I'm in the market for a decent bass DI so far I've only seen Sansamp and Hartke which one would be better for recording they both seem to do the same thing or is there other bass DI units I'm missing? Thanks
DI stands for Direct Injection, and there are a lot of different types of DI units. Some are passive, some are active, some include a preamp stage, some have amp/cabinet simulators/modelers. You really need to tell us exactly what type you need.
Personally, I'm a fan of the Groove Tubes "The Brick," which is a tube preamp with an excellent DI (GT also makes the Ditto, which is just the DI, without th mic preamp).
Well I've mentioned this in another thread too, but when it comes to Bass DIs I'm a big fan of the Avalon U5, but that's really the only high-end DI I've had experience with. It has a good reputation in general though.
The Sansamp is as close as I have come to getting the perfect bass tone. I also use it with my tired Yorkville combo amp live and it does amazing things to the sound of my bass through that amp.
I use a Focusrite Tone Factory for a DI. You can use it as a mic pre but It's mainly gear for an intrument pre. I has a a filter stage, compressor, eq., para eq and a gate. It has worked very well for me. It also so has a line out for monitoring as well as a main out to your A/D converter. They are out of production but you can find them on ebay from time to time.
isnt that teh berhinger crap? if it is.. no... the v-amp will make alot more noise and it def wont be as clean. Im pretty sure thats just a cheap rip off of a lin3-6 pod
Thanks guys all I need to do is just record a decent bass guitar track I've tried those so called POD type things they suck as for as sound quality. Just wanted to know more about the Sansamp since I heard they were great for getting a fat bass tone recorded.
The SansAmp is a freakin wonderul thing, get the new selectable channel one though. Plug it in and record, it's that good (but first compress the snot out of it)
Well guys you convince me to buy a Sansamp Bass DI I appreciate the suggestion hope I have good results with it, and I thought the compression comes after tracking not before riffy that's what I read most people do.
I have a Behri V-Tone BASS BDI21 & it's actually quite good.
It's cheap, it's better built than almost all Behri pedals, IT WORKS & it's quite versatile.
I know it's daggy but needs must.
I prefer mic'ing, & have bass effects etc that can do the job at a pinch but just for the balanced DI thing it's quite good. The amp modelling's OK. They don't attempt to go the tweed, etc pseudo brand stuff but I can actually dial up something I like rather than go designer labelling.