Thanks GH
I've recorded many different players like this successfully (not just myself) with various amps, including bass amps, so it's nice to have someone else validate the suggestion. I mean, I already knew the 'Line Outs sound like crap' remark was an arbitrary statement but don't have the energy for the discourse.

It can actually be better than micing it for some scenarios (including available equipment and engineer's abilities), and many times much easier.

One thing to consider is whether the amp is going to disconnect the cabinet if Line Out is plugged in .. some do, but even then, that's usually OK when recording.

To confuse things even more there can be a mislabeling of the output where instead of an actual 'line out' for recording, it was designed to route the sound to a different external cabinet so recording that may indeed sound like crap.


¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It was just a suggestion

To answer Byron's latest question and clarify -
No, we are not talking about a line out from an amp modeler (at least I wasn't)


Amp modelers work fine also, but I was talking about an actual line out from an amp (not one meant for an external cabinet, but a legitimate line out) .. see above





Last edited by rharv; 07/27/22 12:16 PM.
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