tpa-100 but can't find a place in Nashville that rents them. At any rate, I open to any and all suggestions. |
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The Great River NV is by far the best bass DI I have ever heard. Get
the 2NV and you have one channel for the cabinet mike and one channel for the DI. Or just get the 1NV if you don't need both simultaneously. It's also among the best preamps in the world, so you'll get your money's worth out of it on other applications as well. You can't go wrong with a top-notch mike preamp, especially when it has such a great DI built into it. ulysses In article , Brian wrote: I do mainly soul and R&B music into my computer rig. I have been on the market for some better pres (with hiZ inputs) which I can use for vocals and bass. However I am starting to think about buying a decicated "piece" of gear just for bass. I use a '65 Fender P Bass with Flatwounds and it does have a pretty big boost from 100 Hz to 300Hz so any pre that might accentuate that is not going to be a good idea. I have been using a multi band (waves c4) on it after I record for no, but would like to get something that is better straight out of the gate. By the way I am using a Joe Meek TwinQcs for the bass currently. I listened to a Summit 2BA-221 and a Great River MP1NV the other day. I actually liked the summit on the mics and the great river on the bass. The great river seemed to "scoop out" some low mids, almost as if it were EQ'd. Anyway, I don't know if I would like to make $1100 bass pre investment. I would like to try the summit tpa-100 but can't find a place in Nashville that rents them. At any rate, I open to any and all suggestions. |
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Usually a regular DI won't work for what you want, since it outputs
mic level, which means you're still going to have to go through a mic pre to get into your DAW. One exception would be the Avalon U5. It gives you the option of line out as well as mic out, so you can go directly from the U5 into your DAW input. Plus it is one of the truely great Bass DI's, and a lot cheaper than buying a Great River, if you don't actually need another preamp at this time. |
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Justin Ulysses Morse wrote in message ...
The Great River NV is by far the best bass DI I have ever heard. Get the 2NV and you have one channel for the cabinet mike and one channel for the DI. Or just get the 1NV if you don't need both simultaneously. It's also among the best preamps in the world, so you'll get your money's worth out of it on other applications as well. You can't go wrong with a top-notch mike preamp, especially when it has such a great DI built into it. ulysses You know I have used mine and was not knocked out by it as a DI on bass, it was a bit bland for me, but then again I like more of a "sound" on my bass tracks. I usually use an Ampeg SVP Pro preamp but lately I've been digging the Sansamp RBI. The Sansamp doesn't sound all that impressive to me going to tape/disk but the way it sits well in a track is very cool. Pretty nice piece, easy to use for only $280 or so. One really cool use for the 2NV I have found is running synths/keyboard through it. Take something sterile and wimpy like an Alesis QS-7 and it adds a lot more balls and fur to patches that normally don't cut well. I thought I'd use it on bass a lot when I bought it but so far I haven't used it much. Analogeezer |
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Any ideas about recording bass direct into daw?
Bruce, are you back in reasonable health and working?
-- Dave Martin Java Jive Studio Nashville, TN www.javajivestudio.com "bruce seifried" wrote in message ... In article , (littledog) wrote: Usually a regular DI won't work for what you want, since it outputs mic level, which means you're still going to have to go through a mic pre to get into your DAW. One exception would be the Avalon U5. It gives you the option of line out as well as mic out, so you can go directly from the U5 into your DAW input. Plus it is one of the truely great Bass DI's, and a lot cheaper than buying a Great River, if you don't actually need another preamp at this time. Just to toot my own horn here, the Evil Twin DI (which I've been buiding for about 15 years now), has always had a balanced/floating/line level output. Always seemed silly to me to make an active DI any other way... Bruce Seifried Eclair Engineering |
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Any ideas about recording bass direct into daw?
"Brian" wrote in message
om... I do mainly soul and R&B music into my computer rig. I have been on the market for some better pres (with hiZ inputs) which I can use for vocals and bass. However I am starting to think about buying a decicated "piece" of gear just for bass. I use a '65 Fender P Bass with Flatwounds and it does have a pretty big boost from 100 Hz to 300Hz so any pre that might accentuate that is not going to be a good idea. FWIW... the Great River ME-1NV's DI was designed around a P-bass running flat wound strings... the mic pre was designed around being seriously flexible. Best of luck with your search. -- Fletcher Mercenary Audio TEL: 508-543-0069 FAX: 508-543-9670 http://www.mercenary.com "this is not a problem" |
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Any ideas about recording bass direct into daw?
"2mb" wrote in message
... Brian, You need a line-6 rack mount bass pod. The standalone with wall wart is ok but the rack is mack. They are both bad ass. Bad? Yes. Bad ass? Not a ****ing chance. -- Fletcher Mercenary Audio TEL: 508-543-0069 FAX: 508-543-9670 http://www.mercenary.com "this is not a problem" |
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Fletcher wrote: You need a line-6 rack mount bass pod. The standalone with wall wart is ok but the rack is mack. They are both bad ass. Bad? Yes. Bad ass? Not a ****ing chance. The bass pod is actually pretty good. I don't know about bad ass, but it isn't bad. The guitar pod does suck, however. |
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"Rob Adelman" wrote in message
... The bass pod is actually pretty good. I don't know about bad ass, but it isn't bad. The guitar pod does suck, however. "Pretty good?" I've gotten useable sounds by plugging one of my basses into a Mackie 1604, so if "pretty good" means 'useable', I'd agree. But if you mean something like "Sounds like a bass should sound", then there's nothing in a bass pod that works worth a damn. At least to my ears, but I've only been playing bass for 30 years, so I may be wrong.... -- Dave Martin Java Jive Studio Nashville, TN www.javajivestudio.com |
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Any ideas about recording bass direct into daw?
This is a low cost idea; I have been happy with some bass sounds I
have gotten from my Baggs Paracoustic DI that I bought for my live acoustic guitar rig. It's about $165. On some tracks it sounds better than going through my FMR RNP (which also sounds nice). Best of luck d (Brian) wrote in message . com... I do mainly soul and R&B music into my computer rig. I have been on the market for some better pres (with hiZ inputs) which I can use for vocals and bass. However I am starting to think about buying a decicated "piece" of gear just for bass. I use a '65 Fender P Bass with Flatwounds and it does have a pretty big boost from 100 Hz to 300Hz so any pre that might accentuate that is not going to be a good idea. I have been using a multi band (waves c4) on it after I record for no, but would like to get something that is better straight out of the gate. By the way I am using a Joe Meek TwinQcs for the bass currently. I listened to a Summit 2BA-221 and a Great River MP1NV the other day. I actually liked the summit on the mics and the great river on the bass. The great river seemed to "scoop out" some low mids, almost as if it were EQ'd. Anyway, I don't know if I would like to make $1100 bass pre investment. I would like to try the summit tpa-100 but can't find a place in Nashville that rents them. At any rate, I open to any and all suggestions. |
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