Double Bass Roland Street Cube EX

[what the pluck]

Hey there… I’ve been doing a bit more solo street stuff. I’ve usually play/ improv to ambient backing tracks / beats / loops. I’ve been using a small blue tooth speaker. Sound is pretty crappy as u can imagine.

I’m toying with the idea of using a Roland Street EX Cube to run my double bass with a K and K Bass max plus the loops. I would ideally use a HPF (the notch filter on my EBD may work) to dial out the sub frequencies, I think the Roland’s response is from about 60 up. Not looking for flat out volume just signals I can mix to get a reasonable sound on the street (or tunnels).

Has anyone tried the Roland Street EX with double bass and have any feed back, or can anyone offer any other battery powered solutions.

Cheers

 

[Wasnex]

@brianrost has experience specifically with playing upright through the Cube Street EX and has posted about it.

 

[Don Hergert]

Here's that quote from @brianrost :

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/am...ss-and-acoustic-guitar.1340033/#post-21241757

 

[what the pluck]

Here's that quote from @brianrost :

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/am...ss-and-acoustic-guitar.1340033/#post-21241757

Thanks for link… seems it may be ok for street and my needs.. I’ve got a proper rig for gigs… I’ve also noticed the JBL EON 1 as another contender… it gets down to 32 Hz apparently…

 

[Don Hergert]

You're very welcomed....

We almost never do our own sound for our 4-person band anymore, but I have used the non-EX versions of the Street Cubes (now discontinued) very successfully to run vocal and instrument mics in a busking / street fair type of situation, and a number of times for sensitive volume indoor or outdoor gigs. We have 3 of these Street non-EX units, so we get up to 6 mics out of that, on AA batteries in our experience for up to 20 hours. Most often we'll use these and then we'll also use a Roland Micro Cube Bass RX (4"x 4 speakers, also now discontinued) for the double bass, for either my DB's piezo/pre-amp system or its clear mounted dynamic mic, also on 6 AA batteries for up to 20 hours.

The Street Cubes, either non-EX or EX versions, should be OK if you're mic'ing your DB, but if you're using a piezo/pre-amp system with your DB, I would not recommend repeatedly plugging the bass feed directly into these units for fear of blowing out the speakers. I can find nothing in their specs that would indicate that they are designed for direct bass amplification.

These units really need to be elevated for any kind of sufficient penetration. If we're using all 3 Street RX units, they'll be on a table at waist level. If we're using the Micro Cube Bass RX unit, it will be on a speaker stand at shoulder height.

 

[what the pluck]

You're very welcomed....

We almost never do our own sound for our 4-person band anymore, but I have used the non-EX versions of the Street Cubes (now discontinued) very successfully to run vocal and instrument mics in a busking / street fair type of situation, and a number of times for sensitive volume indoor or outdoor gigs. We have 3 of these Street non-EX units, so we get up to 6 mics out of that, on AA batteries in our experience for up to 20 hours. Most often we'll use these and then we'll also use a Roland Micro Cube Bass RX (4"x 4 speakers, also now discontinued) for the double bass, for either my DB's piezo/pre-amp system or its clear mounted dynamic mic, also on 6 AA batteries for up to 20 hours.

The Street Cubes, either non-EX or EX versions, should be OK if you're mic'ing your DB, but if you're using a piezo/pre-amp system with your DB, I would not recommend repeatedly plugging the bass feed directly into these units for fear of blowing out the speakers. I can find nothing in their specs that would indicate that they are designed for direct bass amplification.

These units really need to be elevated for any kind of sufficient penetration. If we're using all 3 Street RX units, they'll be on a table at waist level. If we're using the Micro Cube Bass RX unit, it will be on a speaker stand at shoulder height.

great info… thanks again...

 

[Kentos]

I have tried both Cube Street EX and Eon one Compact. If you use a real upright bass with Cube Street EX, that is ok but if you want to use an EUB, you’ll probably need more low end. The eon one compact has an enough bass with EUB.