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Passive/active button on pedal

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Ghost360

Mar 27, 2011
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On the compressor pedal I just bought, there is a pass/active switch. My bass takes battery's, so I know it's active, but I'm pretty sure the only thing the battery powers is the "power boost", and I have it turned down all the way. Should I still use the active switch?
 
#2
Ghost360 said:
On the compressor pedal I just bought, there is a pass/active switch. My bass takes battery's, so I know it's active, but I'm pretty sure the only thing the battery powers is the "power boost", and I have it turned down all the way. Should I still use the active switch?
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And what compressor would this be?
What does the manual say?
 
#3
It's the EBS black label multicomp. And It just says make sure you set the passive/actor switch correctly. But I'm wondering, if I'm not using the power boost in my bass, wouldent it be considered passive?
 
#4
Trial and error would be an excellent way to figure this out. You're not going to hurt the pedal if you set the switch "wrong." It's probably just a 10db pad which will give you more headroom with a hotter bass.
 
#7
I get the best results, it seems, with a hot line into the "active" input of my amp...that's where the pad works best, so pedals are "passive" if they have a switch like that. Only pedal that didn't like this was a Source Audio bass envelope which I seem to have fried or something (they'll put a higher rated thing-a-ma-bob in when I have it repaired). I use an apex stomp in the send/return of the amp, and even it works best on "passive".
 

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