I just bought the Beginner to Badass course and I want to be able to hear my bass + the lesson videos in my bluetooth headphones. I need to be able to practice without disturbing the house too much.
Has anyone else figured that out? I have a Rumble 25 amp and a tablet Im going to use for the videos. I can use wired headphones if I must, but Id like to get both audio sources directly to a pair of headphones.
Unfortunately, my phone, like most phones and tablets these days, doesn’t have an aux port. I was thinking of getting a BT reciever with an aux jack, but I see people saying BT doesn’t work well due to latency issues. I think I might just need to but some BT earbuds in and connect to the video and then put headphones over them connected to the amp.
Bluetooth may not be a good solution for you. Unless it’s designed specifically for musical instruments signal. You’ll have a lag little to significant lag. Best Bluetooth headphones I’ve tried is the Boss WAZA air bass.
You can get a Bluetooth dongle and connect via your phone or tablet to the Aux in using the cable on the rumble 25 then headphones (wired) out to you. It’s the cheapest and simplest route.
I hear you re: the Bluetooth/wireless convenience, but this
is crazy
I think the best option is to go via an audio interface into your computer and then also use an app such as Loopback (on Mac) for advanced audio routing (there should be similar apps for PC). It is a more flexible and long-term solution, especially also if you ever wanted to pipe your bass and a backing track and a microphone and a YouTube video etc. through Zoom (the app, not the multi-effects board), for example when you have an online lesson with a coach etc.
I’m with @Wombat-metal and @Al1885 here - aux input to amp and amp to wired headphones is generally the best for no latency. You mentioned your phone doesn’t have an aux port, what does it have? I’ve got a pixel with USB C and just use a USB C to 1/8" adaptor in my phone then 1/8" cable to my amp or sometimes a speaker if watching instructional videos.
The adaptor will only cost a few dollars on Amazon or somewhere like that. If you’ve got an iPhone with lightning connector, they cost more, but should still be under $10.
With Bluetooth, if you are playing along to the videos, the small bit of latency will likely impact your timing as you’ll be watching Josh and the notes won’t quite match when he plays.
I tried to watch a finger drumming (maybe a new hobby coming) video this morning with BT headphones and it was crap and really offputting as the timing was just wrong.
Oh, and welcome to the forum and congrats on getting the B2B course, it’s all kinds of awesome.
The problem is that there will be latency. You probably dont even realize it, because when you press play on your audio device, you only hear it in your ears. So you have no reference for a delay. When you go to broadcast your live audio over bluetooth though, it will be obvious. It is basically unusable.
To be more specific, you are creating an analog signal. The signal has to be converted to audio packets, and then sent over bluetooth. Then the receiver (your headphones) has to convert it back to analog. Although its possible to go analog to digital, and back to analog in nearly real time; once you add bluetooth transmission and reception to the mix, its no longer practical.
I did have some wireless headphones for a while, good for general use and convenience, but the latency between plucking a string and hearing in the headphones, although only slight, was definitely noticeable lol.
You can just get the Boss pocket GT. I got it when it first came out but only use it a few times till the last few weeks when I started to get back to “collecting” IEMs I pulled it out and started using it again. It’s a neat little unit and perfect for headphone practicing. My only gripe is the vertical only setting and not landscape so using it with my iPad Pro is a bit of a drag.
Not exactly what you are looking for, as you have to plug headphones in for this recommendation, but it connects via Bluetooth to device. The NUX Mighty Pedal Pro. Good for a private practice amp, and even has capability to connect to PC to use as an audio interface. Not to mention several dozen effects, amp sims and IRs. I highly recommend, it’s a great bang for your buck. I’ve used it for over a year with no complaints.
I know a drummer that uses this exact setup. The only difference is both sets are wired. He plays a song in the earbuds and then has his electric drums going into headphones over the earbuds. It may not be optimal but it’s definitely a workable solution to the problem.
When I’m in my drum set I just Bluetooth directly from the module Roland Vdrums it’s the most convenient way to do it. Later I go more fancy and add a mixer to the for better control. As I added the Spd30 and second module.
Just get an audio interface, it’s all you need for this. Bass goes in to it, computer uses it for sound output, everything goes out through your headphones and/or speakers you run off of it.
I did gig with it as a drummer with the last kit. It was a blast, I was so nervous but I had a great time. It was the first time I had a click track in my IEM. I was looking at the bass player the entire time, lol.
This, basically.
Pretty much all I do. With an AB/Y pedal sending the bass to the interface, for speakers, and the amp, cos feeling the bass hits different (I don’t care about the neighbours )