YOUR Headphone Practicing Setup

[aasti3000]

Originally Posted by scottfeldstein

Hey, that's a good point. I don't need to run

bass > effects board > amp > mixer > macbook pro > DAW

I can use either the mixer or the amp. I don't need both at all.

Yeah, I kinda started off that way until I realized I can use the effects and tweek my sounds with the DAW. So, the console is feeling neglected.

[scottfeldstein]

I'm starting to wonder whether I have a use for my little five channel mixer. Now that I can use my amp to get the signal level up to where the MBP mic input needs it to be, what exactly do I need it for?

[scyzoryk]

Vox Bass Headphone amp + JVC In-ear cushion headphones + audio from my mac via 1/8" to 1/8".

Cheap, fantastic quality, good bass, reliable.

[klejst]

My little Fender Rumble 15 combo does well for practice and can be used with headphones.

[aasti3000]

Originally Posted by scottfeldstein

I'm starting to wonder whether I have a use for my little five channel mixer. Now that I can use my amp to get the signal level up to where the MBP mic input needs it to be, what exactly do I need it for?

Once I started buying DAW's I really haven't used the console. Primarily because the DAW has a console interface so I figured...'why use the console?'.

[dyack]

I use an acoustic brand head. Its the small 100 watt mini stack. Has a line in and headphone out. I run the line in from my computer or phone. Sounds great and allows apartment practice. I use the head with the 110 cab for full band practice.

[zon6c-f]

Another plus, for Korg Pandora PXB is that it can be battery powered..take it anywhere.
I understand that it is power hungry and a full charge of fresh batteries may last no longer than 4 hours.

I haven't tried mine with batteries since new, but I did try it and it worked flawlessly.

[HertzWhenIPlay]

i use a fender KXR keyboard amp that allows me to plug in my bass, my ipod, a drum machine all at the same time and still have a channel open.

[bassie12]

Sennheser HD600, Fodera Private Practice amp, computer or iPod/iphone. Portable, sounds good, batteries last forever.

[OzzyGreg]

.
Zoom B3 multi-effects.
Bass in one input, out to the "mic" input of my computer.
Headphones out of computer.
Play songs with Windows Media player.
Jam along.

Or, if I'm just noodling about, just the B3 with headphones connected to it, no computer.

[eukatheude]

Bass into a Focusrite 2i2 into the 'puter into Audio Technica M50's

[JonnyAngle]

I have my laptop and bass plugged into an old '90s 4 track recorder. I'm basically using it as mixer, hut its got everything I need

[TapyTap]

Cafe Walter Audio HA-1A is fantastic...with plenty of transparency and headroom. I highly recommend it.

[ergbass]

Bass > pedalboard > korg pandora > sennheiser hd 202.
Works great for me.

[phangtonpower]

Bass and DAC> Pandora> Tube headphone amp>Sennheiser HD650.
I really wanna replace the pandora with a mixer. Anyone have a cheap recommendation for a mixer?

[Staredge]

My son has my practice amp, so I was kind of stuck. Got to looking at my owner's manuals, and found out that my Jamman looper pedal could be used. Headphones into the output. It's the last pedal in my chain. Kind of quiet, but I have a BDDI and an MXR Bass Fuzz Deluxe before it. Both of them boost the signal (the fuzz can be set to boost clean), and the Jamman has an 1/8" input. Plug my computer into that, and run Best Practice.

[Emibass]

Originally Posted by TorontoAlex

Bit more cash than some of the other options, but I use a Zoom B3. I've got it plugged into a USB on my Mac, that way I can play along with ITunes/YouTube whatever, plus the USB powers the B3 as well. Again it's more expensive than some others, but you get not just a headphone amp, but a preamp that can drive most power amps, loaded with lots of great effects, a tuner, looper, drum machine, XLR output, and lots of other goodies. If you get that, you just plug in the USB and you're good to go, no messing around with aux in cables and the like.

+1

[henry2513]

Pandora px5 and decent headphones works great for me

[BoognishMang]

raven labs pha-1

[Chromer]

Instrument input of my interface into my DAW, amp simulator of the moment as a plug-in on the channel. Song I'm practicing on another track. Running the song through a mid/side decoder plugin and keeping only the mid to make the stereo effects and guitars fall away really helps expose the basslines.