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Jad Freer Audio - CAPO multiple preamp

#161
AngelCrusher said:
No one has suggested it is a cabsim. I literally explained the difference, and also said the main point of a cabsim is to control the top end which removes fizz in distorted tones while using IR to replicate the sound of specific micd cabs.

You don’t have to have the IR to get a good distortion sound direct into a console. Instead you can use a properly tuned low pass and it will accomplish the same thing. This is what a cabinet does. The capo works beautifully for this.
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Cool. I guess i did not read your message about that. Things happen.. :)
MrDinsdale said:
I think at the end of the day cab sims and IRs etc are always going to be polarising.

For me this is the perfect approach, its simple, adaptable and sounds great in all contexts. If you have a preamp that sounds this good then why through on a cabsim that is going to completely change your carefully crafted tone.
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It depends on the FoH engineers taste and the room and other bandmembers sounds and how its mixed if your delivered sound is good enough. Not all have the same taste, not all bassplayers have the same taste or mixing eq'ng skills, ofcourse its possible to make your bass (preamp) sound bad by not knowing what you are doing. But as a bassplayer you can only deliver the best sound you can. Sorry if im annoying, im not a black and white area type person (dutch saying) but i think there are gray bits, a lot of variables, good results are not only made by having the good quality gear Although i do agree its a great preamp and one of the bests.:)
Andrea Lo said:
Rob Mullarkey did last world tour with Jacob Collier out of Capo DI into FOH, no amp. Its good for him since it does not mess with his tone.
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Nice. :thumbsup: Its good that the product got the attention it deserves.
 
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Ögon said:
It depends on the FoH engineers taste and the room and other bandmembers sounds and how its mixed if your delivered sound is good enough. Not all have the same taste, not all bassplayers have the same taste or mixing eq'ng skills, ofcourse its possible to make your bass (preamp) sound bad by not knowing what you are doing. But as a bassplayer you can only deliver the best sound you can. Sorry if im annoying, im not a black and white area type person (dutch saying) but i think there are gray bits, a lot of variables, good results are not only made by having the good quality gear Although i do agree its a great preamp and one of the bests.:)
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Sure, I don't think anyone has suggested one is better than another, just personal preferences.

I think you've hit the nail on the head though, everyone has their own taste and different contexts will favour specific EQs and cabinet choices. Without adding sacrificing the all analogue signal path, a cabsim would likely be baked in like with the Two Notes Revolt preamp, that means you start to loose that adaptability pretty quickly if that cabsim isn't to your taste or requirements.

The LPF is so subtle and unintrusive that it's never really an issue, it's very easy to EQ it as required.
 
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#164
Snake101st said:
If only I could play like Conner (of Haken - he posts here sometimes), I'd want to try and replicate the settings he used for his CAPO direct here :D:

https://youtu.be/a5wiciuOfD0
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It's a great tone, I have not been able to replicate it. I asked him about his settings, and he just said "I set my gain and blend at around 2 o’ clock, and I don’t engage the low-pass filter on the left side", which didn't really help. :(

If anybody has pointers as to how to get that sound, I'd be very interested in learning!
 
#165
smeet said:
It's a great tone, I have not been able to replicate it. I asked him about his settings, and he just said "I set my gain and blend at around 2 o’ clock, and I don’t engage the low-pass filter on the left side", which didn't really help. :(

If anybody has pointers as to how to get that sound, I'd be very interested in learning!
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I’d imagine you’d want to start by favoring the J preamp on side A, then shape the mids and top-end to taste with the EQ. I do something similar with my ‘Ray-like Flea Active Jazz using the Capo.

You might also enjoy pushing side B to the point of break-up for some punchy, natural compression, then running that into side A.
 
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#166
Well, I just ordered one, so wish me luck! Thanks for the tip. Going to be playing a Dingwall D-Roc in drop G# with my metal band, and a Dingwall NG-3 and Ibanez AFR-5 + stingray short scale 4 in some other projects.

Looking to kick darkglass stuff off my board, since I've grown tired of the perceived low end roll off, mid character, and high end "hiss" when you have a fair amount of gained dialed in. I've tried their B7k ultra v3, vintage modern deluxe v2, duality fuzz (that one may go back on the board in front of the capo for extreme fuzz when needed), and am running an alpha Omega photon at the moment that I tried to make my main sound via 3 presets.

Between the Empress bass compressor (ordered to swap my dark glass hyper luminal out for) and source audio eq2 I just ordered + the CAPO that'll hopefully show up sooner than the quoted 4 weeks via reverb, my board is in for quite the shakeup. :)

Btw has anyone been running the CAPO into an amp, either into the front or via its effects return to basically turn it into a power amp? I have been using a Mesa D800+ subway amp (+ two 1x15" subway cabinets) for jams, shows (DI out of it), and direct recording and am wondering the best way to run the CAPO sound wise, when not recording or going to FOH with its DI
 

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#167
Snake101st said:
Well, I just ordered one, so wish me luck! Thanks for the tip. Going to be playing a Dingwall D-Roc in drop G# with my metal band, and a Dingwall NG-3 and Ibanez AFR-5 + stingray short scale 4 in some other projects.

Looking to kick darkglass stuff off my board, since I've grown tired of the perceived low end roll off, mid character, and high end "hiss" when you have a fair amount of gained dialed in. I've tried their B7k ultra v3, vintage modern deluxe v2, duality fuzz (that one may go back on the board in front of the capo for extreme fuzz when needed), and am running an alpha Omega photon at the moment that I tried to make my main sound via 3 presets.

Between the Empress bass compressor (ordered to swap my dark glass hyper luminal out for) and source audio eq2 I just ordered + the CAPO that'll hopefully show up sooner than the quoted 4 weeks via reverb, my board is in for quite the shakeup. :)

Btw has anyone been running the CAPO into an amp, either into the front or via its effects return to basically turn it into a power amp? I have been using a Mesa D800+ subway amp (+ two 1x15" subway cabinets) for jams, shows (DI out of it), and direct recording and am wondering the best way to run the CAPO sound wise, when not recording or going to FOH with its DI
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I don’t use an amp, but I run a similar basic setup as the one you are heading toward (though I use an Empress Para EQ Deluxe instead of an EQ2). I have the EQ in the post-loop, and this allows for a fantastic array of sounds. I shape the sound in sort of a cabsim fashion with the EQ, so I’d change that if I were plugging into a rig.

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#168
I run mine into the front of my Monique as well as various house rigs on gigs, it sounds great and is really bringing a whole new dimension to things.

I’ve been cutting a bit of treble and a slightly nasal high mid freq with the capo and the boosting a little low mid on my bass eq and then leave my amp eq as I always set it.

The capo seems to bring the best out of all parts of my rig.
 
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Love to hear it, thanks!

Funny, I had considered the empress paraeq deluxe as well, but I would've had to swap power supplies or run a dedicated line to it, since the voodoo2 plus can't do 350 on one run.

Plus, it was a bit easier to find the EQ2 used for a decent price :)

I had tried all kinds of things to run out of only my helix floor (for direct and via my amp's power amp for monitoring), and I can't for the life of me find heavier gain and fuzz tones I like on bass, even through the power amp with cabs off on one path for the amp. One day maybe modeling will get there across the board for the sounds I hear in my head, but not yet! All of my AB testing led to GAS still being, as certain Mandalorians say, the way.
 
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I’ve used always on end of chain pedals in plenty of occasions in the past (origin magma, origin bassrig, vemuram dj1, hamstead subspace…etc)

but I always use them in a similar way, little bit of edge of breakup gain and gentle eq to sweeten things up. The capo works great like this, and really you shouldn’t have to eq so heavily when using it as a DI that it would blow out the front end of an amp.

you’ll
 
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Played a gig last night and our Marshall VBA400 blew during soundcheck, not a great start!

Ended up just going through the monitors, didn't want to pester the headliner about using their head after the ungodly squeaking that the VBA400 just put through their cab. It sounded incredible, i think everyone was pretty surprised just how good it sounded with the Capo and Model FeT.

Tempted to grab a little baby sumo or something as a backup just incase I'm in a similar position again in future. I'd love to crab the Coda but its waaaay out of budget for me!
 
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smeet said:
It's a great tone, I have not been able to replicate it. I asked him about his settings, and he just said "I set my gain and blend at around 2 o’ clock, and I don’t engage the low-pass filter on the left side", which didn't really help. :(

If anybody has pointers as to how to get that sound, I'd be very interested in learning!
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Conner himself just gave us the game genie / cheat codes!

 
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Snake101st said:
Conner himself just gave us the game genie / cheat codes!

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Noice! I like how he leaves everything pretty flat, not too much distortion, a lot of lows and low mids in his sound.

Here's the recipe for stardom:

Bridge/neck pickups in series and no eq on the bass, and of course:

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#178
From the manual:

"OUTPUT This 1/4”(6.3mm) jack is the mono
output of the pedal. It carries also what is
connected into the LOOP POST."

So the 1/4" out should be the same signal as the xlr preamp out (post loops and eq etc)

Still waiting for mine, but wanted to help out if I could... If anyone with the Capo on hand knows otherwise, feel free to correct me!
 
#180
I’ve been using rob mullarkeys capo settings on my wilcock mullarkey short scale and it’s incredibly good. I keep getting asked to record with “that tone from the last track”. So it stays. I made a few tweaks to his settings to suit my style but it’s basically a god tier flatwound bass sound for me. Loving this preamp. I’m glad others have started buying and enjoying it as well.
 
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