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Zoom b3 patch Ideas

I have been trying to replicate the RATM bass tone for @TheIndieKid and I've got something that sounds vaguely similar, except that the EQ balance is off somewhat, however, trying to add more bass or lower the treble results in a room shakey boom, which is annoying. I made the patch on the MS60b but it's transferable to the B3 - I'll type up the settings I used in a bit, and would appreciate if anyone could help adjust it to sound accurate, I think it's close, I found that, at least on the songs (and covers of) that I used as reference, that he uses a very warm tone, with an OD/Distortion with a very low gain, at least, to my hearing it sounds like that, I'm not sure if I should add a comp or something, but as the B3 only has three slots, it's hard to do that. If I was douing it for myself, I would utilise the combo of the B3 and the MS to have 7 slots to play with, so I could try different amps, EQ, parametric EQ, comp, distortion etc and fine tune it (plus then search for his wah and other effects to chain ) but with just the B3 (or using the MS60b as though it were a B3) I don't have the luxury.

So, I don't have my own patch handy, but I had previously asked about getting a RATM bass tone, and someone recommended using a mid-scooped Sans-Amp Bass Drive tone (modelled by the "Bass Drive") which I run into either a SVT or GK amp sim. If I recall, I use one of the compressor models for the third (actually first) effect.

John
 
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( I do not speak English , I'm from chile )
I need constructive criticism ...
I present my band ..
recording with the idea of crystalman BEAST patch ..
My bass is a toby tobias Epiphone

Thank you



Sounds pretty heavy. I take it that the patch you refer to is the super beast patch. glad it worked out for you. keep it metal, brother. \m/
 
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my patch idea, maybe someone can describe the tone, i just randomly messing wth the knob until the sound feels good in my ears

B-man : 0/4/0/1.2khz/100/40/Off/ORGN/50
Bass Drive : 0/0/0/50/100/90/8
DCOMP : 6/1/60/Fast
 
Hi Everyone

new member here . i have got the zoom b3 for 8 months now and it is a great piece of equipement .

here is an example of the output i got with a trbx305



can somebody help me to figure out how to get this kind of tone please . this guy is just unbelievable



Thanks
 
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Here's a new patch idea I came up with. inspired by the bass sound from the song I don't wanna be a hero by johnny hates jazz, this patch has a light distorted bass sound that sounds like cranked mids.

Mid-drive

Section 1: optocomp: drive: 7, tone: 40, level: 50

Section 2: squeak: gain: 10, tone: 45, level: 100, balance: 25

Section 3: acoustic: bass: 4, mid: 5, treble: 2, midfq: 300hz, gain: 45, level: 90, bright: off, cab: ag8x10, mix: 50
 
Here's another patch idea I came up with. this patch has a warm dark sound that closely emulates a bartolini pick-ups. a great patch for bartolini pick-ups fans and those who likes a dark bass tone.

Midnight bass

Section 1: m comp: thresh: 20, ratio: 4, level: 100, attack: 7

Section 2: booster: gain: 30, bass: 3, treble: -2, level: 50

Section 3: bass pre: bass: 4, treble: 3, level: 90, mid: 5, midfq: 300hz
 
Hi Everyone

new member here . i have got the zoom b3 for 8 months now and it is a great piece of equipement .

here is an example of the output i got with a trbx305



can somebody help me to figure out how to get this kind of tone please . this guy is just unbelievable



Thanks


Welcome to talkbass, Hollowox84. that clip you've posted sounded pretty cool. I have a yamaha trbx305 too. it's really an awesome sounding bass. as for the clip you've posted, you can give the vintage grind patch a try. it's on page 38 post #752 and page 69 post # 1379. or you could try the metallic grind patch which is on page 73 post #1460 and page 80 post #1599. those patches in particular closely duplicates darkglass bass distortion pedals. give those patches a try and see if it works out for you.
 
Hi Everyone

new member here . i have got the zoom b3 for 8 months now and it is a great piece of equipement .

here is an example of the output i got with a trbx305



can somebody help me to figure out how to get this kind of tone please . this guy is just unbelievable



Thanks

bryan beller using bass bb preamp as dirt, and mxr di (maybe for clean channel)
here's the link for his rig : [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
i also study his tone recently & still trying to replicate