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[thisSNsucks]

This has been my gigging board lately. Planet waves tuner to save me a foot switch spot on the Line 6 stomp which handles all my compression, fx and amp/preamps, then into a Sushi Box Finally V2 that feeds the foh and my own personal monitor separately. Cioks DC-7 under the board.

I can bump myself up in my own monitor without messing with what’s being sent to the mains. Works great.

 

[kiat]

Used mainly for local covers bands.

Just one audio processing pedal, the rest are wireless bass, tuner, battery, DI, headphone mixer (bass + whatever's available) into wireless IEMs.
DI outs for Amp (post), IEM server (pre), FoH (pre or post)

* Spaceship 50C (Harley Benton): 500 x 142 mm
* PowerPlant PowerBank+ mk2 (Harley Benton ): 140 x 106 mm
* GigA Pro Pedal Set (the t.bone) : 72 x 77 mm
* Polytune 3 (TC Electronic): 71 x 122 mm
* GP-5 (Valeton) : 42 x 94 mm
* MA400 (Behringer) : 103 x 64 mm
* DI-E (Millenium) : 74 x 104 mm
* IEM 75 (the t.bone) : 212 x 110 mm

 

[pbass2]

OK, my simple "always on" board is now a simple "either/or" board. I don't run the BB and RC together, and I usually just set it and forget it depending on which is better for the whole gig - clean vs a little dirty.

 

[Audiomicrowave]

After almost 40 years of playing, I'm jumping into the pedalboard world. Here's my first attempt at a pedalboard; there's an MXR Iso-Brick hiding under the hood. I'm planning on removing the Silencer and adding a chorus and/or compressor - I'm not sure which way to go yet. A wireless unit in in the plans as well; likely the Xvive A58. This version gets its trial run tonight.

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[bignc]

Not really new stuff but I have gotten more comfortable with the One and thinking of selling off some dirt, choruses and a preamp here or there. So here is the latest smallish board.

 

[Ian774]

I wanted to update my pedalboard in order to make it smaller than the already small Pedaltrain Nano that I already own but is too big to fit in my gig bag front pocket. I only use three pedals at the moment: SansAmp ParaDriver, MXR M76 compressor and my TC tuner.

I read somewhere online that IKEA chopping boards are a good option for something compact and light. Yes, a chopping board .

So there you have it, a very compact pedal board that fits in my gig bag. It might not be pretty but it’s practical.

Due to the MXR’s power input, I had to put it first and then put the tuner second, when I usually put the tuner first (like pretty much everyone). But it’s fine.
Bottom pedals are a bit offset too but that’s due to the limited width and the patch cable…

 

[rcmbass]

I wanted to update my pedalboard in order to make it smaller than the already small Pedaltrain Nano that I already own but is too big to fit in my gig bag front pocket. I only use three pedals at the moment: SansAmp ParaDriver, MXR M76 compressor and my TC tuner.

I read somewhere online that IKEA chopping boards are a good option for something compact and light. Yes, a chopping board .

So there you have it, a very compact pedal board that fits in my gig bag. It might not be pretty but it’s practical.

Due to the MXR’s power input, I had to put it first and then put the tuner second, when I usually put the tuner first (like pretty much everyone). But it’s fine.
Bottom pedals are a bit offset too but that’s due to the limited width and the patch cable…

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You win the Compact Pedalboard of the Year Award! Excellent work!

 

[darev]

Not really new stuff but I have gotten more comfortable with the One and thinking of selling off some dirt, choruses and a preamp here or there. So here is the latest smallish board.

I also have and dig that @Pedalnetics DIMstick, too.

 

[bignc]

Seems to be VERY well built. Never even used the DI out on it to feel the transformer magic but it’s handy.

 

[Pedalnetics]

Seems to be VERY well built. Never even used the DI out on it tofeel the transformer magic but it’s handy.

Pretty sure you could use it for self-defense mid-gig if you ever needed...

 

[bignc]

Pretty sure you could use it for self-defense mid-gig if you ever needed...

Would sacrifice my beverage first. And would never even consider damaging one that was a little bigger so that the 1/4” also ran through the transformer.

 

[BASS YODA]

I wanted to update my pedalboard in order to make it smaller than the already small Pedaltrain Nano that I already own but is too big to fit in my gig bag front pocket. I only use three pedals at the moment: SansAmp ParaDriver, MXR M76 compressor and my TC tuner.

I read somewhere online that IKEA chopping boards are a good option for something compact and light. Yes, a chopping board .

So there you have it, a very compact pedal board that fits in my gig bag. It might not be pretty but it’s practical.

Due to the MXR’s power input, I had to put it first and then put the tuner second, when I usually put the tuner first (like pretty much everyone). But it’s fine.
Bottom pedals are a bit offset too but that’s due to the limited width and the patch cable…

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"Speaker simulation is an integral part of the SansAmp Tube Amplifier Emulation circuitry. It is specifically designed for a smooth, even response as would be achieved by a multiply-miked cabinet --without peaks, valleys, and notches associated with single miking and many IRs-- and will complement any type of bass speaker cabinet system."

"3) When you push SansAmp Bass Driver DI to saturation, you get enhanced harmonics, just as you would with an overdriven tube amplifier. Depending on the setting, the unique circuitry limits transient peaks for an even meter reading, so that outboard compressors or limiters may not be necessary."

"4) Using effects. One of the key attributes of SansAmp is the responsiveness to the dynamics and nuances of your playing technique. Therefore, your time-modifying effects should be placed after SansAmp. If placing a tone-modifying effect before SansAmp, be sure to set the output level of the effect at unity gain with the output level of the instrument."

 

[TheArchitect]

This has been my gigging board lately. Planet waves tuner to save me a foot switch spot on the Line 6 stomp which handles all my compression, fx and amp/preamps, then into a Sushi Box Finally V2 that feeds the foh and my own personal monitor separately. Cioks DC-7 under the board.

I can bump myself up in my own monitor without messing with what’s being sent to the mains. Works great.

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Does the QSC have multiple inputs / onboard mixing to handle your bass and your monitor return?

 

[thisSNsucks]

Does the QSC have multiple inputs / onboard mixing to handle your bass and your monitor return?

Yeah, it’s got 2 inputs with independent volume controls for each, but they’re on the back, so not super adjustable on the fly.

So what I do is have monitor mix gointo one, which is pretty much the FOH mix, then the 1/4” out from the Finally on my board goes into the other input.

I can boost the volume of my bass from the Finally into the QSC and it doesn’t effect the FOH mix since the Finally has independent volumes for the 1/4 and XLR. I have a Noble too and it works the same.

I am toying with using something like a Capo or Tone Hammer to go to the FOH and then use a clean boost pedal after (hooked up ti their 1/4” line out) to use as an external volume control for the monitor.

We do our own sound at 99% of our bar gigs and I can’t be bothered to try and adjust my mix through a phone app, so this is what I came up with.

 

[TheArchitect]

Yeah, it’s got 2 inputs with independent volume controls for each, but they’re on the back, so not super adjustable on the fly.

So what I do is have monitor mix gointo one, which is pretty much the FOH mix, then the 1/4” out from the Finally on my board goes into the other input.

I can boost the volume of my bass from the Finally into the QSC and it doesn’t effect the FOH mix since the Finally has independent volumes for the 1/4 and XLR. I have a Noble too and it works the same.

I am toying with using something like a Capo or Tone Hammer to go to the FOH and then use a clean boost pedal after (hooked up ti their 1/4” line out) to use as an external volume control for the monitor.

We do our own sound at 99% of our bar gigs and I can’t be bothered to try and adjust my mix through a phone app, so this is what I came up with.

I might add a volume pedal to the bass feed into the monitor to have better control of the mix between the bass and the monitor feed but it appears to be real solid solution

 

[Ian774]

"Speaker simulation is an integral part of the SansAmp Tube Amplifier Emulation circuitry. It is specifically designed for a smooth, even response as would be achieved by a multiply-miked cabinet --without peaks, valleys, and notches associated with single miking and many IRs-- and will complement any type of bass speaker cabinet system."

"3) When you push SansAmp Bass Driver DI to saturation, you get enhanced harmonics, just as you would with an overdriven tube amplifier. Depending on the setting, the unique circuitry limits transient peaks for an even meter reading, so that outboard compressors or limiters may not be necessary."

"4) Using effects. One of the key attributes of SansAmp is the responsiveness to the dynamics and nuances of your playing technique. Therefore, your time-modifying effects should be placed after SansAmp. If placing a tone-modifying effect before SansAmp, be sure to set the output level of the effect at unity gain with the output level of the instrument."

Hmmm ok, what’s your point here?

 

[Rocksolid]

Yeah, it’s got 2 inputs with independent volume controls for each, but they’re on the back, so not super adjustable on the fly.

So what I do is have monitor mix gointo one, which is pretty much the FOH mix, then the 1/4” out from the Finally on my board goes into the other input.

I can boost the volume of my bass from the Finally into the QSC and it doesn’t effect the FOH mix since the Finally has independent volumes for the 1/4 and XLR. I have a Noble too and it works the same.

I am toying with using something like a Capo or Tone Hammer to go to the FOH and then use a clean boost pedal after (hooked up ti their 1/4” line out) to use as an external volume control for the monitor.

We do our own sound at 99% of our bar gigs and I can’t be bothered to try and adjust my mix through a phone app, so this is what I came up with.

On the original k12 there was a little green socket for remote volume control. I rigged up a lead with box holding a volume wheel I could move with my foot. Worked pretty well, I forgot I even had it until I used the K12s for a PA gig recently and found it in the pocket of the speaker cover.

 

[meisi]

Hmmm ok, what’s your point here?

Just a guess based on the the bold typeface and larger font:

outboard compressors or limiters may not be necessary.

 

[Ian774]

Just a guess based on the the bold typeface and larger font:

outboard compressors or limiters may not be necessary.

I kinda guessed that’s what he meant

Thing is, why did he even take the time to copy and paste all of that? I have read the manual. I’ve seen this sentence.

“May not” means “may not”, not “are not”. Every situation is different. I use the Blend between 9 and 11 o’clock on average, so not a lot of SansAmp simulation and more of the natural bass tone. The comp does a great job ahead of the SansAmp at evening out my tone and make me sound better in the band.
I’ve A/B’d the SansAmp with and without the comp and I definitely prefer the sound with the comp.

Each to their own, and at the end of the day I prefer the two pedals together, the SansAmp alone is great too but there’s an obvious improvement when the comp is on.

 

[CheckBass]

Here is my current small board:

Compact and light because I mainly travel by bike.
Easy to set up, versatile and sounds awesome
Pedalboard: Rockboard duo 2.0
PSU: Voodoo Lab PP x4
EBS patch cables