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Basstasters & DI Boxes???

jokerjkny

jokerjkny

Jan 19, 2002
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#1
calling all DI box owners!

anyone mind sending an Aguilar, Demeter, Countryman, Radial JDI, GT, or whatever DI box you have to Basstasters? its the one important aspect in most recording situations, and seems like a bit of a gap in the otherwise killer samples that Josh and Van have done for the community.

if anything, i'm gonna try and send in my active Radial J48 for anyone curious.

btw, is anyone else having problems with the downloads coming out all squiggly sounding? literally sounds like the samples are being played thru a blender than winamp. :rolleyes:
 
#7
hehe, Van,

in hindsight, maybe i should have emailed you first to see if you had time for another undertaking! :hmm: but good to hear you're more than ready for it. :cool:

but, if i may...

if there's EQ options on the DI like the Sansamp, then on the box itself.

but of course, most true DI boxes dont have EQ, so i guess use the bass' onboard pre for the EQ.

personally, i'd rather hear all the DI's with the sadowsky onboard doing all the EQ'ing. would be cool to compare and contrast how each DI handles the inherent tone of the bass itself.
 
#9
jokerjkny said:
personally, i'd rather hear all the DI's with the sadowsky onboard doing all the EQ'ing. would be cool to compare and contrast how each DI handles the inherent tone of the bass itself.
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True, but if someone is thinking about buying a sansamp, mxr or ebs I think it'd be valuable to let them hear the tone shaping capabilities. That is, if someone wants a Sadowsky DI they can hear how much of it's own sound it can add.

so something like this:
1) bass flat, di/preamp flat
2) bass eq, di/preamp flat
3) bass flat, di/preamp eq
 
#10
vanselus said:
Wow Joker, thanks for the plug and the call to action! I think if I get a couple more DI boxes to taste (thanks Big Joe!) I can definitely make a new section out of it.

Yamarc - how would you do EQ, just on the bass itself?

DW - always ready for a flood, my good man!

Thanks :)

Todd
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I'd be interested in shipping out my Raven Labs MDB as long as I got it back in a couple weeks. If/when you're ready to do the shootout, let me know.

Heck, I might even be willing to part with my Raven Labs USIP for about a week so it could be added to the preamp shootout.

-Eric.
 
#11
Eric

That would be wonderful! I could easily get the preamp and DI back to you within a couple weeks. Are you in South Hill as in, South Hill of Puyallup? If so, I have a close friend that I work with that also lives there, and we could just arrange a meeting and he could bring them up. Or if you're ever near Redmond, we could meet up.

Let me know!

Todd
 
#12
vanselus said:
Eric

That would be wonderful! I could easily get the preamp and DI back to you within a couple weeks. Are you in South Hill as in, South Hill of Puyallup? If so, I have a close friend that I work with that also lives there, and we could just arrange a meeting and he could bring them up. Or if you're ever near Redmond, we could meet up.

Let me know!

Todd
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You are quite correct! I had no idea you were in Washington state. I'm up in your area about every other weekend. Geez, we just might have to add my F Bass BN6 to the mix too!

-Eric.
 

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