Yeah, this probably belongs in the Recording Equipment forum, but this may have some relevance here. For those who have the VT Bass, how do you record with it? I have a Lightsnake cable, and it is absolutely terrible. I used my guitar with it, and it wouldn't give that grindy sound I got before (meaning: I plug it into the effects return on my amp, and it sounds fantastic; I plug it into my MacBook, and it's very bad).
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Recording the VT Bass
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I plug it into my amp, then use the pre-amp out via 1/4" USB cable (I guess this is a lightsnake) to my computer. If I go straight into the computer I can't hear.
The preamp of the mac's line-in is awful and if the lightsnake has one it's probably similarly gross. I use an M-Audio Fast Track USB, basically a little preamp box with an XLR and a 1/4" in, and I run the XLR line out from my amp into that and then into my computer with regular old USB cable. They're pretty cheap (maybe $100 new, $50 used). http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.co...k-USB-Computer-Recording-Interface?sku=703606
I run it in my Zoom B9.1UT's effects loop and have a patch setup that has the effect loop as the only effect in the patch. It sounds identical to when it's used alone. I have some effects programmed into that patch but they are switched off most of the time I'm using it.
I also use it to replace the onboard pre-amp simulations on a bunch of my patches.
I also use it to replace the onboard pre-amp simulations on a bunch of my patches.
I use a Line6 TonePort GX - and when im recording bass, i just switch off all the simulation/emulation stuff so it just records direct, meaning the VT does its job properly and i much prefer the VT to ANY of the bass models, and if i need guitar/vocal/keyboard stuff its all there anyway
If I'm going from a Passive bass, to the VT pedal, and then to my amp head, should I be using the active in on my amp head?
No, but then again, I never ever use active inputs ever ever ever and I think they're a waste of an input or switch. YMMV.
Yeah...that's what I kinda was thinking too. Its a GK MB2 head with a -10 db pad button is that matters.
You only need the active input if you are getting unwanted distortion/clipping from your preamp due to an overly hot signal. Go easy on the volume control on the VT, set it so it's roughly the same volume as your bypassed signal and you should be golden.
