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Thread Bass into Scarlett 2i4 doesn't take much to sound distorted

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Harley Dear

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1 Posted on 03/28/2020 at 00:34:35

I have two basses - BTB1005 with active Nordstrand Dual Coil pickup and Ibanez TMB with active/passive Nordstrand pickups.

When I plug these basses into the input and select 'INST" I can't get much volume without distortion.

These two basses have really nice tone when plugged into amp, but I seem to loose this when using the Scarlett 2i4 going into my computer to something like Cakewalk or simply paying back to a backing track.

Can anyone suggest how I may improve this?

Thanks

Harley

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angelie

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2 Posted on 04/23/2020 at 12:50:07

I would try a di-box instead of plugging it directly into your interface. I suspect there is an impedance issue...between Instrument and interface.

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Harley Dear

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3 Posted on 04/23/2020 at 13:05:51

Thanks Angelie. That's a good idea, of course that will work better, I just never thought of it :mdr:

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