Bass through speakers

[Chipsonfire]

Yesterday I went to Radio Shack cause I needed an adapter for my headphones so I could listen to my bass through them to practice at night (I live with 4 other people). I also wanted to be able to play songs or an online metronome through it so I got a 1/8 to 1/4" cord. It worked wonderfully Later, it occurred to me that my computer speakers are little more than highly glorified headphones... A few minutes later I was playing my bass through static-free subwoofer I'm quite pleased with this so humor me for a bit lol.
Oh, and yes it's worth it cause my amp kinda sucks lol.

 

[hunta]

I was using my computer speakers/headphones for an amp for quite a while at school. It works so why not!

 

[TFunkadelic]

I use my computer speakers/board for playing my bass through alot....then again my computer's audio set up kicks ass.

 

[gizmobltd]

wat is the 1/4 to 1/8 or watever it is.and could you record on ur computer with that

 

[Chipsonfire]

1/4" is the size of the plug which is normally used with equipment. It plugs your bass into your amp and so on. 1/8" is your standard headphone plug for your iPod or what-have-you. I suppose you might be able to record with it if you plugged in the 1/4" side of a 1/4 and 1/8 inch cord into the headphone jack of the amp and the 1/8" side into the mic input of the computer... Hmm...

 

[hunta]

I use my computer speakers/board for playing my bass through alot....then again my computer's audio set up kicks ass.

Mine didn't really "kick ass", but I ran through a preamp + mixer out into my crappy Echo Mia card, setup an audio track in cubase, and then out to my computer speakers. I guess that's still somewhat elaborate.