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Bergantino B/Amp at NAMM

#601
I'm not married to these settings, but here's what I've been using lately:

-2 @ 105 Hz
+2 @ 700 Hz
+1 @ 1.4 kHz

The HPF is currently set at 46 Hz, though I'll take that as high as 60 Hz if the room is boomy.

I've got the tweeters either all the way off or most of the way off, and I'm playing a P bass w/ flats.
 
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#602
RocketMusic said:
I'm not married to these settings, but here's what I've been using lately:

-2 @ 105 Hz
+2 @ 700 Hz
+1 @ 1.4 kHz

The HPF is currently set at 46 Hz, though I'll take that as high as 60 Hz if the room is boomy.

I've got the tweeters either all the way off or most of the way off, and I'm playing a P bass w/ flats.
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See, this is exactly why I asked; it's so completely different from what I'm doing, and I want to try different things in different kinds of calls.

On the HPF trick, I'm pretty sure you're the one who taught me that! My list is 1, try the Gramma pad, 2, if that didn't work, adjust the HPF upwards.

On the tweeters, because I'm so low-middy with the HDN 112, I have the tweeter up to about 3:00 because I still need some of that definition coming through.
 
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#603
I've done a fair amount of mixing, and somewhere between 100 Hz and 110 Hz is usually a frequency that actually hurts my head if I listen to it for extended periods of time. It's a "hard" sound in that area, so I like to knock that down a bit on the bass sound. It helps round and thin out the bass tone a bit by getting rid of an unwanted frequency, and it ends up letting something like kick drum that actually benefits from that hardness have that spot.

700 - 800Hz Hz is some bark that I like, it helps me cut through distorted guitars a little bit better. 1.2-2.0 kHz is roughly where string attack lurks.

That's my thought process, anyway. There are a million ways to skin the cat.
 
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#604
And isn't it great to have a tool that lets you dial in whatever the gray stuff between your ears wants?

I'm really excited to get my hands on the variable width/Q settings that Jim is introducing. "Cut narrow/boost wide" is usually a good EQ mantra to follow, and that variable Q will let us do that if we're so inclined.
 
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#605
Quick question to you B|Amp owners out there.

I'm thinking about buying one for my practice room. It would be between a HDN112 and a Sadowsky Standard 5-21.

I'm looking for dead silent operation at low volume. How's the fan on this puppy? Start when it's solitated (thermal sensors), variable speed, ultra-low noise, start when turn on (and sound like a vacuum)?

Thanks!
 
#616
Happy to.

Latest version of the effects, which include fully adjustable levels of Overdrive, Distortion, and Fuzz. This version is even more tailorable and more organic sounding. I still say that dialing in a medium amount of OD really gives it a tube-y sound.

Brand new is the Variable rate compressor. You dial in how much you want, but at any setting, the more you hit it, the more compression you get. Play super light and it's hard to tell it's there other than some thickening up of the sound. Some will probably leave it on just for that reason.

Of course, you can use the effects along with the compressor if you want, or either one separately, or none at all. I was just joking with Jim yesterday that because of the nature of my shows this past weekend, I played clean the whole time and it sounded fantastic! I just got used to using the OD on my rock calls to give me that tube warmth kind of sound, a la Roger Glover et al.
 
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kjones said:
Happy to.

Latest version of the effects, which include fully adjustable levels of Overdrive, Distortion, and Fuzz. This version is even more tailorable and more organic sounding. I still say that dialing in a medium amount of OD really gives it a tube-y sound.

Brand new is the Variable rate compressor. You dial in how much you want, but at any setting, the more you hit it, the more compression you get. Play super light and it's hard to tell it's there other than some thickening up of the sound. Some will probably leave it on just for that reason.

Of course, you can use the effects along with the compressor if you want, or either one separately, or none at all. I was just joking with Jim yesterday that because of the nature of my shows this past weekend, I played clean the whole time and it sounded fantastic! I just got used to using the OD on my rock calls to give me that tube warmth kind of sound, a la Roger Glover et al.
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That sounds great appreciate your time.
 
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