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New Tech 21 XB Driver
- Thread starter BrentSimons
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It will do the dirty highs, clean lows tones pioneered by Entwistle and used by many others including Chancellor. For Wal and Alembic specifically - not so much with a P-bass, but you should get close with a two pickup bass.
Yes, I have made similar sound with Jazz bass and Neural DSP Parallax where clean compressed lows, bit scooped mids and snappy highs with saturation is the key to get close enough.
Not that I've heard. Website still says "Anticipated Availability: May/June 2024"
I'm going to have to do a pedal purge and mow some lawns in my neighborhood. Our band has shows this summer and It would be great to try and buy one of these.
I have one on pre-order and yesterday my Sweetwater rep confirmed early May release. But he's prob reading the same info we had.
No, but based on the SH-1 it's probably in the "presence" range of 3-3.5k.
Thomann has the XB Driver down as being available in 2-3 weeks so early to mid-April release potentially?
Tim Starace posted a photo that he's taking one out to play a beta test of the XB Driver this weekend... Fingers crossed it'll be soon now!
Now it says 6-7 weeks, so must be somewhere in June.
Hopefully we'll get something soon.
I just realized this is going to need an 18v power supply. Without a built in tuner, that takes the GAS out of my sails quite a bit b/c I was hoping to have a board with just a tuner and the XB. I currently power my little board from my TU-3's single power supply+ daisy chain. Sticking to 9v makes power supply issues easy b/c you can get a 1 Spot anywhere, which is a gig saver as I'm sure plenty of us have experienced. I have no doubt this beast needs the 18v to operate, but it looks like I won't be adding this to my preamp collection 
. On the bright side, I won't have to sell my Geddy DI-2112 to help pay for it. I do so love that thing.
. On the bright side, I won't have to sell my Geddy DI-2112 to help pay for it. I do so love that thing.
I probably jumped in too soon... I did just what you suggested and built a new board! Put a Cioks Sol under a PT Nano, with a Polytune 3 Mini, leaving a space for the XBD. It looks kinda sad right now... expecting it will look stellar in time!
It comes with an 18v power supply. I'm assuming its the same, or similar to what the DI-2112 uses. Speaking of, I miss my DI-2112. Sold it off awhile ago.I just realized this is going to need an 18v power supply. Without a built in tuner, that takes the GAS out of my sails quite a bit b/c I was hoping to have a board with just a tuner and the XB. I currently power my little board from my TU-3's single power supply+ daisy chain. Sticking to 9v makes power supply issues easy b/c you can get a 1 Spot anywhere, which is a gig saver as I'm sure plenty of us have experienced. I have no doubt this beast needs the 18v to operate, but it looks like I won't be adding this to my preamp collection
There are 9V->18V converters you can use, as long as you double the amperage requirements. I use this one: High Current Power AdapterI just realized this is going to need an 18v power supply. Without a built in tuner, that takes the GAS out of my sails quite a bit b/c I was hoping to have a board with just a tuner and the XB. I currently power my little board from my TU-3's single power supply+ daisy chain. Sticking to 9v makes power supply issues easy b/c you can get a 1 Spot anywhere, which is a gig saver as I'm sure plenty of us have experienced. I have no doubt this beast needs the 18v to operate, but it looks like I won't be adding this to my preamp collection
After tax+shipping that would add another $100 to the $500 cost of a new XB driver.
I am wondering whether it will be possible to switch between one of the channels and mix mode without significant volume changes. From the available videos it is not clear (to me)....
I agree. I was wondering the same. The only real good video so far is the original one that Tech 21 and Tim posted.
