sansamp bddi settings with Pbass

[mozarwasagenius]

All,
I got the bddi yesterday and it is really nice. My initial impressions are that it is very versitile, sounds great, can be noisy if you set it to extremes and is worth the $200.
I found a setting I like but since it is so sensitive and I use one of the more popular basses (Fender Standard Precision (1985 w Basslines Quarter Pounders) I thought I'd see what people are setting theirs at to get the good rock tone the sits well in a mix. I like a tone similar to Robbie Shakespear, Adam Clayton and the first Boston album - Meat and potatoes booty shaking tone

I found a modification of the "SVT" tone from the manual to do the trick so far: (5 oclock is max, 7 oclock is min)

Level 11 oclock
Blend 5 oclock
Treble 10 oclock
Bass 1 oclock
Drive 10 oclock
Precence 2 oclock

Also, I was happy to see the bddi has line level capability for the 1/4" and xlr. Anybody use this "hot" of a signal to go to a mixing board or is it just to drive a power amp directly?


Thanks mucho and I love this forum!
Mozar

[Timi]

I'm not a fan of the BDDI, but when I used to have one I found that the "SVT" setting but with the blend backed off a bit (2 oclock-ish) was pretty good.

[pickles]

bass and treble: 11 o'clock
drive noon
presence 9 o'clock
blend to taste, somewhere around noon
level to make it unity gain when switching in and out

I think people who don't like the BDDI are using too much blend, or too much of a scooped EQ. Its GREAT for just adding a little bit of fatness and dimension to your basic sound. Think of it as an effect, not a preamp.

[Timi]

I agree about the blend thing, most people I see just run it on full and it chokes their tone a bit. I also think its hard not to get a scoopy tone with it.

I found myself gradually turning the blend down more and more, and one day I forgot to bring my BBDI and suddenly I had tone again.

[PUCKBOY99]

I have a SansAmp RPM.....the RBI is the rackmountable version of the BDDI & the RPM is basically the same thing except it has a sweepable MID-SHIFT control instead of a PRESENCE.

I think this makes it more versatile a unit.

I just got it & haven't had a ton of time with it, but basically, I've combined the SVT & FAT TUBE settings & found a very tasty tone.

[dirtgroove]

passive P-bass + BDDI =

I'm a big fan of the filthiest asound you can coax out of it and then going really easy on the blend. Works well with a mesa m-pulse

[mav]

(Big deep voice)......YEAH!