How do you plug your bass straight into your computer?

[roargoar]

how do you plug your bass straight to ur computer to record?

[Mitchell Royce]

You do just that. Get a 1/8" to 1/4" cable and plug that into your microphone input.

[anarchy-inc]

how do you plug your bass straight to ur computer to record?

Why would you want to? The sound will be horrible! Get yourself a Bass Pod (or similar) and then record from that. :thumb:

[Rollo47]

I record all of my tracks direct line in, and they sound pretty decent to me.

[Jim Hull]

Yep, mines direct and it sounds fine.

[Mitchell Royce]

I've also found that I can get a decent basic bass sound through my line in. Guitars and vocs(anything with lots of highs) sounds terrible through my soundcard, though.

[naut]

i run a cable from my bass into my BP200, then into my computer. it works quite well, although it doesn't handle the low end that great, it still sounds pretty good.

[janyeno]

I run a cable from my bass to a DI box, and then into my computer...

[liamplaysthebass]

i have a jack to mini jack for my mic,it works for bass and guitar aswell

[jaco jr]

use a DI box

[sixner]

i think my soundcard is broke... i dont get sound when my mic or my bass is plugged into the slot?

:upset: i made a thread and yet didint get many responses....
curse you all!
:lol: kidding
-sixner

[cAPS_lOCK]

^^^ Have you checked the control panel, so the microphone isn't muted?

[Jim Hull]

i think my soundcard is broke... i dont get sound when my mic or my bass is plugged into the slot?

:upset: i made a thread and yet didint get many responses....
curse you all!
:lol: kidding
-sixner

I had the same problem. I had blown my sound card as I had my bass turned up too much when recording. If you cant find any config or software problems, then this is most likely what has happened. New soundcard?

[Tommy III]

I use the XLR out on my amp head, and it sounds fine. I just realized today though that it sounds better once i export it than it does in my actual recording program, which, that is Audacity. At least's how it seems to me.

[PUNKBassLAD]

i do that all the time for my solo work... the cheapest quickest thing you can do is just buy a reducer, like many have mentioned before, if you do buy a reducer you will get some fairly bad overdrive (believe me, i tried it)... i think the thing you should do is buy like a UX1 or something like that...
check it out

http://line6.com/store/hardware.html?familyID=28

[Sammy_L_D]

Try a Line 6 device called the Guitar Port, something my store's been pimping out lately, if you don't have something else to plug it into your computer (for example, a Soundblaster Audigy ZS Platinum Pro II or IV).

Plugs directly into your USB port, and works great.

[sixner]

I had the same problem. I had blown my sound card as I had my bass turned up too much when recording. If you cant find any config or software problems, then this is most likely what has happened. New soundcard?

man, we JUST got this sound card!
:-\ my brother bought it............. he'll be pissed, haha
*hopes this isint the problem..*
shouldn't be, cause it just... stopped.. while recording through a mic?
-sixner

[Thonk]

Bass->D.I->Computer.

[PaulSimonon]

Depends on where I am. At home, I have a cord that has a 1/4 jack on one end and a 1/8 jack on the other. At my drummer's house it's Bass>amp>mixer>computer, since we record there.