WinterMute

Depends what you’re recording and what you’re recording with... Solo virtuoso acoustic guitar with a Neumann U47 through a Neve Shelford channel: 96Khz General MIDI drums and a guitar through a knockoff SM57 copy: 44.1Khz, or indeed a dictaphone....

I’d suggest something like this: https://www.thomann.de/gb/alesis_multimix_4usb.htm decent build quality and a usb that won’t be too latent, you’ll need a mini jack to 2x1/4” cable for your iPad.

Bought Uros' PJB BG300 Super Flightcase. Excellent chap to deal with, great communication and the unit came well protected and on time. Deal with confidence.

The line6 Pod XT kit has a USB socket that allows it to act as an interface in it’s own right, you just select it as the input device in the DAW and it passes the audio through digitally. I don’t know if Digitech does the same thing.

I think the multiple input approach works really well if you're unsure as to the tone you're going to need in the final mix, if you're certain it'll be the one you're using, print it and damn the torpedos.

Using plug-ins for tone is at the mercy of latency, as plug-ins add latency to the round trip from bass to monitors via the DAW. Thunderbolt interfaces help as do hardware accelerated systems like Universal Audios UAD2 systems. I use both approaches, a Sansamp pre or a Pod XT Pro into the DAW, with bass DI’d to a separate track with plug-ins, then you can use plug-ins during the mix as well to achieve the mix tone you’re looking for.

Very entertaining thread gents, almost as much fun as posting anything complimentary about Apple... I have a Big Twin T, it's a monster for the kind of work I do and I'm very happy with it, when I played different music my old Ampeg 8x10 was brilliant but needed help and a big car to move about, it's always going to come down to choices for the kind of music being played. I tried the BT3 and I liked it a lot, but not to the point that I was tempted to shift the older one on, if anything the separate midrange unit gives the older cab an aggression the new Gen 3 cab lacks (but only marginally). Others have noted the Gen 3 cabs are very clean and respond to the amp/pre-amp choice very well. In the end these are just tools, I find I'm much less invested in a cab as I am in a guitar. Now I'm not playing live I may well shift the cab and amp on and get something else in for recording, but again I have a range of systems I can use for recording... Find something that works for you, use it till you find something better and agree that not everyone needs the same thing.

Bought Roy's GED2112 Tech 21 pre-amp, straightforward and dead quick, arrived on time and well packaged. Thanks Roy, it sounds great.

I like the black grill on mine too, and I play a Bongo Stealth 5 string, must be some kind of viral thing...

All good advice above, traps and floating floors etc. but can I suggest you measure the room first as otherwise you're sort of whistling in the dark (which may or may not sound any good depending on the acoustics...)? Some of us talked about it in this thread: https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/311993-room-treatment/ It might sound a bit daunting, but it's really not that difficult, then you'll have a good chance at fixing whatever issues you might have (and they will be bass and RT related).

I dropped a Bartolini into my Tony Levin 5 string, it was quite a bit smaller than the stock item, don’t know if that makes much difference to you though.

I’ve got the 5h bongo, an SR5 fretless and the 20th anni 5h. The bongo is more aggressive and forward in tone, whilst still sounding like a stingray, it’s a beast live but isn’t as comfortable to play, the G string is a bit close to the edge of the frets and takes a bit of getting used to. Don’t know the 4 string versions, so I can’t comment there with any authority but I’d guess the character is similar. love mine for live, but the 20th Anni has taken over in the studio.

Lack of observance of the few ‘standards” we have is usually the problem... That said, a bit of research ahead of any changes usually does the trick, that and never updating software during a project and never buy 1st gen hardware. Avid are usually the worst offenders, but they’ve been decent of late.