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3Leaf Audio Club - Episode 2

#482
Here's an updated shot of my effects board, here with the Enabler positioned with open-right side orientation so that the DI is accessible. The red TC reverb unit is connected to the Enabler via a patch cable underneath the board.

As much as it would be convenient to have the DI on the left side instead of the right, I did discover one nice advantage in setting up the board this way - the input line into the tuner and the DI output on the Enabler can be neatly bundled together and run to the side of the stage and out of the way.

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#483
Lonnybass said:
Here's an updated shot of my effects board, here with the Enabler positioned with open-right side orientation so that the DI is accessible. The red TC reverb unit is connected to the Enabler via a patch cable underneath the board.

As much as it would be convenient to have the DI on the left side instead of the right, I did discover one nice advantage in setting up the board this way - the input line into the tuner and the DI output on the Enabler can be neatly bundled together and run to the side of the stage and out of the way.

b0492b21-cd96-43b1-929e-089c40d802de_zps86282cb5.jpg
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That's a good looking board. I'm curious how you use some of your pedals, in particular the SA EQ, BDDI, and the Enabler. Are any of them always on? How do you use them to reach your tonal/other goals?
 
#484
halfjackson said:
That's a good looking board. I'm curious how you use some of your pedals, in particular the SA EQ, BDDI, and the Enabler. Are any of them always on? How do you use them to reach your tonal/other goals?
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The way I've got it set up, I can run the board into my big rig for live work, or use it as a portable standalone "head" either direct to FOH or driving a smaller rehearsal rig which I can leave at the band's rehearsal studio. Less schlepping cabinets, but essentially all the same control. :p

Essentially, the Enabler serves as a totally viable alternative to my racked Alembic F-1x tube preamp, and is where I derive my "main" tone (which I'd describe warm, clean, articulate). Deep switch engaged, slight cut on the upper midrange.

From there, the "always on" pedal is the compressor. I use the Sansamp BDDI to introduce some Ampeg grit. And the Source Audio programmable EQ is set with four different flavors for even more precise control over the rig:

1. Primary Fingerstyle (slight boost at 500 Hz, cut at 2K)
2. Rock (Boosted midrange to push the BDDI and distortion harder)
3. Slap (scooped mids)
4. Dub/upright (rolled off upper mids and treble)

It took a little while to get it all dialed in, but I'm quite happy with it right now and the only unit I'd probably replace in the system will probably be the MXR filter.

Lonnybass
 
#485
Lonnybass said:
The way I've got it set up, I can run the board into my big rig for live work, or use it as a portable standalone "head" either direct to FOH or driving a smaller rehearsal rig which I can leave at the band's rehearsal studio. Less schlepping cabinets, but essentially all the same control. :p

Essentially, the Enabler serves as a totally viable alternative to my racked Alembic F-1x tube preamp, and is where I derive my "main" tone (which I'd describe warm, clean, articulate). Deep switch engaged, slight cut on the upper midrange.

From there, the "always on" pedal is the compressor. I use the Sansamp BDDI to introduce some Ampeg grit. And the Source Audio programmable EQ is set with four different flavors for even more precise control over the rig:

1. Primary Fingerstyle (slight boost at 500 Hz, cut at 2K)
2. Rock (Boosted midrange to push the BDDI and distortion harder)
3. Slap (scooped mids)
4. Dub/upright (rolled off upper mids and treble)

It took a little while to get it all dialed in, but I'm quite happy with it right now and the only unit I'd probably replace in the system will probably be the MXR filter.

Lonnybass
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That's a great explanation. Thank you. I'm interested in how people go about achieving their tone(s), especially because I've been working to achieve multiple tones in one board/rig for multiple styles and approaches. I like what you're doing here and it might work for me too, soooo...I might have to consider [read: steal] some of these ideas.

Oh, and if you're thinking of replacing your MXR BEF, I just replaced mine with a Proton, and it is awesome.

Thanks again.
 
#486
Lonnybass said:
Here's an updated shot of my effects board, here with the Enabler positioned with open-right side orientation so that the DI is accessible. The red TC reverb unit is connected to the Enabler via a patch cable underneath the board.

As much as it would be convenient to have the DI on the left side instead of the right, I did discover one nice advantage in setting up the board this way - the input line into the tuner and the DI output on the Enabler can be neatly bundled together and run to the side of the stage and out of the way.

b0492b21-cd96-43b1-929e-089c40d802de_zps86282cb5.jpg
Click to expand...

That's a massive gob of gain you're running the
 
#487
halfjackson said:
That's a great explanation. Thank you. I'm interested in how people go about achieving their tone(s), especially because I've been working to achieve multiple tones in one board/rig for multiple styles and approaches. I like what you're doing here and it might work for me too, soooo...I might have to consider [read: steal] some of these ideas.

Oh, and if you're thinking of replacing your MXR BEF, I just replaced mine with a Proton, and it is awesome.

Thanks again.
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You are welcome. I was never much for those digital modeling multi-effects units and this approach definitely gets me at least most of the way to having a variety of useful tones at the click of a button. And I will definitely look at the Proton! We just added a new little one to the family about five months ago and I'm on Gear Acquisition Lockdown with the wifey, but I can sell the BEF and sell in favor of something else, this will definitely be something I look at!

Lonnybass
 
#488
Lonnybass said:
You are welcome. I was never much for those digital modeling multi-effects units and this approach definitely gets me at least most of the way to having a variety of useful tones at the click of a button. And I'll definitely look at the Proton! We just added a new little one to the family about five months ago and I'm on Gear Acqtemporary Lockdown with the wifey, but I can sell the BEF and sell in favor of something else, this will definitely be something I look at!

Lonnybass
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Nice, congratulations! After researching some of your pedals (the El Oso seems like a great, simple pedal), I realized that I could experiment with using some of the presets on my SA BEF Pro for just different eq settings. It never occured to me before, despite there being a setting labelled "eq only". I don't really use all 6 presets, so this could be a temporary and/or partial solution. Back to the lab!
 
#489
sk8 said:
That's a massive gob of gain you're running the
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Looks like only part of your message appeared - I assume you're talking about the gain on either the Enabler or the El Oso.

The Enabler gain/volume levels in the picture are actually not true to life...they must have shifted in the case when I unpacked my board from the weekend. And the El Oso is in fact set at a screamingly high gain - it's blended with my clean signal which gives a nice biamp sound in retaining the fullness on the bottom.

Lonnybass
 
#495
It's essentially the opposite of the Duality. Here's how I look at them: The Duality takes traditional idea of a fuzz and executes it in a totally unique way, while the You're Doom turns the idea of a fuzz on its head.

You're Doom responds to your playing dynamics. You're Doom plays well with other pedals and doesn't care if your bass is active or passive. You're Doom sounds like a square wave came straight from your pickups.

It's called a "dynamic harmonic device" because it's just that - extremely sensitive to dynamics. You can "play it" the way you would play an envelope filter or a compressor.
 

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