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Simple and warm...for church

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brianmharrison said:
how does the DI on the PM351 compare to other DI's?
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It does not have EQ, modeling, HPF, or distortion like enhanced active DI's. It is a straight ahead DI, better than a Whirlwind or Tapco, as good as a Radial, but not as good as a Countryman.

brianmharrison said:
wondered if I could use it as a good clean DI off my pedal board
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It has a 1/4 inch instrument input, so yes. Easily.

brianmharrison said:
Does the volume control affect the DI signal?
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It does not. The volume control is for the headphones only.

brianmharrison said:
Could I also run into my amp while sending a DI to the board?
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It has an XLR balanced output. Since it is a headphone amp, there is no 1/4 inch instrument out. You could rig the XLR or headphone out to run to an amp.

I recommend the Rolls for recording or churches needing zero stage sound. If you want just a clean DI, get a Countryman type 85. If you want a tube DI, spring for the outlandishly expensive REDDI or RNDI.
 
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So, we've been using REDDI for ages in our church. Great, tone, minimal flexibility. However it doesn't really sound well with overdrives in my in-ears, so I've come up with a new solution - I've got VT Bass Di, so I'm gonna run two channels to the board - VT as my in-ear tone and REDDI is my DI tone. This will give more flexibility to both myself and sound engineer. REDDI is great though, but honestly, they're cheaper options. I'd probably go with Noble if I had cash.
 
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i would go with the Noble, fat warm tone. it has volume (1/4 out), bass, treble, lo-cut switch, DI using a Jensen Transformer (Clean output and would block phantom power from damaging this unit and vice versa) . Since its for church use... Noble is backed with 10 years warranty.... not a bad investment for long term use...
 
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I play in church quite a bit. I don't know that I will ever enjoy IEMs, but I've learned to mostly tolerate them. At my home church, we have a Genzler 350 and an Acme B1 on stage (super tiny) so there always in some on stage bass sound available, and that has been handy several times. Yes there are more than 2 controls, but the DI is set to PRE, so those controls don't affect FOH.
 
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At my church I have used:

1) the church "house pedalboard" which has a tuner, MXR M87 Bass Compressor, and SansAmp Bass Driver DI. - OK. I also have a SansAmp BDDI of my own that I've had for 20 years. Workhorse. Always useable. But never a favorite of mine. :(

2) Trace Elliot Transit B - I really like this as a simple solution that offers a lot of flexibility in one easy-to-use box. Tuner, 5 band EQ, drive circuit, split-band compressor, effects send/return loop, and a super clean (low noise floor) DI. I've been using this for about a year and my sound engineers really love it.

Full transparency: I did have one situation recently where it just went kaputz on me and I had to quickly go back to the church's pedalboard. After service I hooked the Transit B back up and everything seemed to be fine.

3) My own pedalboard of a Polytune 3 into a Universal Audio 1776 Compressor into an Aguilar Tone Hammer preamp/DI pedal. - BY FAR the best tone I've ever had! The Tone Hammer is known for somehow magically applying "tubey goodness" and warmth without actually using any tubes. The AGS circuit is there for extra dirt (I don't use it, but it's there) and the UA 1176 compressor is just a dream to play! Altogether these pedals cost less than $600 brand new. (I just put them all in a Sweetwater cart: $567.99 before local tax. Call your SW Bro and I bet you'll get closer to $520-540. Heck, call MY SW Bro Matt South if you don't have your own already.)

I never bothered with compression for nearly 20 years of bass playing, then I started to dip my toe into the squishy waters a couple year ago - first with a Behringer pedal, then some other Amazon stuff, then the white MXR pedal, and then just last week the UA 1176. The 1176 is a WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD of beautiful compression. I got to use it both at a rock show and then at church over the last weekend, and it is just the most fantastic piece of not-expensive (got it new for $155) gear I have ever used.

Good luck!

Edited to add: I just realized this threadsurrection is from 5+ years ago. Garf.
 
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