Well it makes a super clean, meaty, distortion sound. there is no background fuzz or any sound from the pick touching the strings or anything. just a super simplistic distortion.
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Analog modeling on a bass amp?
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are you talking about something that resembles the Roland Cube Bass. I have one of these, the small version and it sounds perfectly fine.
Has metronome, tuner, headphone output, wah, delay, chorus, flanger, optional pedal, and drum/rythmn patterns to boot. Turn the nob and it becomes a totally different amp. Fender, Ampeg, etc etc. Not sure if it is analog or digital. Quite frankly I use this more than I use the TC BG 250 208 or the Tec Amp Puma 900, Barefaced BB2 set up only because I can carry this thing everywhere and play anywhere without disturbing my wife.
It's pretty cheap and if you ever stop paying your electricity bills and they cut off your juice, no worries, it runs on batteries. Just keep in mind, although not a toy and surely not cheap sounding, mine is something like 5 watts so it's not going to shake anything.
Has metronome, tuner, headphone output, wah, delay, chorus, flanger, optional pedal, and drum/rythmn patterns to boot. Turn the nob and it becomes a totally different amp. Fender, Ampeg, etc etc. Not sure if it is analog or digital. Quite frankly I use this more than I use the TC BG 250 208 or the Tec Amp Puma 900, Barefaced BB2 set up only because I can carry this thing everywhere and play anywhere without disturbing my wife.
It's pretty cheap and if you ever stop paying your electricity bills and they cut off your juice, no worries, it runs on batteries. Just keep in mind, although not a toy and surely not cheap sounding, mine is something like 5 watts so it's not going to shake anything.
My guess is that 'analogue modelling' is some form of digital modelling that is designed to mimic analogue guitar sounds. My advice to the OP is don't bother to buy a bass amp. If you can only afford $100 then any attempt to buy anything worth having is going to result in huge disappointment.
I would get a modelling pedal, something like the Zoom B3, and that will give you enough amp and effects models to keep you happy for years. Play it through headphones and it will keep your roommates happy, and sound better than any cheap practise amp. When it's time to get a decent amp, just get a decent poweramp and a cab...or a powered full range PA cab and all the tones you programmed into your Zoom will be available at gig volume.
I would get a modelling pedal, something like the Zoom B3, and that will give you enough amp and effects models to keep you happy for years. Play it through headphones and it will keep your roommates happy, and sound better than any cheap practise amp. When it's time to get a decent amp, just get a decent poweramp and a cab...or a powered full range PA cab and all the tones you programmed into your Zoom will be available at gig volume.
analog modeling ... Yamaha , quite a while ago , called it Circuit Modeling or Component Modeling ... where they would digitally mimic what every part, diode , cap , tube , whatever did ... in a pedal or effect unit ... the effect models in their keyboards seemed and felt very accurate .... also there are many VA synths out there ( Virtual Analog ) I think they are all marketing catch phrases for newer different ways to emulate older analog pieces of gear ... some do a better job than others !
I have a Line 6 HD ProX ... which models everything ... from amps to fx to speakers/mics ...
I think the newer Fender amps have some sort of modeling for their Drive circuit ... but I don't remember seeing many reasonably price bass combo amps with Amp Modeling ... !?? guitar amps -yes ...
I have a Line 6 HD ProX ... which models everything ... from amps to fx to speakers/mics ...
I think the newer Fender amps have some sort of modeling for their Drive circuit ... but I don't remember seeing many reasonably price bass combo amps with Amp Modeling ... !?? guitar amps -yes ...
Guitar players are lucky. They can use tiny low wattage amps and still be relatively loud. Bass amps at that low price range don't usually hang too well with rock bands, plus they tend not to have a lot of features or they're digital and suck. But bass players generally don't want a lot of features like that, and those who do usually use pedals or more expensive amps, so the marketplace reflects it. But being a good endorserI'll mention that Ampeg now has analog overdrive on their little BA series practice amps. Pretty decent overdrive, too. Don't expect to have much luck keeping up with a hard rock band using the smaller ones, but they do sound good and the larger ones can hang in louder situations.
I didn't realize that that was an analog circuit. I am considering picking one up for our rehearsal area.
Could be in behringers case, I don't have any so I can't say for sure. But analog amp modeling has been around for a long time. tech 21 been doing it for decades, and it is true analog. It's not digital modeling claiming to be analog. The tech 21 sans amp classic, gt2, tri ac, and psa all simulate guitar amps while all being analog except for the digital channel switching on the tri ac and PSA. My rbi and gt2 are both 100% analog and I think they sound awesome, particularly when they are run parallel together.
The picture of the amp OP showed looks like they totally ripped off the gt2 and just put the switches in a different order.
Please don't take this as condescending or derogatory, but how many bass amps have you played through? You don't want yourself to go on an endless search for "the perfect tone", but you may be disappointed later on if you don't do your homework and run into something fantastic. I second the Zoom pedal suggestion, you can play through your headphones which will keep the roomies happy, the tone will be much better (the MS-60b lets you put 4 effects in one preset), and it is something you can use later on when you get a nice bass amp.
My new rule for bass gear is "If you can't get something nice, don't get nothin' at all"
You could get a Tech 21 Sansamp Bass Driver DI and get something like tailored to bass, then get a good amp to go along with it.
Sure, if you're into supporting that kind of business model, and don't care about reliability.
Ah, the Behringer meme! Their business model consists of selling tons of gear at affordable prices. Sales volume rather than profit margin. Nothing unusual in that.
The reliability myth is not borne out in the real world. I've had several Behringer products and the failure rate so far is zero. And I'm not alone.
Add in IP infringement and you then you have Behringer's model.
And your anecdotal experience sure ties up the reliability issue. How could using the cheapest possible components at every turn possibly result in a less reliable product? You have convinced me.
Hopkins
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I'm not trying to be rude here, but if a few hundred bucks is to expensive, you might as well just keep using the amp you have. A cheap practice amp won't be all that much better.
I don't expect to convince anyone who relies on hearsay. Behringer had a quality problem many years ago when they contracted out their manufacture to Chinese companies. Things are very different now they have their own factory in China.
The IP thing has been grossly exaggerated and was a long time ago.
Time to move the goal posts again?
So you are saying the product you listed is not a thoroughly blatant copy of the Sansamp BDDI? Right down to the naming?
There's nothing new under the sun in the world of audio electronics. With few exceptions, all audio gear uses the same basic building blocks as all other audio gear. This is an opinion based not on hearsay but on decades working in electronics.
By the way, they look completely different, so let's not get into the "trade dress" argument.
