nope.
but that means i recorded parts with a five year old battery...
the clipping-bass-through-electronic-equipment problem is very well established. it's a complex thing with a lot of causes and a react-as-they-occur type solution set. the easiest thing is to use analog technology, but it always has to be a last resort (i haven't had to use it yet). the two key things are limiters and compressors, but you also have to deal with technique, source, volume, eq.
the last time i had this problem, i was forced to deal with my mixer because my old soundblaster wasn't being read. i've fixed that, now. the soundblaster didn't seem to have those problems. it's tempting, and it may be what i do in the end.
first, i'm going to swap the battery out when the sun comes up, but i'm actually ok with redoing the picked parts with a limiter, which should mostly resolve the worst clipping. it's the finger parts that i'd rather avoid doing that for and that i'm hoping i can just fix with compression & eq.
i'll have to hear how big a difference the new battery makes before i make decisions about that.
i could also always try micing it if i have to. i have a very large roland keyboard/bass amp that gets very little use. i'm not the biggest on the tone of the amp, though.
it's kind of too thick. but it might work for this track.
it may be that the soundblaster is actually a direct input ("DI"), or something closer to it. it's one of the live drive boxes from the mid 90s. i've done tons of recording with it, it really is a great little box for what it is, it's just that it's not asio compatible so i can't record in with cubase. i'd have to do the parts separately and paste them in. but it's a minor annoyance if it clears the clips.
that's it here. it connects to the soundcard with an oldskool pin connector. most of the recording i'm doing nowadays is through usb (the pod) or firewire (mixer).
http://www.hardware-one.com/reviews/platinum/images/LiveDrivePanel_big.jpg
i could also always just get some di cords. the mixer has multiple direct ins, i've just never used them due to not having the right cords...
