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Hi,

I'm running my electric quitar through Vox tonelab>mackie mixer>soundcard.
I've also been running my bass through this same configuration but can't seem to get the sound I want.

Is there a box similar to a tonelab that's for basses?
 
Don't know. But I am less than satisfied with the tonelab.
 
JerryD said:
Hi,

I'm running my electric quitar through Vox tonelab>mackie mixer>soundcard.
I've also been running my bass through this same configuration but can't seem to get the sound I want.

Is there a box similar to a tonelab that's for basses?
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Both Line 6 and Behringer offer bass versions of their POD and V-amp, respectively. Other modelers probably do as well, but those 2 I know for sure do. They're basically the same thing as their guitar counterparts only with different presets. I can't even really say they're voiced differently or anything. So I can't imagine that if your bass doesn't sound good through a guitar modeller that it's going to sound noticably better through a bass modeller.

Try running your bass straight into your mixer, or at least disable all of the effects, amp sims, and modelling functions of your Tonelab. Or see if you can even bypass it. If you do run your bass (or guitar) through the Tonelab, make sure to use a line-level input on your mixer. Running it into a preamped channel will essentially preamp the signal twice and create unwanted noise.

But try a dry bass signal into your software, then apply compression and see where that gets you. From there you may or may not want more effects. It doesn't take much procesing to get a good bass tone.
 
Most bass is simply recorded direct in, or sometimes in conjunction with a miced cab. You might look at going direct in through a Sansamp RBI. It's not a modeler, but it provides a lot of control over your sound for bass.
 
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