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The Great Bass Preamp/DI Comparison
- Thread starter chadhargis
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Are the 2 knobs on front left eq or output controls?
Heaven help me, under the influence of this thread, I am building a mini pedalboard. 
O wise ones, please advise:
Preamp --> Compressor --> High/Low Pass Filter --> Amp
or some other, more optimal order? Or does it matter? (Silly question. This is TB. Of course it does! A lot.)
O wise ones, please advise:
Preamp --> Compressor --> High/Low Pass Filter --> Amp
or some other, more optimal order? Or does it matter? (Silly question. This is TB. Of course it does! A lot.)
Heaven help me, under the influence of this thread, I am building a mini pedalboard.
O wise ones, please advise:
Preamp --> Compressor --> High/Low Pass Filter --> Amp
or some other, more optimal order? Or does it matter? (Silly question. This is TB. Of course it does! A lot.)
It depends...whether you are sending DI feed from the preamp to FOH. If you do, I might wanna put preamp last in chain (before amp) in order to send signal affected by comp+filter to FOH...
Heaven help me, under the influence of this thread, I am building a mini pedalboard.
O wise ones, please advise:
Preamp --> Compressor --> High/Low Pass Filter --> Amp
or some other, more optimal order? Or does it matter? (Silly question. This is TB. Of course it does! A lot.)
I prefer the HPF before the compressor to minimize "slamming" the threshold. Probably also place the Preamp at the end of the chain. Does it have a DI out?
Riis
I second to that. Especially if the compressor doesn’t have sidechain filter. If it does, the HPF sits better after, although it might be redundant with the preamp. Maybe HPF last, to tighten up the low end if necessary.
Oh I see. Nope, you are on the right planet though I might not be.Yes, that is my plan. At least at the moment.
@scubaduba - I'll be interested to hear your thoughts as well about going back to the Oracle!
Nice (and packed) "baby" board! On-board clock for the win! I don't see many other boards with clocks on them.
5sg.
It's really this simple. I think the Oracle/RNDI combo is the best sounding preamp setup when compared to the Noble, Shaw, Grace Alix, NUX, or SLO, etc. IMHO anyway. YMMV.
That said, I will definitely get another Alix soon. It is phenomenal in its own right and probably my second favorite preamp scenario and is actualy more versatile than the Oracle/RNDI setup (and Noble, Shaw, NUX, and SLO). It's just that I have a lot tied up in compressors and preamps these days and freeing up some cash would be helpful. The Alix will be in my arsenal once again someday, hopefully soon.
It should be noted that there are times when it’s preferable to send FOH signal unaffected by HPF (or comp). For example, if the player uses higher (extreme) HPF settings in order to protect his rig...or in case compression is done by FOH...
The Simplifier just came around my Youtube feed again last night, and I'm also curious if anyone here has any experience. Seems like a lot of flexibility in a pretty small box.
5sg.
It's an interesting enough device that I think I'm going to buy one in the next week or so when I'm refunded for a bass I just returned. That way I'll be able to shoot it out with the SLO and give some thoughts. Also, Humboldt. Humboldt. Sometimes I have no access to the edit button and I have absolutely no idea why. Very frustrating when posting from a phone!
@scubaduba - A very nice how to/review, some really good info there!
@ianrossbass - I'll be interested to hear your thoughts as well.
After reading Scuba's review and watching a few youtube videos, I feel like the Simplifier will probably stay on my "maybe someday" list for now... Seems like a great preamp swiss army knife, but there are other preamps that pique my interest quite a bit more at the moment.
5sg.
@ianrossbass - I'll be interested to hear your thoughts as well.
After reading Scuba's review and watching a few youtube videos, I feel like the Simplifier will probably stay on my "maybe someday" list for now... Seems like a great preamp swiss army knife, but there are other preamps that pique my interest quite a bit more at the moment.
5sg.
@scubaduba - A very nice how to/review, some really good info there!
@ianrossbass - I'll be interested to hear your thoughts as well.
After reading Scuba's review and watching a few youtube videos, I feel like the Simplifier will probably stay on my "maybe someday" list for now... Seems like a great preamp swiss army knife, but there are other preamps that pique my interest quite a bit more at the moment.
5sg.
Or I could try the Oracle since it's exactly the price of the instrument I returned. Hmmmmmmmmmm....
Well, okay, maybe afterwards. I can try the Simplifier and for once with these preamps it's a thing you can get from a retailer and return without hassle.
Or your could just do both! Lol. I have both on my board and really like them.
It’s not tube but I think the Simplifier looks interesting. Lots of options. If it’s quieter then the OCSD that would be a good thing.
