Recent content by Sam_Empress

Welcome to the club, Bass Compressor is a classic by now 😁 hope you enjoy the pedal! Bass ParaEq 👀 next?

Last I heard after some testing we had decided to remove that OG article and not publish the frequencies per dot for the new ParaEq pedals (MKII, MKII Deluxe, and Bass) due to potentiometer and capacitor tolerance variations, which causes the frequencies to slightly differ from unit to unit...

As others in the thread mentioned the Empress Effects Bass ParaEq and ParaEq MKII Deluxe both have a LPF and HPF as well as shelving filters for the low and highs and (of course) 3 bands of parametric EQ, and a crazy amount of straight-up boost (up to 30dB). Let me know if you have any...

Hey sorry your compressor pedal is not receiving power, as tbar0000 mentioned we'll help you get that sorted out! You can fill out our repair request form here (no need to attach a video or anything) and we'll be in touch with how to proceed.

Hi I thought I'd jump in here to share the info I have regarding the Drive; When The HPF filter circuit was tested in isolation without overdrive the max cutoff frequency was 100Hz. The HPF filter is only applied if the boost is pre-Overdrive. To retain clarity of the low end for bass you can...

Some great info in this thread, and we love seeing our Bass Compressor come up in these discussions! To be certain: The sidechain path on the Empress Bass Compressor goes sidechain insert (the 'input' is normalized to the sidechain if unpatched) -> HPF , the sidechain input does not bypass the...

The Empress Bass Compressor(and Compressor MKII) regulates it's voltage internally to ~16V which should give plenty of headroom to handle a hot active bass signal or high-output pickups without clipping. It's worth noting that the pedal can function when supplied with 12V or 18V but since the...

Indeed, the ZOIA has a separate 'pitch detector' in the analysis modules section that you can add to your patch, although having that as a block in the pitch-shifter module as well is a good consideration!

For those interested in the Empress Effects Bass Compressor vs. the Compressor MKII: The compression circuit is the same in both pedals. The differences between the Compressor MKII and the Bass Compressor are: Compressor MKII: a ‘tilt’ tone EQ control, and a switch with discrete selectable...

Thanks for offering explanations of the functions Bass ParaEq! I can confirm that the high shelf control on the pedal does not move break frequency. If anyone would like further clarification or definitive answers about the functions of the pedal you can ask me here or send an email to...

Hi I can answer that definitively: The compression circuitry is the same in both the Bass Compressor and the MKII. The only differences are: A Tilt EQ on the MKII (the 'tone' knob) vs. the Tone + Colour switch on the Bass Compressor. and The Sidechain Highpass Filter on the MKII is...