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DSM Humboldt Bass Master & Sub-Atomic
- Thread starter IceBlueBoogaloo
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I just received mine from Sweetwater. It does not come with a power supply. I'm using a 9v OneSpot for power. I've played around with it for about 20 minutes. 1st Impressions: smaller than I thought, built extremely well, sounds great, easy to dial up a great sound. I threw it in my gig bag, and I'm heading to a gig right now. I'm only taking the Bass Master.
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
I haven’t had a chance to plug in the new Sub Atomic yet but will put it through the paces tomorrow.
UPDATE: I used the pedal exclusively tonight in my classic rock band. I didn't use the parallel out. I used the 1x15 cab sim with no tweeter sealed can. I set on the warm setting using the compressed preamp. I ran the EQ almost flat rolling off some of the highs. Great sound all night. I can't wait to experiment with it some more.
I'm really keen to get some feedback on "P bass, played with a pick, roundwound strings, mild overdrive" tones that this fellow can generate. the Bass The World clips nearly sell me alone. that would be the direct to board sound, I'm also keen to hear how this goes into a power amp and speaker set up.
After setting my Bass Master to match the tone you're talking about (I took a screenshot of the settings), I'm seriously considering selling my XB Driver.
Looking at the manual and the controls I am wondering if the cabsim can be blended or is it always 100% in line?
Correct. What I posted is the only ‘no cabsim’ option that I see.
Just got mine today. Only spent about an hour with it so far, but first impression is very good. I have been though a ton of preamps in the past but I can tell this one is good. Headphones amp has a ton of volume available.
May be a while before I can try it in a live setting but loving it so far.
Only problem is I can't decide between the 15 or the 8x10 cab.
May be a while before I can try it in a live setting but loving it so far.
Only problem is I can't decide between the 15 or the 8x10 cab.
I have a question about the Parallel Signal, specifically the LPF. If the filter is engaged, inserting parallel clean low end into the preamp side with a distortion pedal in the loop, the full-range signal is still traveling through the preamp side, correct? In other words, LPF on parallels only, no HPF on preamp side? I have the former, and was splitting lows and highs to FOH and always assumed it worked like a crossover, main out top, parallel sub?
Can someone verify or set me straight on this?
Can someone verify or set me straight on this?
There is no indication on the pedal or supporting docs that suggest otherwise — and notably it does indicate the LPF which suggests your assumption is correct.
EDIT: It’s two signals but not really two channels. They share the EQ. You choose the type of preamp you want and the Gain knob controls how that preamp behaves. So far I like it with no filter on the parallel signal.
It’s a brilliant piece of work and a real advance. The connectivity alone is a major value.
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Any luck getting this to work with other pedals in the loop? Seems like it doesn’t take much to blow over the available headroom going into the bass master. Sounds decent by itself but other things don’t want to play nice. All my other preamps/DIs seem to have plenty of headroom. Don’t know what’s going on here.
The first version (simplifier bass station) had a blend for the cabinet simulation, this version doesn't seem to have it.
You are right. They changed it on the master. Doesn’t look like the cabsim can be bypassed?
Mine arrived today, but I haven't been able to use it yet.
It's smaller than I expected from the photos, and aesthetically, it's much nicer than the Simplifier V1.
I don't quite understand, but from what I saw in the manual diagram, it seems there's no way to blend the cabinet, it's only bypass or not on the main P10 output using the switch.
On the main XLR, it's only with a cabinet, and on the parallel XLR, it's without a cabinet.
They changed the loops also. On the original simplifier there were two parallel loops (one for each channel)
In this version there is a post loop and a selectable loop. Since the post loop is always there, you can’t blend things in the loop.
I think I like the original better.
