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The Great Bass Preamp/DI Comparison
- Thread starter chadhargis
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VERY SEXY!! I love how you used the stamp to cover up the underpants.
If you are looking for a convenient way to attach those pedals to the top of your Quilter, I've had excellent results with a medium-sized Pedaltrain Booster. Fits perfectly, and allows me to easily swap the pedals onto my larger pedalboard, if I choose. Also it tilts the pedals slightly forward, for easy knob-twiddling. All it takes is a couple thin strips of velcro on top of the quilter (on the black part; they don't cover up the sticker).
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I will repost what I turned into a dot earlier.
Keep in mind the NuX NBP-5 Volume knob is digital. It comes before the D/A. There is a fixed amount of noise between the D/A and each output. That noise level seems to be very low.
With the noise gate closed there is absolutely no change in the noise from 0 to 100 on the Volume.
As you turn up the Volume knob, yes, some additional noise starts to come in. With my bass volume off, noise gate off, tone flat, headphone amp treble and level cranked fully clockwise, I can put the Volume up to about 70 (out 100) before any additional noise can be heard above the baseline noise, above. And that's at an insane, unusable overall level out of the headphone amp.
Turning the headphone amp treble to flat, level to a too loud but tolerable level for playing, I cannot hear any noise.
- John
Keep in mind the NuX NBP-5 Volume knob is digital. It comes before the D/A. There is a fixed amount of noise between the D/A and each output. That noise level seems to be very low.
With the noise gate closed there is absolutely no change in the noise from 0 to 100 on the Volume.
As you turn up the Volume knob, yes, some additional noise starts to come in. With my bass volume off, noise gate off, tone flat, headphone amp treble and level cranked fully clockwise, I can put the Volume up to about 70 (out 100) before any additional noise can be heard above the baseline noise, above. And that's at an insane, unusable overall level out of the headphone amp.
Turning the headphone amp treble to flat, level to a too loud but tolerable level for playing, I cannot hear any noise.
- John
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Okay, I've been digging through as many pages of this thread as I can, and while on tone and tone stack operation alone I'd prefer the Oracle to any of the other options frequently mentioned, I'm probably not able to justify it on the grounds of size and power requirements. I'll think about it further.
For the moment, however, I'm pretty enthused with the sizes and feature sets of the SLO 3 and the Nux. I'm curious how Scuba would square those two against one another... especially since both have seemingly rather gentle EQs, which is a major plus in my opinion. I don't think you need much to make a bass sing except your own time and effort. Obviously the Nux has a digital expandability advantage, but the tube character of the SLO is apparent and very nice in demos I've listened to, and the IR aspect is just basic enough to be both useful and future-proof. Amazingly I'd never heard of that thing until just now while all you folks have bought and sold three of them apiece. Oh well.
For the moment, however, I'm pretty enthused with the sizes and feature sets of the SLO 3 and the Nux. I'm curious how Scuba would square those two against one another... especially since both have seemingly rather gentle EQs, which is a major plus in my opinion. I don't think you need much to make a bass sing except your own time and effort. Obviously the Nux has a digital expandability advantage, but the tube character of the SLO is apparent and very nice in demos I've listened to, and the IR aspect is just basic enough to be both useful and future-proof. Amazingly I'd never heard of that thing until just now while all you folks have bought and sold three of them apiece. Oh well.
I bought the Darkglass Harmonic Booster a few months back and I really love the subtle, clean special sauce it provides. I bought it with the intent of using it purely as a clean boost for the occasional solo passages, but it quickly turned into an "always on" pedal. I run sound for my band while multitrack recording our gigs and have been a vocal advocate to get the band to try IEM's. I much prefer an IR subdued top end through in-ears than a simple low-pass filter. I also gravitate towards a bit brighter, fresh round wound sound. I was leaning towards the Two Notes Torpedo Cab Sim, but I just pulled the trigger on the NUX after some research. The connectivity, price, and features seem too good to pass up. The ability to run both a dry sound and IR sound to my amp and mixing desk, with the Harmonic Booster on full time, and the switchable preamp of the NUX as a potential clean boost AND a reamp box sounds too good to be true. I also occasionally audio video record other local live bands. I've purchased some acoustic guitar IR's that I often use in post production for some artists I've done work for. It really warms up a DI acoustic. The potential ability to use those sounds live for clients for FOH could really be a game changer. The only feature that I can really see myself regretting from skipping the Two Notes is the on the fly tablet control.
I also have an active onboard preamp in all of my basses, but tend to leave them pretty flat except for some treble roll off. How many preamps running simultaneously is too many? Guess I'll find out.
I also have an active onboard preamp in all of my basses, but tend to leave them pretty flat except for some treble roll off. How many preamps running simultaneously is too many? Guess I'll find out.
Well I've just ordered a NUX, already got an Ictineo on my board and my bass is also active. I'm hoping to get a few different preset tones that I can switch thru when needed.
Big thanks to Scuba and everyone else who has contributed to me spending more money
Big thanks to Scuba and everyone else who has contributed to me spending more money
I really needed to read this post. I am on here gassing for everything that gets mentioned - but you are exactly right. The BFT was a massive update for this amp. Loving the speaker profile thru my HG410, and the BFT software is awesome. Gotta stop finding ways to spend money and remember what I already have.
I'm eager to hear your opinion on this one for sure. I hope the comp and di are good. It appears to have everything I need. Also curious if the ir is tied to all the outs. I would want one unaffected out.
Yes to all of the above and you can configure the DI to send a dry signal out or after EQ or after amp sim etc.
You have the same level of customization for the 1/4" as you do for the XLR.
I'd still like to hear some thoughts about Nux vs. SLO because my question kinda got lost in the mix there, with the addendum that midrange matters to me very much and I'm curious if the SLO would be too much of a scoop machine for my taste. I avoided the Noble for this reason.
Extra question if someone has an idea: I already own the very expensive Free The Tone Programmable Bass EQ, so I could live very happily with something that is JUST a tube gain stage. Is there something that fits that bill? I recall seeing something back in the thread a ways with a single tube and over-the-top intergalactic lighting design.
Extra question if someone has an idea: I already own the very expensive Free The Tone Programmable Bass EQ, so I could live very happily with something that is JUST a tube gain stage. Is there something that fits that bill? I recall seeing something back in the thread a ways with a single tube and over-the-top intergalactic lighting design.
Sort of an apples and oranges comparison. SLO is a tube preamp. NUX is digital. If mid control is of utmost importance to you than you might be more pleased with the sweepable controls of the NUX.
Yes, that was the one. Listened to some clips and definitely liked what I heard! Seems to do really nice things to accentuate the mids and tame the highs as you turn it up.
Sure, but based on form and IR features you can see why I'd ask. Not to mention the Nux sounds quite smooth in a non-sterile way for a digital unit if the BassTheWorld demo is anything to go on.
I'm pretty sure I may actually be more interested in this Edison thingy. I'm really just trying to put a little juice on my Bass Block and it HAS to be able to go in my Gator TSA case with pedalboard/heads, fly, and be powered internationally. The requirements of too many of these devices just make that virtually impossible.
