[LAU] having a good bass sound ?

[fred]

> assuming you record a bass thru a DI box directly in Ardour,
> what effect, simulator... do you use to have it sounding like
> a tube amplified bass recorded with a good mic (ie D12) ??
>    
>> You could try the CAPS plugins: http://quitte.de/dsp/caps.html
>>      
> You could try these in jack-rack
>
> Yeah, the tube pre-amp of caps is really good for bass.
>
>    
>> Specifically Compress and AmpV or AmpVTS.  I don't think the cabinet
>> simulators sound good with bass, though.
>>      
> The cabinet-simulators on the other hand truly are guitar cabinets and thus
> rather bad for bass...
>    
Thanks to Paul, Rosea and Arnold for the answers,

Just to be sure, are you talking about the LADSPA plugin called "C* 
preampIV" in Ardour ??