You need an OD that is voiced for distorting lows. Something that doesn't use diodes for clipping. Maybe something using germanium transistors or FETs that saturate.
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Different kind of overdrive request
- Thread starter Jared Lash
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Well, my second clip isn't all that far off.
I can't find a clip exactly like the sound in my head, but a few that are close:
Not quite as gritty as I'm looking for, but basically that super deep tone with just a touch of tubey grit.
I have. But with no experience with it myself I have no idea if it will suit my needs. I've also considered the Holy Fire and the Barber LTD SR.
Do you think the DHA would work well?
Hmm ever tried overdriving a comp. All those sound like channel strip and or old tube comps being over loaded to me.
Actually what I'm using gets pretty close to that. One thing to try, try the dirt first then filter.
The DHA VT1 functions like a very fat tube preamp. As you start to push it into overdriving, the bottom thickens and expands, and the distortion is greasy and natural, not harsh, buzzy, or brittle like a silicon od. I don't have a MF101, but I can rig up something with the POG2, BassIQ, and DHA to give you an idea if you'd like.
i'd suggest a GeminiDrive or something similar with frequency shelving, but alas...
I was going to say the same thing.
When I get my cab I'll record a clip of it, but I found kinda what your looking to do I could get with my SABD and Gemini Combo. It's not as deep as a filter in the mix could get, but pretty close. I had the gain fairly low on the gemini, and the gemini switch down, which to me kinda acts like a dirty bass boost. I had the SABD set to be as clean as possible.
+1 The DHA works as well. To me it was instant fat, not tube distortion and rage, but warmness and fat.
Yeah, I'd really appreciate that. I believe the Bass IQ can be used like a low pass filter with the sensitivity rolled down. If so, I'd love to hear clips with the DHA before and/or after it.
I've got a Line 6 Otto Filter which has a LPF so when I record the Hyperdrive clips (tomorrow) do you want to hear the two together?
as I am sitting here at a pork roast, I just wanted to reemphasize the Pork Loin again.
Absolutely, thanks.
as I am sitting here at a pork roast, I just wanted to reemphasize the Pork Loin again.
Noted. I'll have to try one out when I can.
Here's a Gemini SABD combo. No amp, so the level is very low unfortunately. But you can kinda tell.
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7789833
I started out clean>Gemini>Gemini+SABD. I kinda dug in a little more at 42sec.
http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7789833
I started out clean>Gemini>Gemini+SABD. I kinda dug in a little more at 42sec.
Clips
Jazz bass with flats: first clean then KP then KP and Hogsfoot [what EHX is now calling the mole]
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Keep in mind these are direct recordings so they sound a little harsher then through a amp.
I have no personal experience so take this however you want, but the Flipster uses FETs and might work well for this situation. Plus it's been on my hit-list for quite awhile, so if you get one you can do a review, have it on your board for a couple of weeks, and then sell it to me...
How about a Crowther Audio Hot Cake? In XLF/Blueberry configuration I find it very deep and fat with very touch sensitive "grit".
Matt.
Matt.
