aguilar DB900 throuth ap2496 vs. M-audio ProjectMix I/O

[sebastiano]

hi everybody:
i´m looking and wondering a lot about to get a good sound.
to record guitar and basses at home with cubase and a low budget.
what do you think?
aguilar DB900 throuth ap2496 vs. M-audio ProjectMix I/O without aguilar pre. (not budget).
other option are welcome.

thanks.

 

[Halion]

That aguilar COULD give you killer bass sound (if you know how to use it), but no guitar is gonna sound good. You simply need to mic an amp for a decent guitar sound.

 

[sebastiano]

yea. or a line6 something is enought to take a nice guitar, but why U say (if you know how to use it) about the aguilar? there´s some secret?

 

[Halion]

Well, I'm a bassplayer, and I concider Aguilar to be a very brand that makes very high quality stuff, both constructionwise aswell as sonically. That, and bassguitar just lends itself well to be recorded with a DI box (low frequency response is excellent, amongst other things), while guitar is highly colored by the amplifier and speaker, which you are taking out of the equation by using just a DI box.

Look at it like this:
A guitar is water. If it's a good guitar, it's clean, fresh water. Still, it's just water. It needs lemon extract, sugar, all kinds of flavourings to make a decent lemonade.

A bass is scotch. If it's a good bass, it's a good scotch. All you can really do to make a scotch better, is serve it in a good glass, with some ice.

 

[Creamyapples1]

I use an Aguilar DB924 and I love it, no complaints. I've also used it with a 12 string elec/acoustic (not bass) and it was very nice as well.

 

[sebastiano]

Well, I'm a bassplayer, and I concider Aguilar to be a very brand that makes very high quality stuff, both constructionwise aswell as sonically. That, and bassguitar just lends itself well to be recorded with a DI box (low frequency response is excellent, amongst other things), while guitar is highly colored by the amplifier and speaker, which you are taking out of the equation by using just a DI box.




ok, what do you recommend me?
fender american dlx precision 5 (3EQ), American DLX tele, standar tele( aupgrade circuits and mics), schecter strato 70´s (tom anderson build), variax.
DAWN: intel 3.06, 1gh, 120HD, M-Audio AP2496. stop...from here You tell me.
Cubase.
i´m looking for a just one channel good quality. to take my guitar.

Creamyapples: your rout?

thanks.

 

[Halion]

As I said, guitar and bass are 2 very different things. Name us your budget first.

 

[sebastiano]

o, U R rigth.
budget 800.
just focus on the bass sound.

 

[Creamyapples1]

for recording bass, a Standard American Fender Jazz Bass, Aguilar DB924, to my board, then onto the recorder. It's a sound that I am very pleased with, though as we all know, opinions are a dime a dozen on here.

 

[sebastiano]

ok thanks a lot.-