Daring Audio Edge Activcator Very Basic Demo Video

[JAUQO III-X]

Nothing fancy, just showcasing the very basics of how the Daring Audio can alter your sound.


YouTube - Jauqo III-X Demoing The Daring Edge Audio Activator Pedal
















Daring Audio endorser.

[JimmyM]

always love watching you play, bro. not quite sure i get this pedal, though. on your vid, it kind of came off more as a compressor/limiter. then again, it could have been just that it was a cam mic recording. am i hearing it wrong? it seems to do what its description says it does, but it did sound like it had a limiter thing going, too. or is that just one of its options?

[JAUQO III-X]

Thanks Jimmy. If it sounds compressed it's mostly because of the cam mic. depends on what type/size computer speakers one is listening to it will sound different. Because of how ones bass sounds before the pedal is engaged. Once engaged the tone just opens up with more of a rawness than what a limiter or compression would do. A limiter and compression pedal would make my tone very stiff, especially a compression pedal that's why I don't use them. Gives me a blanket over my tone effect. The main reason I don't use compression like or in the studio.


The pedal really can be more of a in your face type of pedal if the user wants to take that approach. But overall a very versatile pedal.

[Dirk Diggler]

Try recording direct, the camera mic squished it so much you can't hear the difference, and I used my studio speakers to listen.
Just FYI,
Dirk

[JAUQO III-X]

Originally Posted by Dirk Diggler

Try recording direct, the camera mic squished it so much you can't hear the difference, and I used my studio speakers to listen.
Just FYI,
Dirk

Not here to argue but I definitely hear the difference. That's why I went with what was on the video. The other reason I didn't go direct was I wanted to get a real life affect with out any biased assistance if I had went direct.

Once the pedal is engaged the sound of the bass does change.

[rob_thebassman]

sounds like it adds more punch

[bongomania]

Originally Posted by JAUQO III-X

The other reason I didn't go direct was I wanted to get a real life affect with out any biased assistance if I had went direct.

???????????? Going direct, with no extra processors, would give you far less "bias" and far more "real life", unless what you were demoing was the pedal's effect on the amp, cabs, and camera.

[JAUQO III-X]

Originally Posted by bongomania

???????????? Going direct, with no extra processors, would give you far less "bias" and far more "real life", unless what you were demoing was the pedal's effect on the amp, cabs, and camera.

If I had went direct I'm sure some one would have wondered why I went direct.



The video is what it is.

[JimmyM]

the daring website does have direct recorded sound clips if you want that.

btw, i'm totally with you on the compression thing, jauqo. i used to use it but i'm enjoying my recorded tone a lot more these days without it.

[RFord04]

I can hear a slight difference, but the camera is definitely squashing the tone. Damn camera mics...

[Jazzdogg]

I could definitely hear the limiting engage on the video camera without the pedal; with the pedal in the signal path, the limiting seemed to engage more often and more forcefully.

Video camera really makes it hard to hear your clip clearly.

[johnboy65]

I hear the difference but I don't think it really adds much... but I'm sure that it's the mic.

[JAUQO III-X]

It's definitely the mic. Plus youtube adds compression.


I think if any one can't hear a difference, somethings going on with their hearing(or they are listening to a bad system).

And no I'm not being sarcastic.

[JimmyM]

ya, you can hear a difference, but i think the difference is maybe a tad less dramatic in the vid than in real life. you can really hear it in the clips on the daring site. sounds like a cool pedal.

[JAUQO III-X]

Jimmy it really is a nice pedal if that's what the player ants.

I dig it a lot, especially for some of the musical situations I'm in where a lot may be going on within a composition.


And like I mention in the first post in this thread. Nothing fancy, just a basic demo.


What's interesting is most bass players who try the Edge Activator out will have a different sound from the sound I'm getting in the vid. But I'm sure there is a sound in that pedal that they can work with.

[BigOldHarry]

Hmmm... I don't really hear that much. But that's me.

[CapnSev]

It sounds different, but I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be hearing. It just sounds like a signal boost getting squished by the camera.

[Mingus Addict]

I definitely hear a difference, even on my crap speakers, but I think it's pretty subtle. For finger style, the difference the pedal made seems to be paramount to a tone change I could achieve with a slight adjustment in right hand attack. For the slap stuff I heard a bigger effect, and I think it sounds more compressed to a lot of people because a compressor with a short attack time can give you this louder/emphasized short attack, and the pedal seems to have a similar sound.

Overall, I think it sounds cool, but I feel like I could achieve the same sounds with some simple EQ and compression. I guess in the end this really is just a specialized eq pedal though.

[cheapbasslovin]

This video is Daring me to hold on to my 3 bills for a difference that I can recognize as a significant change or improvement.

Edit::: One clip on their website makes it more clear what it does, but I'm not certain it's for me. Reminds me of a Steel Leather with a much more polish on the execution.

[JAUQO III-X]

I'm one player with my experience with this pedal.All some one has to do is try the edge activator with their own bass and hear what the difference may be.


I spend a considerable amount of time in studios and sometimes the most subtle change in tone sometime goes a very long way.