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SansAmp Programmable Bass Driver ELITE

#50
Ordered. I had to actually call Sweetwater to get the transaction to go through. $299 seems like a steal for everything this does. Looks like the app/software allows for some deep editing and IR loading. My problem with the Fly Rigs were the fuzz, octave, filter, and compression were not usable IMO. Also that form factor was odd to me. Crossing my fingers until April...
 
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birminghambass said:
Ordered. I had to actually call Sweetwater to get the transaction to go through. $299 seems like a steal for everything this does. Looks like the app/software allows for some deep editing and IR loading. My problem with the Fly Rigs were the fuzz, octave, filter, and compression were not usable IMO. Also that form factor was odd to me. Crossing my fingers until April...
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I would order mine but im not one to wait. Even a few days would kill me lol.
 
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I saw the demo with Tim the Chorus and the filter sounded good....if you can use the midi and save even the red channel I believe it is.and more effects you can count me in I have a Q strip at the present...But this could replace my Chorus...and Q strip.
 
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Ptizzy said:
I saw the demo with Tim the Chorus and the filter sounded good....if you can use the midi and save even the red channel I believe it is.and more effects you can count me in I have a Q strip at the present...But this could replace my Chorus...and Q strip.
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I loved the Q-Strip when I had it (twice). I loved the BDDI when I had (them). I always wished they would combine them. Guess now they have.
 
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I'm very interested in this. I never bit the bullet on a sansamp because I just needed a few extra features to have it on my live minimalist board. The new stuff like anagrams and Stomps (not so new), are just too much to me, and I dont trust they nail that sansamp vibe I want. This has to NAIL the sansamp sound and keep the same character with parameter changes. I even read the blurbs that the sansamp "inventor" has held off on digital for so long because they had to get it nailed and would not release unless they could replicate all the ju-ju. Fingers crossed it does that and I may get the pre-order.
 
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ScottyBoy said:
I'm very interested in this. I never bit the bullet on a sansamp because I just needed a few extra features to have it on my live minimalist board. The new stuff like anagrams and Stomps (not so new), are just too much to me, and I dont trust they nail that sansamp vibe I want. This has to NAIL the sansamp sound and keep the same character with parameter changes. I even read the blurbs that the sansamp "inventor" has held off on digital for so long because they had to get it nailed and would not release unless they could replicate all the ju-ju. Fingers crossed it does that and I may get the pre-order.
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My apprehension with this one is that I think it will be similar in a lot of ways to multieffects and require time to dive into the computer and program it. I don’t like that. Tim said in the video a couple of time that the software and what you could do in the computer was where the magic happens.
 
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CamJazzBass said:
My apprehension with this one is that I think it will be similar in a lot of ways to multieffects and require time to dive into the computer and program it. I don’t like that. Tim said in the video a couple of time that the software and what you could do in the computer was where the magic happens.
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100%! if I cant just tweak knobs to get the classic sansamp sounds away from computer, it won't be for me. I'm hoping that is not the case. It has all the knobs (except mid shift buttons) to control exactly the same as normal BDII. My hope is you don't need the pc to get all the classic tones. Hopefully its just to access more parameters and control of chorus and filter etc. Im ok with that. But yes I need to be able tweek my sansamp tones and save to presets all from the pedal.
 
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The Elite works just like the original Programmable version with secondary control features when the Red mode is engaged. You can easily adjust it without a computer. There are more editing parameters when you use the software and midi but all the basic functions are on the unit. Hopefully the manual will be available soon.
 
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tech21nyc said:
The Elite works just like the original Programmable version with secondary control features when the Red mode is engaged. You can easily adjust it without a computer. There are more editing parameters when you use the software and midi but all the basic functions are on the unit. Hopefully the manual will be available soon.
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Thanks! Contacted Sweetwater, Im on the list :)
 

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