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TC Electronic RH450 Favorite Settings © Thread

#183
FWIW - I find changing the Semi-Para on the High Mids 2 clicks over (from 800hz to 1K) to be a more usable freq to cut when trying to get a warmer & smoother tone.

I also use Spectracomp at just 1 click in & Tubetone at just 3 clicks in. Just enough to bare their effect, without completely altering your basses natural voice.
 
#184
Modern Growl said:
FWIW - I find changing the Semi-Para on the High Mids 2 clicks over (from 800hz to 1K) to be a more usable freq to cut when trying to get a warmer & smoother tone.

I also use Spectracomp at just 1 click in & Tubetone at just 3 clicks in. Just enough to bare their effect, without completely altering your basses natural voice.
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doh...just added to original post: spectracomp and tubetone 3 dots each

Yeah after listening to the recording I'm gonna dial back the high mids and probably treble a bit, a dot or two
 
#185
Anybody got any luck trying to get a Jaco-like tone? I've been fiddling around a little bit with it -- obviously it is in large part due to fingers, bridge pickup, and fretless sound, but has anybody gotten that amazing bite and punch so characteristic of Jaco with their RH450? I'd love to hear ideas.
 
#186
tas236 said:
Anybody got any luck trying to get a Jaco-like tone? I've been fiddling around a little bit with it -- obviously it is in large part due to fingers, bridge pickup, and fretless sound, but has anybody gotten that amazing bite and punch so characteristic of Jaco with their RH450? I'd love to hear ideas.
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Yes I do , with a jazz bass of course ,do what you've described and turn down the mids !

I also turn down the mids on my MXR DI/pre
 
#187
I now have a new favorite setting on my 450... it's very simple, it's OFF!
After picking up a Hartke a few weeks ago, I have not even plugged my 450 in... there is no comparision between the two... one sounds great, full and open an the other sounds like it's being run through a dozen cheap compressors... then a blanket is applied to my cabinet!
JMHO. etc...
Fishheadjoe
 
#188
Fishheadjoe said:
I now have a new favorite setting on my 450... it's very simple, it's OFF!
After picking up a Hartke a few weeks ago, I have not even plugged my 450 in... there is no comparision between the two... one sounds great, full and open an the other sounds like it's being run through a dozen cheap compressors... then a blanket is applied to my cabinet!
JMHO. etc...
Fishheadjoe
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Nice.

This is a RH450 EQ thread - and you just couldn't help yourself but go off topic and take shots at the amp. How does your comment contribute to the thread at all? It doesn't. It’s a troll comment coming from a seemingly miserable soul.

If you don't like the amp - great. Sell it, take your lose of money and smile.
 
#189
I may offer an appology as I was under the impression that I was responding in a thread that I had already contributed to... so there may well be more than one 450 settings thread, of which I know I made contributions.
That said, I am not a miserable soul as suggested and frankly I am now much happier than I was a few weeks back.
Fishheadjoe
 
#190
Fishheadjoe said:
I may offer an appology as I was under the impression that I was responding in a thread that I had already contributed to... so there may well be more than one 450 settings thread, of which I know I made contributions.
That said, I am not a miserable soul as suggested and frankly I am now much happier than I was a few weeks back.
Fishheadjoe
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Your happy having paid for a $500/$600 dollar head that you don't like anymore? Jeeze your right, you are happy go lucky kinda guy - cuz that would urk the heck out of me.

Thanks for your contribution. After you post... I'm now thinking about throwing my RH750 out the window and going all Hartke baby!!!!
 
#191
Truth be told my friend, I paid a heck of a lot more than that for my 450... I bought the thing in the first few months of it being released...
I was entirely out of the music scene for the better part of 25 years. I followed many threads here with an eye to my new amp purchase. I did not have any current hands on experience and I couldn't argue with the feature factor the 450 provides... I simply grew to dislike it sound.
I really hope that folks who do use the 450 continue to enjoy it... mine's been religated to back up status.
What does "urk" me is the lack of re-sale value I would get if I sell it... so a back up it stays.
Fishheadjoe
 
#193
Yesterday at rehearsal I plugged in my main bass, a Lakland 44-02 and warmed up. My tone was to bass-ey so I dialed out some low end.. fine. Then I plugged in my 5 string on the same preset (1) and played a little. YUK, I switched to it's preset, #2, and didn't like that either so I jumped to #3 which is set to flat. Played a little, realized I wasn't feeling the 5string, so I grabbed the 44-02 and plugged it back in. Glorious, lets have rehearsal.

After we were done, I just happened to notice I'd left it on preset 3, flat the whole time lmao, it sounded GREAT ! While my Mesa M6 was in for repair/upgrade, I discovered that the RH450 through a Bergantino AE410 @ 4 Ohm is a KILLER combo.
 
#194
Hi guys, I just found this thread and I think it is VERY interesting to share RH presets between all users out there.

Would it be useful to have a web application to save/share the presets? I am thinking about building one.. do you think there is enough people interested to make it worth it?

Keep rockin' the RH!
 
#196
You would have an online profile where you can store different presets with all the knob positions in your Amp head using a visual interface. That way you don't have to stick with 3 memory presets, you could have them online and replicate them when needed in your amp.

I am currently trying a simplified version on an alpha stage. We are planning to make it available to the public and add social and sharing features in a future.

I will update you on how it works! ;)

Drop me a PM if you are interested and I may give you early access.
 
#198
Stranger Danger said:
Revival?
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I started this thread, and over time, I've really come to believe that it was a little misguided. That is, the idea that, without having the exact same gear (which is possible) and substantially similar tastes (which is also possible but unlikely), someone else's "settings" will necessarily provide a result, is off the mark. It suggests the settings are an endpoint or result in and of themselves, rather than illuminating the process to get to that result, which is rather individual.

I've posted this in other threads. The most valuable thing that I've found as an RH owner was a video someone posted a link to in the club thread.

For me, getting this (especially since the guy who made the video stopped by the thread and elaborated) and applying it has made the ultimate difference for me.

drpepper said:
Hey RH people, I'm essentially re-posted from some pages back. Another owner posted what I think is a great find on para-eq setting through a structured, targeted method. While the video isn't on the RH, I think it applies very well. I've recently changed cabinets and revisited this, and I am again impressed with the value it seems to have for me, as one who admittedly has found some challenge in "getting there" by just turning knobs and listening, without this roadmap. I just felt it might bear repeating for anyone who it might help:

The video is by Alvaro Martín Gómez A., of Columbia, SA (in Spanish, subtitled in English)



It's a Markbass demo, but contains a segment on para-eq setup. Alavro was kind enough to post on the thread to elaborate on that segment, and here's the summary.


The process involves boosting the level of the Bass, Lo-Mid, Hi-Mid or Treble to maximum, one at a time, while cutting the other three all the way and then making frequency adjustments to find the ideal point.

Bass

Goal - Find the frequency with the best balance of power and definition, avoiding a boomy/muddy sound from being too low and lack of power from being too high.

Process - Pluck open E while adjusting the bass shelving frequency, listening for the point where the power and definition are maximized.

Lo-Mid

Goal - Find the frequency where the sound is strongest.

Process - Play 5th fret harmonic on the G string while adjusting the Lo-Mid center frequency, listening for the point where the harmonic is most powerful.

Hi-Mid

Goal - Find the frequency where the sound is the most "aggressive."

Process - Pop open G string while adjusting the Hi-Mid center frequency (starting from low) while listening for the point where it sounds as if a blanket has been lifted from the cabinet. Alvaro explains that going too high results in an overly bright, unpleasant quality.

Treble

Goal - Find the frequency where the brightness of the sound is "most pleasant."

Process - Pop open G string or while adjusting while adjusting the treble shelving frequency, listening for the point where the brightness is captured best. The same blanket lifting analogy can be used to find this point/range. (And this can alternatively be done with the sound of rubbing the strings - I don't find that works for me)

After center/shelving frequencies are set, cut/boost to taste/room.

Alvaro uses the method of cutting all and then dialing up each eq control to the point of "adequacy," using the same tests (open E, 5th fret G harmonic, and G pop), starting with bass and moving through to treble.
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#199
drpepper said:
I started this thread, and over time, I've really come to believe that it was a little misguided. That is, the idea that, without having the exact same gear (which is possible) and substantially similar tastes (which is also possible but unlikely), someone else's "settings" will necessarily provide a result, is off the mark. It suggests the settings are an endpoint or result in and of themselves, rather than illuminating the process to get to that result, which is rather individual.

I've posted this in other threads. The most valuable thing that I've found as an RH owner was a video someone posted a link to in the club thread.

For me, getting this (especially since the guy who made the video stopped by the thread and elaborated) and applying it has made the ultimate difference for me.
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Thanks for posting and I'll dig into this asap.
 

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