andrushkiwt
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Been seeing some videos on bypassing the bass cabinet and going full DI, with other effects of course. Since i'm using Amplitube, and therefore a virtual cabinet, I'm curious if this is considered the same route. I mean, the mic placement and tone concepts for recording real guitars is emulated in the virtual amp/cab world, for some vendors, so I'm thinking it should be the same for bass.
I'm going to give it a try shortly and see how it sounds, but I've been of the mindset that bass rock tones include the cabinet and mic'ing of it...not 100% DI. And further, my bass into the F-Rite Scarlett 2i2 doesn't sound so hot - though I've never tried it with just the SVT virtual amp, EQ, and compressor. I just know the bass alone sounds like crap DI.
We'll see in a bit how it sounds when I goof around with it. Any thoughts on going full DI? Do you? Does anyone use virtual bass cabs, or do you consider them unnecessary?
For the record, the only bass cab I've used (virtual) has been the SVT standard 8x10 with two mics about 2 ft out, a dynamic 20 and a condenser 414, which are both virtual as well, obviously. Ampeg SVT Pro head.
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I'm going to give it a try shortly and see how it sounds, but I've been of the mindset that bass rock tones include the cabinet and mic'ing of it...not 100% DI. And further, my bass into the F-Rite Scarlett 2i2 doesn't sound so hot - though I've never tried it with just the SVT virtual amp, EQ, and compressor. I just know the bass alone sounds like crap DI.
We'll see in a bit how it sounds when I goof around with it. Any thoughts on going full DI? Do you? Does anyone use virtual bass cabs, or do you consider them unnecessary?
For the record, the only bass cab I've used (virtual) has been the SVT standard 8x10 with two mics about 2 ft out, a dynamic 20 and a condenser 414, which are both virtual as well, obviously. Ampeg SVT Pro head.
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