RNC?

[RacingBeat]

Has anyone ever used the Really Nice Comressors for their bass?
I know they're solid for sound guy type use, but how are they for bass?

and does anyone know about the RNP, Really Nice Pre-amp?

thanks

 

[nonsqtr]

The RNC is hardly useful for bass. There's too much distortion at the settings that one would need for a bass, and it's mostly in the low registers (E string, and especially the low B if you have one). It's "really nice" for vocals though, it's a superb and very clean compressor for that purpose.

 

[Finger Blister]

Yup.

RNC is great for just about everything, except bass.

 

[Bob Rogers]

I have had the RNC for a while and recently got the RNP. I have not used the RNC for bass, but I tested out the RNP and it gave excellent warm clean tones. Beat the pants off the Bass POD for what it does (which is where I set my POD almost all the time), but note that there is no tone shaping. I haven't really been on a preamp search (maybe later) so I can't really compare it to other clean preamps. But I was very impressed.

 

[Zooberwerx]

The RNC is indeed a strange agent but does work well with bass...provided you make some unusual adjustments. FWIW, FMR actually understates the RNC's capabilities in terms of attack and release. Using suggested settings (attack - 6.0 msec, release - 1 to 3 sec), I found I was getting a nasty distorted tone. The general philosophy has been to increase release time until the distortion disappears. No luck! I then tried increasing attack time to a minimum of 20 msec (sounds like a lot, doesn't it?). Bingo...worked like a charm. This is a great starter setting as it provides smooth, almost inaudible, compression without swell or "pumping / breathing". Want a little more "squash"? Daisy chain the output of the left channel into the input of the right; right output to your amp. Gives it a double-dose without sounding unnatural.

Riis