TC Spectradrive and Headphones

[ClusterFlux]

Usually I play through a small amp, put on an amp stand, at quiet volumes. I did some apartment re-arranging, and as a pre-emptive strike against complaints by the neighbors I've started using headphones more for practicing, especially in the evenings after 9-10PM. (My Man Cave is directly above their kids' bedroom.)

I happen to have a TC Electronic Spectradrive, which has both an Aux In (connected to an iPad) and a headphone jack. The aux signal sounds good, but the bass sounds dead. I need to turn the tone all the way up, and boost the treble on the EQ, to hear what I'm playing.

Anyone notice this with other DIs, or am I missing something obvious?

 

[TomBow]

I am bumping this as I have been looking into picking one of these up for practice use and for using for near-future recording. Anyone with a fresh take on this question?

 

[Ludatripp]

Usually I play through a small amp, put on an amp stand, at quiet volumes. I did some apartment re-arranging, and as a pre-emptive strike against complaints by the neighbors I've started using headphones more for practicing, especially in the evenings after 9-10PM. (My Man Cave is directly above their kids' bedroom.)

I happen to have a TC Electronic Spectradrive, which has both an Aux In (connected to an iPad) and a headphone jack. The aux signal sounds good, but the bass sounds dead. I need to turn the tone all the way up, and boost the treble on the EQ, to hear what I'm playing.

Anyone notice this with other DIs, or am I missing something obvious?

I am considering buying the Spectradrive for this same reason. Unfortunately, I cannot answer this question for you since I don't yet own the device, but maybe you can answer a question for me. I see it has a USP connection so that you can download firmware updates. Do you know if that connection can be used to connect to something like Garage Band?

 

[callmejs]

I am considering buying the Spectradrive for this same reason. Unfortunately, I cannot answer this question for you since I don't yet own the device, but maybe you can answer a question for me. I see it has a USP connection so that you can download firmware updates. Do you know if that connection can be used to connect to something like Garage Band?

You mean like an audio interface, converting the sound to digital to pass to Garage Band? No, it cannot unfortunately.

 

[the low one]

Usually I play through a small amp, put on an amp stand, at quiet volumes. I did some apartment re-arranging, and as a pre-emptive strike against complaints by the neighbors I've started using headphones more for practicing, especially in the evenings after 9-10PM. (My Man Cave is directly above their kids' bedroom.)

I happen to have a TC Electronic Spectradrive, which has both an Aux In (connected to an iPad) and a headphone jack. The aux signal sounds good, but the bass sounds dead. I need to turn the tone all the way up, and boost the treble on the EQ, to hear what I'm playing.

Anyone notice this with other DIs, or am I missing something obvious?

I use the Spectradrive with headphones and the bass sounds full bodied, no complaints here.