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@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 8/9/06, Paul Winkler <pw_lists@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 12:37:16PM -0400, Paul Coccoli wrote: > > 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. > Hmm, I hadn't heard that. I've never actually played one. > 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. > > -- > > Paul Winkler > http://www.slinkp.com >
