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#661
joelamosobadiah said:
It's of no need for me in my current situation, but I'm just curious, how difficult would it be to mod the Le Bass so the 1/4" output was affected by the internal cab sim? Has anybody attempted this?
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Before I would mod Le Bass, this Lo-Z to Hi-Z adapter will convert Le Bass XLR out (along with the cab sim) to 1/4". Of course one would lose use of Le Bass XLR for DI, but that could easily be re-gained downstream.

Rapco Horizon DBBLOXF Lo to Hi Z Transformer Direct Box

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#665
Cuzzie said:
I did get a new board for mine and actually a smaller one, which was very liberating, but I still managed to cram loads on.
It's a great pedal and can also make other pedals sound great.
I got a pedal train metro 16 with a soft case new for £40, round the LeBass second hand for about £120. All in all it's less than a lot of mediocre pedals brand new. The drive sounds you can get are so good that it shifted the Darkglass b7k I had off my board. Granted it's not the same, but it is close and you can also get different sounds out of it in a league of its own , especially the clean A channel on its own not to mention cold fusion, hot fusion, B channel on its own. Remember also you can change the tube for your liking.
People always talk about their go to pedal and always in pedal etc. It's cliché but it genuinely is, the A channel is always on for me making whatever your bass is sound a big more and push you through.
Anyway, here is what it is like on a small 3 rail metro 16 pedal board, with no overhang.
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The VMT is there as I was playing around and also to illustrate flexibility around the LeBass
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For some reason, I find that putting the chorus in the loop makes a huge difference.
 
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#668
DennyOnBass said:
I'm also thinking that the compressor in the link below might be a perfect match for the le Bass...you could set a different compressor/boost levels for each mode and program the le Bass to switch the comp settings with each mode change.

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It's also Ovnilab approved! G-Lab BC-1
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I'm really enjoying the Le Bass, and was in the market for a new compressor to replace my Boss LMB-3. On eBay I found a G-Lab BC-1, as suggested by Denny and Bongo, and it is a nice compressor with lots of functionality.

It does communicate some with the Le Bass, but the Preamp can only send Program Changes in a limited way. The result of this is that you can have the Le Bass foot-switches change the compression setting, but it is not as flexible as I hoped.

Still, it is nice to have this type of interaction without an extra MIDI device. You can see how they work together below.



I'll have to keep tooling around to see if this is just a cool trick, or musically useful enough to keep the devices connected via MIDI.

The best way I found is to set 'X' on the Le Bass PC Number MIDI Menu to 3. That way Le Bass's Ch. A activates the Compressor setting A, Ch. B activates the Compressor setting B, Cold Fusion activates Compressor Ch. C (which is unfortunately maxed compression), and Hot Fusion does not change the setting.

Thanks to DennyOnBass and Bongomania for the inspiration and information!
 
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#669
My board has undergone and overhaul but the LeBass stays and it has a new friend to play with....
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The Cali76-G and the LeBass blend well and rich harmonics are available on tap.
I can't wait to try it with my Darkglass amp....
 
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#670
Well, I'm glad that somebody tried this, I didn't realize when I was looking through the manual for the compressor that it was full on compression and boost for Channel C. That would have made it useless for the way I was hoping to use it. I'm glad that it at least semi-works for you.

As it turned out, I quit my funk band a little while back and have been working with an Americana/Roots Rock band, which meant stripping my board down to just tone pedals and no longer needing more than one bass. I'm using a '76 PBass with flats into Wren & Cuff Phat Phuk B and then into the Le Bass in Cold Fusion mode, which sounds fantastic, and haven't felt the need for a compressor. I recently wound up picking up a TC Spectracomp from a friend, so I have compression available if I have a gig with another band where I need to bring a different bass to get more modern sounds.

I have MIDIed up my Le Bass to the Sound Sculpture ABCadabra, which is a MIDI controlled A/B box, and I was able to set it so that I could select my Jazz bass for use with Channel A, my PBass with Channel B, and either with Cold Fusion mode. I've also had the Source Audio EQ pedal connected, and that is an AWESOME tool for balancing out the levels on different channels so that you don't have to be quite so picky with your settings on the Le Bass if you use more than one channel. I'm not currently using them since I'm just using the PBass in Cold Fusion mode, but I'm keeping both pedals if/when that situation changes.

I'm still very interested in the MIDI capabilities of the Le Bass, and I'm always keeping an eye out for cool gadgets that you could link up with it.






SpiveyADGCF said:
I'm really enjoying the Le Bass, and was in the market for a new compressor to replace my Boss LMB-3. On eBay I found a G-Lab BC-1, as suggested by Denny and Bongo, and it is a nice compressor with lots of functionality.

It does communicate some with the Le Bass, but the Preamp can only send Program Changes in a limited way. The result of this is that you can have the Le Bass foot-switches change the compression setting, but it is not as flexible as I hoped.

Still, it is nice to have this type of interaction without an extra MIDI device. You can see how they work together below.



I'll have to keep tooling around to see if this is just a cool trick, or musically useful enough to keep the devices connected via MIDI.

The best way I found is to set 'X' on the Le Bass PC Number MIDI Menu to 3. That way Le Bass's Ch. A activates the Compressor setting A, Ch. B activates the Compressor setting B, Cold Fusion activates Compressor Ch. C (which is unfortunately maxed compression), and Hot Fusion does not change the setting.

Thanks to DennyOnBass and Bongomania for the inspiration and information!
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SpiveyADGCF said:
I'm really enjoying the Le Bass, and was in the market for a new compressor to replace my Boss LMB-3. On eBay I found a G-Lab BC-1, as suggested by Denny and Bongo, and it is a nice compressor with lots of functionality.

It does communicate some with the Le Bass, but the Preamp can only send Program Changes in a limited way. The result of this is that you can have the Le Bass foot-switches change the compression setting, but it is not as flexible as I hoped.

Still, it is nice to have this type of interaction without an extra MIDI device. You can see how they work together below.



I'll have to keep tooling around to see if this is just a cool trick, or musically useful enough to keep the devices connected via MIDI.

The best way I found is to set 'X' on the Le Bass PC Number MIDI Menu to 3. That way Le Bass's Ch. A activates the Compressor setting A, Ch. B activates the Compressor setting B, Cold Fusion activates Compressor Ch. C (which is unfortunately maxed compression), and Hot Fusion does not change the setting.

Thanks to DennyOnBass and Bongomania for the inspiration and information!
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#672
Don't get me wrong, I like a bit if Darkglass but the hype about the Alpha Omega pedal is big at the moment.
People talking about 2 revolutionary drive circuits blended.

I know the A channel is clean (although it can push your amp) but do we not have a similar quality thing here underrated?

Happy to keep it my best kept secret but the sounds I get from it can be quite similar to the DG new pedal esp if linked with their amp
 
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