[Hookani]

Yes, everything is going direct cable into the 1814 (no DIs or anything). The 1814 has two xlr's with phantom power (which I'm using for two mics naturally) and got two acoustic-electric guitars (both active, battery powered) plugged into the 1/4" line ins and works just perfectly. Only problem is when plugging the bass into the 1/4" line in, I can barely hear it thru the monitors even with that channel at full volume. This is my instrument/equipment list if it helps:

2 - SM-58 mics
Adamas 12 string (acoustic/electric)
Takamine 6 string (acoustic/electric)
Yamaha bass
M-audio firewire 1814 interface
M-audio BX5a monitors

Everything I use for recording (minus the monitors) fits into a backpack so I'm trying to avoid any solutions that would add more things to pack separately such as amps, large pre amps, etc. Basically we are recording right now just so we can hear ourselves and how we sound so we can improve ourselves. So we just set up recording where ever we decide to practice so portablilty is important.

Getting back to the bass conversion thing. If I switch out the pickups I would still need someplace to put a battery correct. Are pickup sizes pretty standard?

Thanks,
Ho'okani