Can you record from a ¼ headphone output jack?

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redbarchetta
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2013/03/04 11:38:53 (permalink)

Can you record from a ¼ headphone output jack?

 
I have a bass amp that has a ¼ headphone jack, will I get a good recording if I take the signal, run it into my digital interface and pipe that into Sonar?  Or should I use the XLR output into my interface?  If the ¼ jack works, will it produce the same quality as the XLR? Would rather not have to go spend money one an XLR cable if it’s not necessary.  
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    chuckebaby
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    Re:Can you record from a ¼ headphone output jack? 2013/03/04 11:48:53 (permalink)
    its not a good idea to run anything hot into your audio interface.
    your just asking for distortion and level overload.

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    Re:Can you record from a ¼ headphone output jack? 2013/03/04 11:58:54 (permalink)
    Ok cool, I will go get an XLR cable then. 
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