Recording a Bass Digitally

[Gremboid]

I want to record my bass digitally (onto a GadgetLabs 824) Can I take the extra speaker output into the box or what (It's got 8ohms written next to it)?

Do I have to go direct instead?

I also have a D.I. ouput on the rear of my head. What the hells it do? Its a got a 3 pin connection socket, not like a jack.

Any help would be apreciated!

[Lorddiagram]

Gremboid - I imagine there must be a line-out or such on your amp. You can run that right in to your recorder - but to be safe turn the gain all the way down, plug in the cord and then raise the level. I am telling you this because I don't want you to end up putting the wrong thing in the wrong hole and end with a blown something.

[Nemo]

I have a tree-pin line out connector on the back of my Carvin amp. I much prefer to line into my Roland VS840 this way as the sound is much more pleasing and controllable than going direct. I just slap a transformer plug at the recorder end and plug it in. I would really shy away from using a speaker-out to record with. It would seem your gain would be almost uncontrollable and the potential damage to your equipment not worth it.

[Jim Marquard]

Use the D.I. XLR out (three pin) for recording direct. D.I., by the way stands for direct injection, a term for plugging an istrument directly into a tape console, bypassing the use of a microphone infront of a amp/speaker setup. First used by the Beatles by the way and made famous for the sound they produced for the distorted guitar on Revolution. You can buy a mic cable with XLR on one end and a 1/4" plug on the other which illiminates the use of an adaptor which usually gives poor sound quality if it is not of high quality.

Peace, Jim