1 Jul
2004
1 Jul
'04
3:37 p.m.
On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 09:40, Anahata wrote:
On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 03:58:39PM +0200, caffeine
wrote:
I actually run the bass directly into an Art tube mic pre, then into an
HHB Radius 3 FatMan tube compressor (bass 2 preset), then into the sound
card input. The sound is great. With the FatMan at bass 2 you can use
a pick without it sounding too much like a pick (I'm a guitarist - I
need a pick for really fast bass licks ;-)
Jan
I know that using a bass on a guitar amp would
blow the thing off, but I don't know if it's just the guitar amp speaker
which is not suited for such frequencies
It's the speaker, and it's only a problem if you turn it up loud, plus
you won't get very much bass out of it!
problems might arise with the
output (ATM this would be my stereo
Again a domestic stereo will not sound right as a bass amp, but if you
keep the levels sensible it won't break anything.
When you're recording you need to consider whether the pure signal from
the bass guitar is what you want to record. With any type of electric
guitar the speaker is part of the sound and it's common to use an
amplifier and put a mic in front of that. The direct signal has a
distinctive 'clean' sound which may or may not suit the type of music
you want to make.