I’m new to using a Sansamp bass driver so am interested how all of you use it for LIVE TONE. By this, I mean what the audience hears, I’m not worried about how you monitor yourself on stage, how do you get your Sansamp tone to the masses?
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What goes after your Sansamp bass driver?
- Thread starter kyral210
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I run a DSM Omnicabsim Deluxe, a very clever bank of analog tone-shaping filters which really fine-tunes the signal and adds quite a bit of warmth and depth to the sound (I usually run it effectively 'flat' just for the added dimension). No 'grit' or 'drive' just a very convincing organic tone: here's an overview - DSM Noisemaker OmniCabSim Deluxe : knobs and frequency response
Salud!
Really, the 3 first options (so I voted carrots).
1) If the amp at the venue has no DI, SansAmp to a DI and from there direct signal to FOH and to the amp as monitor.
2) Sometimes there's no amp and I go direct to FOH from the SansAmp and get my monitor signal from a stage wedge or in-ears.
3) If the venue's amp has a DI, or when using my amp, SansAmp to the amp front and Pre signal to FOH from there. The amp is just a monitor.
I usually go into the front input, not the FX return. I know this is not canonic, but. I'm never miked. If I need more effects, I use a Zoom B6 with exactly the same use cases.
Really, the 3 first options (so I voted carrots).
1) If the amp at the venue has no DI, SansAmp to a DI and from there direct signal to FOH and to the amp as monitor.
2) Sometimes there's no amp and I go direct to FOH from the SansAmp and get my monitor signal from a stage wedge or in-ears.
3) If the venue's amp has a DI, or when using my amp, SansAmp to the amp front and Pre signal to FOH from there. The amp is just a monitor.
I usually go into the front input, not the FX return. I know this is not canonic, but. I'm never miked. If I need more effects, I use a Zoom B6 with exactly the same use cases.
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Well, two answers fit:
Front of amp and Front of house, just depends. Currently, it's mostly front of house and recording direct.
Front of amp and Front of house, just depends. Currently, it's mostly front of house and recording direct.
I have the vt bass di at the end of my chain. I send the xlr to FOH and the 1/4" out to my bass amp. For recording I send either of those to my interface. I have the bassdriver v1 and the vt bass di and it's much easier for me to dial in the high end on the vt.
I love mine. It’s not the flavor of the month here but it’s been an industry standard for 30 years for a reason.
Normally, I run straight out of my BDDI to FOH, 99% of the time I used IEM's. If I am going to use an amp, I still run the XLR out to FOH and I use the 1/4" out to run into the front end of my amp. I like stacking the pre-amps, all the better if I am using an active bass.
For harder rock I love to stack distortion pedals, so I may have another distortion pedal or two after the SansAmp (but sometimes the SansAmp goes last). Yes, this means my pedals will change up from gig to gig: they change depending on the band I'm with, and sometimes simply because I have fickle ears. But I should also add that one pedal can be enough for me, and that's been the BDDI from time to time.
Just out of curiosity; why did you need a separate overdrive pedal when there's already an overdrive knob on the sansamp?
