Last Saturday 02 July 2005 15:19, Christoph Eckert was like: > I just ordereed an electric bass (passive). I'd like to > directly plug it in into my soundcard and to use Linux as an > amplifier (and record it to ardour, of course). > > As I'm not yet familiar to basses and guitars yet, I wonder > what I should use for the bass. There's creox, but it's a bit > dated. > > OTOH, I thought jack-rack could be my friend. If so, which > LADSPAS can I use in conjunction with a bass? I guess (but I > do not know) that a compressor can do a great job. There are > several LADSPAS for it, so if anyone has a working setup I'd > be glad for some hints. Frankly, if you're recording to ardour, then DI-ing it may be fine. Some kind of pre-amp will help. The SC series of compressors can be useful, best bass sounds are usually the least mucked around with in my experience. cheers, tim hall http://glastonburymusic.org.uk