Is there any advantage at all with plugging the bass into the amp as I always do, and then use the XLR to my DI on my DAW?
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If your amp has a pre-amp you like you get the sound of that pre-amp in your recording. You can use your bass as a monitor to hear your playing.
That said you can probably get a pre-amp that sounds as good or better for free from a plugin
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100%, thereâs really no reason to use an amp for recording any more. Amp/cab sims sound as good or better. As in, even if your SVT sim doesnât sound exactly like a SVT, itâs still going to sound better than your Rumble 40.
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The only advantage I can think of is having color of your preamp in the signal chain as opposed to going direct into DAW. But this will only work if your XLR out is post EQ. Depending on the amp this can be hardwired or you will see pre/post EQ switch.
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Yeah, Iâm not sure on that. I believe one of the knocks against the Rumble was that the XLR out bypasses the EQ. But, the amp I was considering is my new Ampeg RB-210. Iâm still setting up/building my DAW. Itâs a Linux setup, so Iâm learning as I go.
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Yeah! Very nice! Iâll try it out and see how I like it. I got a 2 channel Scarlett, so that work nicely with the mic. Though I work in IT and do not doubt the plugins are as good I am sure, I still like knobsâŚespecially while holding the bass.
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Youâre actually stuck with the pre-amp color. I have that amp, and reading the reviews people had to turn the volume up at least half to not get hissing noise from the DI. If you donât want the speaker volume you can plug in headphones and that turns off the speaker.
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I havenât tried it out, but I would imagine 500 watts of power might be pretty annoying if you have to crank it to get the gain you need. I love the sound of the amp however. Even a low volume itâs so much warmer than my Rumble 40. I know the comparison isnât fair, but I do love this amp.
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You can always put a DI box in front of your amp.
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Linux, huh? Do you have a penguin sticker on your bass too? Just joking, but Linux and musician isnât something I often see together in a post.
When in doubt, RTFM.
Itâs come a long way, and you can do some legit stuff with it nowadays. I like it because itâs free and I have more control. I work in IT; support Windows Server primarily, but Iâve been really disappointed in Windows over the past 7 or 8 years on the Desktop. Nobody at work was excited about Windows 11. Macs are a bit better, but they all want to own you. Linux probably isnât as polished, but it picked up my Scarlet DI just fine. It works, and there are a number of DAWs available for it nowâŚincluding some that are available for MAC and Windows.
Bitwig in particular is available, yeah, along with Reaper.
I have been a mac user and developer since the late â80s and this has literally never been a thing. I donât understand why people think this.
I use linux as well, and have used it as my main desktop in the past for years at a time, and I can confidently say the FOSS options on the mac are just fine.
I even mained Gentoo for three years and frankly I am just fine not being able to tweak and build the kernel on my mac, after years of being literally forced to for each update 
@howard I hear you. I donât have an axe to grind with Apple, and to be fair theyâre a lot better then MicrosoftâŚespecially in light of the shenanigans with Windows 11. As a long time Apple user you well know, Apple hardware is second to none. I appreciate that Apple doesnât foist things on you like Redmond does. Iâve been running Macs for a little over 10 years now (on my 3rd Mac MiniâŚ), and I have come to appreciate them.
I think my gravitation to FOSS/Linux has primarily driven by the measures of software companies dealing with piracyâwhich they done, except now the tables are turned with the advent of SaaS subscription models. For a guy who can only intermittently feed his music hobby/habit, itâs a rip off. So, I just rather go FOSS-- even if it lags behind a bit.
Having said all that, whatâs your preferred DAW on Linux? âŚor is your only DAW experience on Mac? I installed Ardour, but I havenât had time to really play with it much.
This is so damn irritating
I would 100% go with either Reaper or Bitwig
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I missed this post at the time. but yeah itâs not false 
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Yeah I agree. I had some Macâs for work and frankly I donât like their OSâs, those computers are good but not what I want to use. I much prefer a goodâol x64 with Windows 7/10 or a good Linux distro (Debian, even Ubuntu).
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Yeah. Thereâs definitely valid criticisms of the mac, but being a âwalled gardenâ is not one of them, in my experience.