Bass is too quiet for recording through interface to pc, please help ;c

Have you tried a different cable, or a different instrument with that cable, could the cable be bad? Are you sure the USB cable is working? Could it be your speakers can't reproduce the sound you are recording? Do you have an onscreen visual reference of what you are recording so you can confirm any of what I've asked?
Your could try a hotter pickup in your bass. Or get a more sensitive interface, or both.

 

Are you remembering to press the INST button (or whatever it's called) on the Scarlett when directly recording your bass?

Then in the software make sure you are recording Input 2 (it probably defaults to input 1)

 

^ cool, almost every time someone says that they can't record their bass directly, it's that INST switch.

Do you have a guitar Compressor pedal that you can use to boost your bass signal?

Even a guitar distortion pedal can work. Turn the distortion down, turn gain and bass up.

 

Hard to pinpoint whether it's the bass malfunctioning if you don't have an amp you can play it through to validate.

In these types of situations, I would usually lean towards some setting on the interface not being engaged correctly but given that you have had success with your Les Paul, it seems more likely that it's the bass that's the issue here.

Got anyone who can lend you an amp (even a guitar amp) for a minute or two to test out the "broken bass" theory?

I don't believe yours is an active bass, but in the case that it is...check the battery.

 

What is the db level of the recorded bass when it is recorded? Does your bass have active pups? It might need a battery replacement. I think it is your bass if your guitar records normally.

 

It is in fact active. Good Catch.

 

Well, I'll be dipped!

 

New battery in the bass, and make sure it’s unplugged when not being played to preserve it.

 

I guess the only option is too...get one through amazon..and test it that way >.>
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Assuming the following is true:
1. The interface works fine with a guitar plugged in directly.

3. The same cable used for the guitar was used for the bass.

2. A new battery has no change in the problem.

Then an amp won’t fix your problem. To me it sounds like there is an issue in the bass. I’d guess the wiring is wrong somewhere. Is there a guitar shop somewhere nearby where you can go try it out without just buying an amp to do that? If so, they likely also have someone who can open up the control cavity and verify that the wires are all properly soldered.

 

I see the meter moving on your recording interface when you TALK, and it's about as loud as when you play the bass.

Do you have a mic connected? I think your interface is picking up sound somewhere, from a mic.

I think the bass may not be working - but you also should only be recording from the instrument input, NOT Also from a mic, unless you want a lot of room noise in your direct DI recordings.

 

No, it's a local expression of surprise/disbelief/wonder depending on context.

 

Volume pot? Try backing off on the volume pot to 95% just under full output to see if that makes any difference. Experiment with other pots. Any crackling heard when you turn them. I am not familiar with the controls on that bass. Are you sure everything is engaged and on? The bass looks new so that seems odd.

 

Weird. So you can plug in your Les Paul, hear it fine, and without changing anything, just unplug it and plug in the bass, and you get nothing? Grasping at straws: You're certain the battery is good and is installed correctly in the battery compartment and making contacts with positive and negative terminals as it should? I saw you adjusted the volume knob, but have you tried it at both extremes just to make sure? (And maybe the bass/treble/pickup balance knobs too, just to make sure.) Are you sure the cable is well seated in the bass's output jack? Do you have another cable you could try just to make extra sure there's not some weird intermittent problem with it?

Kinda hard to believe you got *two* brand new basses with bad electronics, but I'm out of ideas.