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Bass Straight Into Sound System?

#22
TrevorR said:
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This is my board, taken at church a few weeks ago. I love the Tech 21 VT Bass DI. I use it as an amp/speaker emulator into the PA. it's designed to emulate a couple of Ampeg amps - B15 and SVT. I have it set up in B-15 mode at low gain just to add a bit of life and presence to the sound. I love the sound it gives.

There are many similar amp sim/DI boxes that work just as well. Check out some on YouTube etc.
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Thank you very much! So far that is like 3-4 votes for the Tech 21 VT Bass, so I am sort of leaning towards that.
 
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Would it be lame to suggest a bass POD? They are designed for exactly this and they are usually pretty cheap second hand.

I suppose it also depends on the specific sound system. If the amps and speakers can't reproduce the frequencies they won't be there.
 
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#30
Blandified said:
I see, thank you so much for the info so far, much appreciated.
If money isn't an issue, would it benefit me to get the amp head if I'm only using it to plug into the system directly? Or would the pedal be a more natural fit for plugging into directly and yield better tone?
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If money is no issue I'd highly recommend getting a Kemper. Exceptionally versatile, it allows you to have every amp and every cab in any combination plus any effect in any order in a single box. I love mine and definitely prefer it to a dedicated bass rig on stage. Engineers literally thank me for bringing it to gigs. These things are showing up in a wide variety of professional applications with growing frequency. And? They're only a few pounds and WAY less expensive than an SVT rig!
 
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Blandified said:
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What would you recommend? A multi-effects pedal? Some sort of amp head? New church? (jk)
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Thank you in advance!
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You've gotten lots of good suggestions already. I use a Sansamp BDDI.
Doner Designs said:
Though common, I'm not sure I completely understand eliminating amps unless also using (only) in ear monitors. If you are going to have stage monitors so the band can hear themselves, seems like a bass amp fits right in with that. I guess the downside for the engineer (vs stage monitors) is that they don't have ability to remotely adjust the bass amp...
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Our church has not advanced to iem's, so we use stage monitors (wedges) with no amps on stage.

You've given one reason for no amps, the ability of whoever is running FOH to control the bass. Another advantage is, if I have a bass amp on stage, I still need a monitor to hear (at a minimum) the vocals and acoustic guitar. So the options would be bass amp + wedge, or only wedge.
 
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Manticore said:
If money is no issue I'd highly recommend getting a Kemper. Exceptionally versatile, it allows you to have every amp and every cab in any combination plus any effect in any order in a single box. I love mine and definitely prefer it to a dedicated bass rig on stage. Engineers literally thank me for bringing it to gigs. These things are showing up in a wide variety of professional applications with growing frequency. And? They're only a few pounds and WAY less expensive than an SVT rig!
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Looks awesome! I should probably state that maybe $1000 would be my limit then lol.
 
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Tech21 VT Bass Deluxe would also be a good option. It has the same DI as the other VT boxes, but also has 6 tone presets (or 3 presets for 2 separate inputs .. like 2 basses). It's a very versatile box at a good price.
 
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primusfan1989 said:
Look into the Sansamp Programmable bass driver, can't beat it for the price IMO
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Agree with this except if the OP wants the ability to adjust mids. The Bass Driver does not have a mid knob, and when you boost treble it automatically cuts mids. The Para Driver is similar but in addition has a mid control and even a sweepable mid frequency control. But overall - I am also a big fan of Sansamp products.
 
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At our church I have the same deal. straight into the board. Years ago when I started playing, all I had was a Rolls 25 Box that they had there on the floor for me to plug into. Now I have a little pedalboard that bring with me and plug in. It's a nothing special, tuner - thumpinator (I play a 5 string and this is helpful) - Ampeg SCR-DI - out. Works like a champ. I can get some great Ampeg character out of that little DI pedal so I don't sound like vanilla pudding. Compact, lightweight, simple. Unless you have songs where you need additional effects for specific tunes, something like this will probably serve you well.
You have a good DI, I've not played it personally, but am familiar with the features.
Some good ones to look into are Tech 21 - VT Bass, BDDI, PDDI
MXR M80 or M81 might be good to check out.
Aguilar TH might be another one. to look at, although I had one for a while and found it to be a little noisy...

Hope this helps!
 

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