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REDDI Tube DI Mega-thread-III

#361
Been a while since I compared the two, but 10:00 is right around where it matches the output of my Countryman best I remember. Moot point since it sounds the same at whatever level, though.
 
#362
JimmyM said:
Been a while since I compared the two, but 10:00 is right around where it matches the output of my Countryman best I remember. Moot point since it sounds the same at whatever level, though.
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I'm really glad Peter designed it so that the tone doesn't change at different gain levels. Cause I'd drive myself nuts trying to decide on a consistent setting.
 
#364
kirkm24 said:
Has anyone tried running a Markbass Compressore in front of the REDDI? I just ordered one to try out. I love the REDDI but I do need some compression (the tube doesn't compress enough on its own).
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Exactly what I love about it! Once I went back to tube amps, I decided I liked the lack of compression much better and quit using them. But I hear the Compressore is a very good one, so if you like compression, you'd probably dig it.
 
#368
kirkm24 said:
Has anyone tried running a Markbass Compressore in front of the REDDI? I just ordered one to try out. I love the REDDI but I do need some compression (the tube doesn't compress enough on its own).
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I have used the MXR m87 compressor in front of many of times with positive results.

I'm light with the compressor and I'm only using a 4:1 ratio.
 
#370
I always thought when I used an Avalon that there was some "compressing" of my signal. Not in the true sense of compression, maybe it was just a more even response that made it sound "compressed" to me?

Does that happen with a REDDI?

I'm still debating a high end DI purchase. I think I'm gonna try a friends Avalon at church this weekend. No one around here has a REDDI, but I may be able to get one to try from my favorite online retailer.
 
#371
I consider clean running tube amps that have some headroom the least compressed amps I have ever heard, and so don't get why people think of them as "compressed." Every little nuance of my playing style gets picked up no matter how infinitesimally small the change in my playing is, and I can't say that about anything else I've ever used in my life, including the Avalon U5. But the way I feel about tube amps is exactly how I feel about the REDDI.

Some folks like compression. I used to. It's saved me from having to retrack stuff I've recorded that suffered from a few slight volume imperfections but were otherwise very well played. But one night I forgot to turn it on, then turned it on in the middle of a set, and turned it off again after one song and pulled it the next day, never to return. Wasn't the compressor's fault...I think the RNC 1773 rivals compressors costing a whole lot more, and despite a couple attempts at selling it, I never did and probably won't. But I greatly prefer playing without it, especially now that I'm back on the tube amps pretty much full-time.

Sorry to get all windbaggy about it, but if it's lack of compression you're looking for, the REDDI's it.
 
#373
Although I've tried a few compressors in front of my amp/DI live over the years they've never done anything for my stage sound I felt was worth the cost or effort of using one.

Compression after the DI in a recording situation is a different story. Doing that can really help slot the bass but it's an effect not compensation for any lack of technique. I always wonder why this idea that a compressor will help inadequate technique has so much traction amongst bassists. I makes no sense to me at all. Used well it's far too subtle to do that.
 
#374
jeffbonny said:
Although I've tried a few compressors in front of my amp/DI live over the years they've never done anything for my stage sound I felt was worth the cost or effort of using one.

Compression after the DI in a recording situation is a different story. Doing that can really help slot the bass but it's an effect not compensation for any lack of technique. I always wonder why this idea that a compressor will help inadequate technique has so much traction amongst bassists. I makes no sense to me at all. Used well it's far too subtle to do that.
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Agreed on all points. To be honest, you shouldn't really rely on compression to compensate for any technical deficiencies(especially in the studio).
 
#376
Im not going to NAMM this year.. This is a pic from Bass Player Live..
Im sure Peter will be showing some of his new Electrodyne stuff.. mmmmm mmm

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#378
The Thru output on my REDDI has begun inducing hum into my amp. I use the Whirlwind XLR lifter on my REDDI, which has always kept the hum out. But it has recently started having hum. No problem in the FOH, just the amp from the Thru port. I haven't made any other equipment changes. Any idea why the hum may have just now started, whereas it never did it before?
 

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