Nice, HJ!!! Curious how/why you’re using two compressor’s?
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Show me your compact pedalboard setup
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It may or may not still be compact... but I've expanded a bit over the past couple of months. Tomorrow I'll get my Mod11, so I have some generic mod goodness. Then, I'll rerun the power and ideally get a couple of shorter patch cables to tidy things up. I was waiting to see where I landed before I did a 'good job' of putting . I just took everything apart to put the Spectrum on the board.
Order as of tomorrow: Tuner -> Compressor (no bypass) -> Carcosa -> Spectrum -> Blower Box -> OC-5 -> A+ Buzz -> (Mod11) -> Caverns -> VTDi -> HPF.
I discovered that I really like staggering the drives and filters.
Dirt before Envelope? Yes. Dirt after envelope? Yes
Dirt before Octave? Yes. Dirt after Octave? Yes.
In terms of grittiness, they're definitely ordered in most aggressive to least, but they play nicely with each other.
The HPF is currently before the VTDi, but when I rewire everything tomorrow, I'll put it after... I guess the assumption that I need to make is that if I'm plugging into a place big enough to go direct via XLR (pulling the HPF out of the chain), they have an experienced enough sound guy and good enough equipment to take care of the HPF on their end... otherwise, I'll be the one in charge.
Order as of tomorrow: Tuner -> Compressor (no bypass) -> Carcosa -> Spectrum -> Blower Box -> OC-5 -> A+ Buzz -> (Mod11) -> Caverns -> VTDi -> HPF.
I discovered that I really like staggering the drives and filters.
Dirt before Envelope? Yes. Dirt after envelope? Yes
Dirt before Octave? Yes. Dirt after Octave? Yes.
In terms of grittiness, they're definitely ordered in most aggressive to least, but they play nicely with each other.
The HPF is currently before the VTDi, but when I rewire everything tomorrow, I'll put it after... I guess the assumption that I need to make is that if I'm plugging into a place big enough to go direct via XLR (pulling the HPF out of the chain), they have an experienced enough sound guy and good enough equipment to take care of the HPF on their end... otherwise, I'll be the one in charge.
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Even though this one is on the for-sale block, I am loving the variety of great sounds such a small board can produce!
Tuner, LBA2020, Monocomp, Frazz, Dusk, AO Photon. Powerful!
Tuner, LBA2020, Monocomp, Frazz, Dusk, AO Photon. Powerful!
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I love so much this VHS-style graphics ond DUSK pedal. So nostalgic!
I love so much this VHS-style graphics ond DUSK pedal. So nostalgic!
It's a overdrive that is just sweet on bass no low end loss at all and only $99. I am in love with this pedal.
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I posted this in the other thread too but figured it would belong here as well. This is the most compact, simplistic bass board I have assembled in.......I don't even know how long.
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Do you like the keeley mods workstation? What kind of sounds do you get out of it?
I have only had the Keeley for about a week now but so far so good. At church I will use the Mod for delay and modulation with my afterneath reverb for some volume swells.
Another cool combination I have found is Phaser and chorus with my octave and fuzz for a really nice bass synth tone. I like using a long and short delay on guitar so thats pretty cool too.
It is limiting as you cant just click through the rotary knob to usable presets but rather each will need set up on their own. So for live you have to dial in the 2 modes you want and set and forget it. For recording though anything seems possible.
Mod 1 is tap tempo and mod 2 can be controlled by an expression pedal if you want. Another cool thing I have heard you can do is switch the stereo out to a wet/dry out with an internal switch which might be pretty handy in recording but I havent tried this yet.
This one does double duty for both ABG and acoustic guitar.
It's pretty basic but really flexible for being so small.
It's pretty basic but really flexible for being so small.
Ooh, how do you find the Analogman Chorus Mini? That's the one I'm considering to get. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
The AM is very rich and doesn't suck your tone. Definitely get the blend and bright switch though. I've had the non version(s) and this is far better.
My USB powered headphone practice setup. The board is a pedaltrain metro16 with a small powerbank velcroed to the underside. I am dabbling in piccolo as well, hence the reverb pedal. I might add a Ditto+ looper next.
Twice in as many days I've seen a Darkglass Element on a board, and both times with a Tech 21 DI. Is the Element something that's more for practice or direct to a board without an amp?
It's great for both. It's also a recording interface and can be used as a DI on the speaker output of an amp. Really versatile piece of gear.
Signal:
Sonic Research ST-200 Turbo Tuner
Broughton SV-Pre
Becos CompIQ Stella
Darkglass Element -> XLR/Heaphones
Broughton Always On HPF -> Amp
Power:
USB-C input (top-right, above tuner)
Anker USB hub
Anker 13000mAh Battery
USB-C Power switch (above the Becos)
Belkin USB-C splitter
Cioks 4
The Belkin splitter allows the Cioks power supply to draw power from either the USB input or the Anker battery. The power switch interrupts the connection between the battery and the splitter to turn on/off battery power.
The Element is connected to the USB hub, so one USB cable powers the Cioks, charges the battery, and connects the Element to my computer for recording and loading IRs onto the device.
To answer your question: yes. The Element only sends the processed, cabsim signal out of the headphone and XLR jacks if you're using it in a pedal chain between your instrument and amp. The 1/4" output is unaffected by the Element's tone shaping.
The Element is also limited in the amp sim department. There aren't any bass amp models in the Darkglass Suite that can do what the SansAmp does and I think the only way to get any OD or distortion out of the Element is by using a guitar amp model.
I use the SansAmp Bass Driver before the Element because it responds so well to other dirt pedals in front of it. This way, I can stack effects and have a wet signal going to the desk and the amp, a mix of either, or dry signals going to both places.
