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The sound tech that our band hires to setup the PA and mix works for a large sound company in NYC. He tells us that most sound techs don't even "mix", they set levels and that's about it. We've been on shows where the supplied sound tech is sitting by the mixer playing with his phone... This is not to say that all sound techs are clueless but just like many musicians on the aggregate they are mediocre at best. Our band brings our own monitor mixer so at least we don't have to depend on supplied sound for that.

Most people on this side of the pond. When you play without an amp you are totally at the mercy of the sound tech. Live sound mixing is a skill that takes years to master. I saw a 10 piece band over the weekend. Guitar, bass drums, percussion, horn section, 2 keys and vocals. The guitarist and keyboard player both went direct without stage amps, bass player had an amp. The guitarist had two sounds off and kind of sorta could hear him. The keys were anemic. The bass player sounded great. Just sayin'

Make sure that you are using the XLR or 1/4" SansAmp output. Make sure that you are not mistakenly using the 1/4" "uneffected" output. If the tone controls are still not working when the unit is active there must be an internal fault. You can sometimes get a ground hum when connecting the unit to another grounded device like an amplifier. The best and safest way to deal with that is with an isolation transformer. Please contact our customer support for additional help. [email protected]

We used to make the Landmark 300-600 heads which were the RBI/RPM in a single 300-600 watt head. You could alternate between the two channels or combine them. For some reason the bass community is all about feather weight class D heads now but to me a 23lb/10.4kg 300 watt head that is as loud as an Ampeg SVT was a no brainer.

The RBI is based on our Bass Driver DI. We recommend trying the sample settings to familiarize yourself with the unit. Because our SansAmps are emulating vintage tube amps the "Drive" control can be set for cleaner tones (8-11 o'clock) as well as more aggressive tones (12 o'clock and beyond). The Blend control allows you to pan between your unaffected signal(with tone controls) to full on amp emulation or mix of both. The Drive and Presence controls do not work when the Blend is at minimum.

The Para Driver was designed for the player that wanted more midrange control than the Bass Driver has to offer. Our soon to be released XB Driver is a culmination of the Bass Driver, Para Driver, Q\Strip and dUg Pinnick Ultra Bass 1000 amp. We try to offer a range of products that offer different tones. For many though, they just like the simplicity of the Bass Driver circuit.

No. The phantom or external DC turns off the battery. If phantom power goes out, the battery kicks in. If powered externally by DC power, the DC connector must be unplugged for the battery to work.

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We recommend having a battery installed when running the unit on phantom power. This way if the phantom power is lost there will be no signal interruption. In general, you should not leave batteries in any effects unit for extended periods. They tend to corrode and leak over time.

We made two versions. One with the speaker sim defeat and one without. My suggestion is to plug a 1/4" cable into the effects send and from there into an amp or mixer. Turn the switch on and off and listen for a change.

No, it is after the speaker sim. Most stompbox compressors are designed for guitar input. The SansAmp circuit emulates an amp and also produces intentional distortion as well as the natural compression that is a byproduct of the tube amp emulation. A compressor in most cases will increase the noise floor.

It's post SansAmp circuit and Level control. You should only put post amp type of effects like delay, reverb EQ. Do not put compressors, OD , fuzz in the loop.

From the manual: HOW TO FIND KNOB POSITIONING WITHIN A PRESET When you turn a knob from its stored position, it “unlocks” and the channel indicator LED will blink. The slower the blink, the farther away you are from the preset point. The faster the blink, the closer you are. At the preset point, the LED stops blinking and remains on The VT Bass Deluxe is an analog circuit that uses a digital processor to control and memorize the different settings. In order to have the knobs represent the position they are stored at would entail using motorized controls which would be more involved, make the unit more expensive, bigger and heavier and has its own set of downsides with possible noise and reliability issues.

Here is a link to the VT Bass Deluxe manual. Keep in mind that all sample settings are done with a vintage P or Jazz Bass into a mixer and studio monitors. Using the pedal into the front of an amp or power amp and speaker will yield different results. Once you edit a preset make sure to double click and save the preset. Do not keep playing while the pedal is in edit mode to avoid noise.

The Blend control allows you to mix in the un-effected signal with the SansAmp circuit though everything goes through the Low, Mid and High EQ. In most amps you will bypass your amp's preamp by plugging into the effects return. You can use the parallel out and send your un-effected signal to your bass amp and send the SansAmp XLR output to the mixer.