Mixer preamp difference...

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I have two set ups. My 16 track recorder with a Ramsa 20ch mixer or... A four track recorder with a 8 channel Tascam mixer. I usually use the 16 track set up to record my final songs. One thing Ive noticed is when I direct connect a guitar or bass to my 8 channel tascam mixer the tone sounds better for my taste. When i do that with my 20 channel ramsa mixer the sound is a little different... not bad just not my taste. Is there any way to direct connect my guitar or bass to the tascam mixer's preamp and then run it into one channel on my 20ch ramsa mixer?
 
Almost certainly. I can't think why there possibly wouldn't be.

You apparently already know how to connect the bass to an input of the Tascam mixer.

Route the channel you've got the bass coming into to any line-level output. How you do this depends on the mixer ... if there's no way to do it, then what you have is either (a) not a mixer or (b) broken. Indeed, there are probably numerous outputs to which you can route it (you could use an insert, an aux buss, a bus intended to go to a multitrack recorder, or a one side of a master bus, and perhaps others).

Connect whatever output you're using from the Tascam mixer to a line-level input on the Ramsa mixer.
 
Not sure how good it sounds to you...but IMHO, going DI with a guitar and not using some kind of amp and/or speaker emulation box/pedal...never sounds good, though if your plan to re-amp later, that DI sound is not all that important.

Bass is another story, and going DI is quite good with most DI setups.
 
I gues what I can do is plug the bass into a channel on the tascam mixer and run the master out to a line in on my ramsa mixer.
 
I'm assuming the insert jacks are TRS, you need to confirm if Tip is send (likely) or receive. You should be able to get a signal post pre- but without the additional gain stages. I'm surprised a guitar straight in to (mic?) sounds good, but hey, if it does it does. You'll need a trs plug (1/4" "Stereo" plug, **not** a mono plug). A stereo splitter will work so something like 1/4" stereo to left and right whatever, (does the Ramsa line in have rca or 1/4") will work, then you can see which one. I think "Left" is usually "Tip" so try that one first.
 
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