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NAD: Peavey MiniMega 1000!

#42
Plucky The Bassist said:
I misread, I think I skipped over the part about adding upper bass content. So this just adds bassy lo-mids or something instead?
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Disclaimer: I haven't tried this one, and I know it's one designed in house by Peavey. I believe it works with the same theories and methods but again, is based on their own technology.

The real thing is that it's 'psycho-acoustics' aka it really does fool your ears into believing you're hearing something lower than you are. It only applies to the theory of things, but here's how the Waves version is described:

Waves Maxxbass
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"MaxxBass exploits the psychoacoustic phenomenon of the ‘missing fundamental’. This phenomenon
involves the pitch perception of complex tones. Investigating the auditory perception of combination tones,
Schouten [1] showed that complex periodic sounds with no energy at the fundamental may still give a clear
pitch sensation at the fundamental. This would indicate that low pitches may be perceived via those neural
channels that normally respond to the high or middle frequency components of a signal."
 
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#43
SirMjac28 said:
I use that vst also so now it makes sense I like your explanation better thanks for clearing that up.
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Similar to that, if you have a speaker that's capable of producing those super low frequencies and/or has the excursion to do so without trouble, you don't really need in most cases. I've goofed around with the hardware version (the 103 model not the 107 rackmount for those who care) as well as the DSP version in my Peavey IPR (I actually leave the Maxxbass set at 10% on my power amp in general use), but since I use a fEARful 15/6 plus a 15sub, it isn't an effective tool for me. But if I were using one of the uber-compact cabs that isn't heavy in the lows it produces and/or a cab that doesn't have a lot of excursion, this would be an effective tool.

In other words, for all those people who are downsizing at the expense of deep lows, you should be able to get some (if not more) back into your stage sound.
 
#45
Rogatien022 said:
Enough about that amp. Now, that Dingwall, do you really need it? Do you really play it? I live in a nice cozy place where that bass would have a premium spot, if you know what I mean.

Joke aside, congrats! Would love to play one!
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That bass gets around.

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#47
Even if you never touch the limiter or Kosmos' factory, the power, form factor, and your report of the tone make it a pretty skippy bit of gear.
I just looked up the price - dang! it's like the antimatter version of a boutique amp!
 
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I believe it works with the same theories and methods but again, is based on their own technology.
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One difference is that Maxxbass is digital and the circuit used in the Mega is analog. The circuit was borrowed from the Max combos, except it's adjustable on the Mega. It needs to have some adjustment range for best results when the speaker is undefined.

We have 3 completely different implementations of "Kosmos C", because mixers, powered speakers, and bass guitars all seem to have different needs harmonically for the illusion to work. I found that the bass version needed to be really "fast" to keep staccato playing "tight", so the harmonics synthesizer is made up of discrete transistors to keep the signal path as short as possible.

Bass guitar has natural psychoacoustic properties, so in order to work with the natural harmonics of a bass guitar, the circuit takes advantage of additive synthesis principles when mixing the generated harmonics back in, which causes the overall shape of the signal waveform out of the preamp to change slightly. That makes the resulting sound not "boomy", which is what can happen if you have too much upper bass content. That part was discovered by accident, but it worked so whatever.

I will admit that the Kosmos C is kind of useless if you have cabs that will handle real low end, however, it does work with smaller cabs and headphones.
 
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#57
I practically forgot about this thing, then out of the blue one actually shows up in the hands of a customer. I recently got a Streamliner 900 for the power, but the baked-in midscoop is bugging me. If I can get my hands on one in a store to demo, who knows what I'll do :)
 
#58
Minimega manual said:
Getting started—
Before turning on the miniMEGA, be certain that the power cable is plugged into an approved power source. Then plug the amp into a speaker or speakers (4 OHM minimum) via the Speaker Outs (22). IT is important to never run the amplifier without a speaker connected, as this could damage the amplifier.
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@BbbyBld really?
 

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