The problem with that is ASIO will only handle one sound source at a time, so you can't hear bass and an mp3 at the same time. Now I have an HP Pavilion g6 with Windows 7 and that method doesn't work. Didn't notice latency and didn't need an ASIO driver. It wasn't recording quality, but good enough for practice and I could play along with any source, mp3, youtube etc. I had a series of old Thinkpads (T20 to T60) running XP, and with those I'd plug straight into the line-in socket, just using a homemade 1/4" mono jack to stereo mini-jack lead. I think it depends on the PC, soundcard and operating system. Your thoughts and knowledge will be gratefully received.
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I'll also add I'm currently putting all my CDs onto the PC and will be hooking a decent stereo up to it so I can listen to my music collection and I could practice through that as well, I'm not massively worried about the quality of the bass, just simplicity. Years ago I had a laptop and had to get an external soundcard with low latency so my playing didn't lag when we recorded some stuff but is that needed today as computers are more powerful, what figures should I be looking for on my PC. I could get some wireless headphones so it really would be just plug the bass in and away I go. I've seen the VST effect thingies like this () and thought it would be ideal but don't really know.
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What would I need to enable me to plug my bass into my computer (desktop tower jobby) and play along to everything on there, youtube, downloads, CDs, etc.
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Now the question, and bear in mind I'm very handy once in the know but just not in the know at the mo (there's a lyric in there somewhere ). It may not seem much but phone charger, Line 6 power, bass lead, phone lead, headphones, etc, I end up tangled up with a load of leads and then the door goes, you get the picture. I usually practice along to recordings on my phone or to stuff on youtube, with my phone, bass and headphones all plugged into my Line6 x3 Live, it works fine but I can't be arsed to set it all up every time I practice. As a complete computer dullard I have a question which I'll get to in a mo.