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Worship Bass Pedalboards

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Finally had some time to finish ocd wiring up my pb today (LEDs purchased from Temple Audio)... Velcro’d the light controller underneath, so I wouldn’t lose it. ;)
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Does anybody partner their omnicabsim with another preamp before it? After 2 services of using my Spectradrive, I think I am missing the cabsim I used to get with my Sansamp BDDI. The Spectradrive has cabsim on the headphone out, which I think sounds great and is exactly the tone I'm looking for, however when I'm receiving my IEM from the XLR it is very sterile and lifeless, and the light bit of gain I have dialed in is very farty. My wife, who is a former punk rocker and very sensitive to the band's mixes from service to service, says that the Spectradrive sounds great in the sanctuary, which I attribute to having more mid control over the BDDI. She hasn't reported to me any of the "fartiness" I hear in my mixes.

I'm wondering if sticking one of these new Micro Omnicabsims at the end of my chain is the solution I'm looking for, but it looks like most pedalboards I've seen use the Omnicabsim as their main source of tone shaping...

I like having the EQ adjustments found on a normal preamp (bass, mid, treble, gain), do those of you who have the Omnicabsim as your main source of tone shaping just forgo having those adjustments, or do you have an active preamp on your bass that does all of that?
 
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BlueShox said:
Does anybody partner their omnicabsim with another preamp before it? After 2 services of using my Spectradrive, I think I am missing the cabsim I used to get with my Sansamp BDDI. The Spectradrive has cabsim on the headphone out, which I think sounds great and is exactly the tone I'm looking for, however when I'm receiving my IEM from the XLR it is very sterile and lifeless, and the light bit of gain I have dialed in is very farty. My wife, who is a former punk rocker and very sensitive to the band's mixes from service to service, says that the Spectradrive sounds great in the sanctuary, which I attribute to having more mid control over the BDDI. She hasn't reported to me any of the "fartiness" I hear in my mixes.

I'm wondering if sticking one of these new Micro Omnicabsims at the end of my chain is the solution I'm looking for, but it looks like most pedalboards I've seen use the Omnicabsim as their main source of tone shaping...

I like having the EQ adjustments found on a normal preamp (bass, mid, treble, gain), do those of you who have the Omnicabsim as your main source of tone shaping just forgo having those adjustments, or do you have an active preamp on your bass that does all of that?
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I use (among other things) a Tech21 VTBass DI in front of my OCSD (only because I already had it. I wouldn’t have bought the VTDI for that purpose because it’s overkill). But I like the added EQ and tone sculpting that the VTDI gives me. It’s especially helpful because I play passive basses almost exclusively. I could live without it and just use the OCSD, but I don’t have to. And I like having the VTDI on board as a backup in case the OCSD fries out.
 
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I have a OCSM on preorder, and I am planning to run it after my Zoom B3n, which I am currently using for amp and cab sims, plus EQing, compression and FX. I’m hoping the mini will allow me to eliminate some of what I’m using the B3n for now, such as cab sim (duh!), HPF and LPF, and possibly compression, to free up space on the Zoom for more FX. I’ll then run DI out to FOH for IEM’s.
Oh, and my bass is passive!
 
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BlueShox said:
Does anybody partner their omnicabsim with another preamp before it? After 2 services of using my Spectradrive, I think I am missing the cabsim I used to get with my Sansamp BDDI. The Spectradrive has cabsim on the headphone out, which I think sounds great and is exactly the tone I'm looking for, however when I'm receiving my IEM from the XLR it is very sterile and lifeless, and the light bit of gain I have dialed in is very farty. My wife, who is a former punk rocker and very sensitive to the band's mixes from service to service, says that the Spectradrive sounds great in the sanctuary, which I attribute to having more mid control over the BDDI. She hasn't reported to me any of the "fartiness" I hear in my mixes.

I'm wondering if sticking one of these new Micro Omnicabsims at the end of my chain is the solution I'm looking for, but it looks like most pedalboards I've seen use the Omnicabsim as their main source of tone shaping...

I like having the EQ adjustments found on a normal preamp (bass, mid, treble, gain), do those of you who have the Omnicabsim as your main source of tone shaping just forgo having those adjustments, or do you have an active preamp on your bass that does all of that?
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Most of my basses are active, and the on-board preamp controls are used to fine-tune the signal, before the OCSD. I also have a Noble after, but use that less for tone shaping.
 
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arca_tern said:
so what's the best thing to tame overdrives when going direct?
a cabsim? a hpf/lpf? debating between the upcoming OCSD mini and a micro thumpinator. Church provides a radial JDI 48 so I don't need the DI on the ocsd but would love to have for at home etc etc
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OCSD. All day. Maybe a mini.
 
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arca_tern said:
so what's the best thing to tame overdrives when going direct?
a cabsim? a hpf/lpf? debating between the upcoming OCSD mini and a micro thumpinator. Church provides a radial JDI 48 so I don't need the DI on the ocsd but would love to have for at home etc etc
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For removing unpleasant OD fizz from your fuzz that I'd always go with some sort of Cab Sim. I've got a Sansamp VT Bass DI on my board and while I'm not a huge fuzz user I have the sim on that engaged to give a more realistic sound. HPF/LPF is great for tightening up the bottom end, removing low frequency mud at one end and HPF can tame the top end bite at the other... but there are plenty of upper mid and high frequency unpleasant harmonics and overtones that an HPF won't touch - that's what the sim will be designed to filter out across the frequency range.

So for me going direct post effects I'll always be looking for a speaker sim. Now, which one...? That's when it gets interesting/contentious [delete as applicable]!
 
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glassmoon said:
So, my setup this morning...
Main sound was just compression and a touch of reverb. Slower songs had the same, but with a little "defretter" blended in.

The amp is the church's, and to be honest not my thing. I'm not a Markbass fan at all.

My Yamaha TRB6 now has Bartolini G6 pickups now, and it's singing!!!
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The turning both the VPF and the VFN knobs right off. With the knobs at 12 o’clock you’ve got a pretty strong smile/M curve on the EQ and a whole lot of presence/high rolled off. That’ll colour th tone a whole load. I don’t really ever use either on my LMII. You’ll get a much better, clearer, punchier starting tone to work with that way.
 
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