Bass DI-Box Questions

endogen99 · #1 10-24-2002, 07:00 AM

Hi!

Actually I'm doing some homerecording with my band. The drum-track is finished and now we gonna start with the bass-lines.

We have two ampeg-amps for choice:

Ampeq SVT-4 Pro
and
Ampeq SVT-3 Pro

(We also have a good ampeq-speaker)

We've heard that 70% of the bass sound should be taken from a DI-Box.

My question: Do we need an DI-Box, although we have these amps? Is it better to use a seperate DI-Box?

Pleas help us - we start recording today ;-)

THANX VERY MUCH!!!

bye
Phil

P.S.: Which one of the two amps would you prefer?
P.P.S.: How can I avoid the disturbing "noise" or "squeak"???

Bruce Lindfield · #2 10-24-2002, 07:06 AM

Multiple posting is against forum rules!

JMX · #3 10-24-2002, 07:06 AM

Use the balanced line out. It should work ok, you could rent or borrow a DI for comparison, but it should be good enough for home recording.

endogen99 · #4 10-24-2002, 07:22 AM

I'm sorry for the multiple postings!!

endogen99 · #5 10-24-2002, 08:17 AM

If I play the bass over the amp and the speakers(Ampeg SVT 4 Pro and Ampeg speakers) everthing sounds nice.

But when I record the sound on the computer over the balanced line out of my amp, the sound is terrible. (WHY?)

Although the sound is fine over the "normal" ampeg-speakers!!!

JMX · #6 10-24-2002, 08:49 AM

What do you mean by terrible?

Noisy or bad-sounding?
It will sound differently from your speaker sound, especially when you use cabs without tweeter.

Maybe Ampeg made a bad DI out, compare it to an external DI (e.g. Countryman). I never played over that amp, so I don't know how good this DI out is.

What soundcard are you using? Mic in or Line in?
Don't use the mic in - it's a piece of crap on most soundcards, and the line in will work fine.

endogen99 · #7 10-24-2002, 08:55 AM

The problem is, that I do not have a DI-Box ;(

We're recording by a friend. He has a very goog soundcard and we are recording via Line-In.

Ok, the sound ist not "terrible", but it has so many high frequencies and very less bass.

I'm not satisfied with it!

Does someone of you have an mp3-file or something similar with a "plain" bass-recording track? It would be very helpfull if I know how it SHOULD sound. ;-)

I would be very glad if someone could send me such a track. (just a few seconds)!

THANK YOU!!!

if somebody does - here my mail:

philipp.babcicky@avl.com

bye
Phil

templelife · #8 10-24-2002, 09:44 PM

Are you listening thru computer speakers or monitors?

endogen99 · #9 10-25-2002, 01:13 AM

"pseudo"-monitors