10 Aug
2006
10 Aug
'06
12:24 p.m.
I wondered if I such a DI box would make sense in my recording setup :
bass ---> mixing console ---> soundcard
How useful would it be to insert a DI ?
bass ---> DI --> mixing console ---> soundcard
A guitarist friend of mine has tried to convince me so, but I did not
exactly grasp the whole argument ... I would have thought that the
console already serves as a preamp, but I may miss some point ?
Thanks for advice.
On 8/10/06, Paul Coccoli <pcoccoli(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 8/9/06, Paul Winkler <pw_lists(a)slinkp.com>
wrote:
On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 12:37:16PM -0400, Paul
Coccoli wrote:
Hmm, I hadn't heard that. I've never actually played one.
If I had the money, I'd get a SansAmp Bass
Driver DI. People on
talkbass.com rave about it. You need a mic pre (with headphone jack
in you case) though, as it has an XLR mic output.
OTOH, having been a bassist for about 25 years now,
I can't stand the SansAmp BDDI. It's not a very "neutral" device -
it has a strong personality, it scoops out vast amounts of
midrange no matter what you do with the tone controls.
For my taste, that is totally wrong.
Lots of people like it... poor lost souls :)
For going DI, I prefer a decent passive DI followed by
tweaking with plugins if necessary. SC4 is very handy; so is the 10-band EQ
(I forget which suite that comes from). I also sometimes use
the "tube warmth" or whatever it's called.
I use the DIs in my cheapo M-Audio Audio Buddy. They sound ok to me,
and I like cheap stuff. The CAPS tube amp sims sound ok on bass, but
probably need low-pass filters (or EQ) after them.
I really prefer micing the amp, but I recognize
that's not
always doable.
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Paul Winkler
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