Sansamp VT Bass settings??

[hans9]

so i got this vt bass last night and jammed with my band...

i tried to copy the settings on the paper but it doesn't have enough grit IMO
I maxed the character and increase the drive knob to 2oclock and it gave me a distorted sound i like.. the bad thing there is i lost the bottom..

hope some owners can share their settings in terms of the following:

a) clean but with some grit
b) a little more aggressive sound with bottom
c) Overdrive sound with bottom

I'm a noob when it comes to these pedals so pardon my ignorance with these things...

Thanks

[alec]

You can just crank the bass control, but my preference is to blend my VT signal with a clean signal through my Boss LS-2.

[madmatt]

When I crank the character knob I turn my bass' tone all the way down.
Go from there.

[hans9]

thanks for the replies...

@madmatt - wat do u mean you turn your bass' tone all the way down??

anyway, I have an Aria AVB 100 bass guitar -- it has active electronics installed

for the overdrive effect -- how much character do you add?

[Emmaporkchop]

I'm personally greatly diappointed in the VT pedal. I got one after reading so much about it on here and spent a lot of time with it but just never got a sound I liked out of it.
Guess it's not for everyone. Really need to get rid of it instead of letting it gather dust.

[arthur31686]

A while back some talkbass users made a PDF of some more usable settings. Ill try to find the thread or ill just upload it myself.

[refbassist]

might be a dozen more threads like these who knows
Tech21 VT Settings Database

Post your VT Bass pedal settings please!

[hans9]

great!! Thanks!!

ill look into it...

[Toastfuzz]

I think I go for a similar sound in my rig, maybe alittle cleaner but with some extra bite added by the VT.

On my active Ibanez ATK, with the bass EQ flat, I put drive at 9:00, character around 2:00, lows and mids slightly bumped to 1:00 and highs rolled to 11:00. Level set to just above unity volume.

I was slightly surprised though, because before I got the VT Id play my ATK with all the pre-amp knobs maxed out. That sounds like overloaded crap through the VT so I leave the EQ flat now.

[Toastfuzz]

I kinda want to take back that last post though, because it makes me realize that for any bass I plug in, I change the Character and Drive settings on the VT. Really the best way to find out what sounds good is to turn up your amp to a decent volume and play around with the Character and Drive knobs. I always turn the Level up when I turn Drive down and vice versa too.

[hans9]

great!! this exactly what I'm looking for...

ill try to experiment now with which one goes first, VT or envelope filter

thanks

[Ric5]

Start with all of the knobs at 11:00 and play with settings between 11 and 1. That's where I find the best tones in the VT bass.

[hans9]

Originally Posted by Ric5

Start with all of the knobs at 11:00 and play with settings between 11 and 1. That's where I find the best tones in the VT bass.

thanks... sounds like it makes sense..
ill try that out...

[audiomitch]

I just do the "SVT" settings, but turn the Character knob to 10:00ish. Depending on which bass I'm using I might turn the Drive to noon.

Clean, with a little grind. Midrangey yet with a nice bottom end. It's all a matter of taste. your amp will have a lot to do with the subtleties too.

For recording, I'll start with the "SVT" settings but will usually mess with the settings more to fit in the mix. Here's a recording with a Ric 4003, VT direct. "SVT" settings with Character knob at noon.

"Wild and Blue" rough mix

[arthur31686]

Here's a link to the pdf (its buried in that vt bass database thread).

http://www.ajbrown.us/bass/VTBassPad.pdf

From that, what was posted here and everywhere else on talkbass you should be able to find that ampeg tone you're looking for.

[bryantandrew]

Originally Posted by alec

You can just crank the bass control, but my preference is to blend my VT signal with a clean signal through my Boss LS-2.

I just started experimenting with bi-amping with my GB Shuttlemax. I put the VT Bass through one of the channel's effects loop and kept the other one clean. The clean channel is EQ'd to be super beefy, lots of low-mids, and the pedal's settings are brittle and fuzzy, but combined, you can get a Chris Wolstenholme-style tone: fuzz with clear definition.

[hans9]

Originally Posted by bryantandrew

I just started experimenting with bi-amping with my GB Shuttlemax. I put the VT Bass through one of the channel's effects loop and kept the other one clean. The clean channel is EQ'd to be super beefy, lots of low-mids, and the pedal's settings are brittle and fuzzy, but combined, you can get a Chris Wolstenholme-style tone: fuzz with clear definition.

that got me curious, it would be great if you can post soundclips
and a pic of your vt settings too and pedal arrangement

thanks

[Scott549]

Think of the midrange control and the character control as being in opposition. When you increase the character, you need to decrease the midrange, and vice versa. Once I figured that out, I could get the VT Bass to sound a lot better.

[hans9]

Originally Posted by audiomitch

I just do the "SVT" settings, but turn the Character knob to 10:00ish. Depending on which bass I'm using I might turn the Drive to noon.

Clean, with a little grind. Midrangey yet with a nice bottom end. It's all a matter of taste. your amp will have a lot to do with the subtleties too.

For recording, I'll start with the "SVT" settings but will usually mess with the settings more to fit in the mix. Here's a recording with a Ric 4003, VT direct. "SVT" settings with Character knob at noon.

"Wild and Blue" rough mix

thanks for coming up with a soundclip with a band.. this actually is more helpful than the bass on its own...let's u hear it will sound in band mix..

great soundclip..how do i download that?

i like the mix on ur bass, but if i want to add a little more distortion/grit which one should i add?? -- character or drive??

[alec]

Drive gives you more distortion and character adds bite. Play around and find what works for you.