Recording Practise Bass Amp

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I have been using bass emulating software to record a bass.

But I am thinking of purchasing a small 15watt or so bass amp so I can record directly and mic the speaker.
My question is how do I record the amp directly? Do i need a DI box and if so where would I plug it into the bass amp or can i just line out into my audio interface??
 
You could use a variety of methods. You could just mic the bass amp by sticking a mic in front of it ~ different positions yield a slightly different sound. Or you could use a DI box. Or you could go out of the line out or even headphone sections. Or you could just plug the bass straight into your interface.
I'd say it's worth trying all of them and sometimes even in combination if possible. See what occurs......
 
I record bass this way all the time. I have a DI box that also acts as a splitter--with two outputs. One is unaffected by the DI box; this one goes to the amp, so it's just as I'm plugging directly into the amp. The other output gets recorded as a line in.

Now I have a mic'd sound and a DI sound to mix to taste.
 
I had a Peavey practice bass amp, had an 8" speaker. (I've noticed others make 'em with the same little-bitty speaker, too.) Came with a lefty bass i wanted, sold the amp, but tried it out first. I found the little speaker was not up to the job of reproducing bass tones. YMMV.
 
Jason, I've just done a bass session where I put some bass on a couple of songs. I used my 3 track method ~ miking the amp, running a line out and going directly into my DAW. I have a Y box which enables me to connect the bass to two amps or two of whatever. resize ybox.webpWhat I did was to {via the Y box} connect the bass to my amp (output being the line out) and use the other output to go directly into my DAW. Then I miked the amp too resize amp.webpso I got three very different bass sounds. The way I set the knobs on the amp was to cut off most of the bass (-4) and up the treble (+1) and the middle right up so the sound of the bass out of the amp is quite trebly ~ but the line out sound and the DI are not.
Eventually, I'll combine the three sounds into one {I like to commit early on in the process} but this gives me some scope. I don't want to blitz your head with excess but it's one way of a few that you can consider.
 
wow great help Grimtraveller top help!!! thanks a lot guys!! :)
 
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