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Take a look at these bass settings and help me?
- Thread starter Bassworship1
- Start date
you want us to look at a PICTURE and tell you how to make it SOUND better?
Ok, try a bit more purple.
think about what you are asking. You think it's just those 3 EQ settings making your sound? RU going through a PA or a 5" radio's speaker? Is the room a toilet or a hall? What bass? What EQ on the bass? What DI?
Ok, try a bit more purple.
think about what you are asking. You think it's just those 3 EQ settings making your sound? RU going through a PA or a 5" radio's speaker? Is the room a toilet or a hall? What bass? What EQ on the bass? What DI?
Big problem right off the bat...
You have the high-pass filter engaged at 160z. You've cut out 2, nearly 2 1/2 octaves of your bass tone (Low E is 38hz). I'd disengage the high-pass filter altogether (set it to "off) and then if the bass tone is too bassy, lower the "Low" control some.
I prefer narrower filters, preferring to widen the filter if needed. But that's a preference. Nothing fatal there.
You have the high-pass filter engaged at 160z. You've cut out 2, nearly 2 1/2 octaves of your bass tone (Low E is 38hz). I'd disengage the high-pass filter altogether (set it to "off) and then if the bass tone is too bassy, lower the "Low" control some.
I prefer narrower filters, preferring to widen the filter if needed. But that's a preference. Nothing fatal there.
Ease up a bit, Bazz. While I understand the sentiment you are expressing, there are generalities with everything, including tone. Common sense should tell someone (with experience, anyway) that you don't high-pass the bass channel, except at 30hz, if it makes one feel better. I don't need to hear his bass tone to know this. The OP asked for basic suggestions. I gave him the big one. After that, yeah, someone needs to stick an ear to it.
And I'm a 30-year pro sound guy. It's not brain surgery or feeding starving children. Let's not lose brain cells over it.
The button saying "vintage" probably selects more complex schemes of eq which might well give you a better sound.
The reason the HPF was a that is because it sounded muddy at anything lesser than that. I'm gonna experiment with other settings that have been provided here and see if we can get it better. Thanks to those that provided help. I'm new at running through the house system.
thanks for the feedback. I will try this first thing Tuesday night when we play again. I'm completely new to running through the house system.
Here is a bit more information on my setup and the house system we have. I'm using a Ibanez Prestige 5 string bass and a line out of my Ampeg SVT 3pro to the house. Everything pretty much flat on bass and amp. The church we play varies but normally a around 100-250 people. The house system uses 2 QSC 1000 watt 15's and 2 18' QSC subs. Very good system and pretty much new. Does this help?
It becomes a little more clear. I thought you were going direct and that was your only preamp tone control.
Bass monitor(s) on stage? The mud clearing high hpf implies your stage lows are getting in the face of the FOH.
Could also be leakage into stage mics not helping, perhaps greedy kickdrum EQ....
Bass monitor(s) on stage? The mud clearing high hpf implies your stage lows are getting in the face of the FOH.
Could also be leakage into stage mics not helping, perhaps greedy kickdrum EQ....
your mid eq cut is pretty mild, but you're boosting highs and lows around it, effectively making a smiley face eq. They're not marked with db levels so maybe it's really minor, can't tell from the picture.
That is pretty weird to have your hpf so high. maybe there's main eq settings getting in the way or subs that are overpowering your tops in general.
That is pretty weird to have your hpf so high. maybe there's main eq settings getting in the way or subs that are overpowering your tops in general.
I would bypass the LPF set the lows at 110 boosted a bit to taste, the mids at 360 with a slight boost and the highs where they are or at 3.3 a notch or two lower than it is currently set and then switch between the wide and narrow settings to see what you like better. Make sure the bass level on your bass is flat(at first).
I cant wait to try this out tomorrow. I think this will help me zone it in better. I've also ordered me a Reddi DI to handle the House signal and sound so hopefully that will help some too.
You've missed the point. You've fed far too little information until your last post, which most posters will blow by.
If it sounds better for the crazy high hpf you need to find out why. $800 of preamp won't do very much by itself.
If it sounds better for the crazy high hpf you need to find out why. $800 of preamp won't do very much by itself.
