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My Big Twin 2 has replaced my Bergantino ae410 as my main gigging rig. To the point where I'm thinking of selling my Berg....

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Oh and apply EQ and compression after the fact as a part of mix down. Since you are very new to recording and mixing you cant expect to predetermine what eq and compression will work in the mix at the point of tracking. So do it at mix time for now.

Welcome to the world of recording..... You'd do better with a DI, and a mic'ed amp IME. Use a low pass filter on the DI for the bottom and mix it into a high pass filtered amp track for any growl from distortions etc. Try avoiding the obvious kick drum mic on the cab, you aren't so interested in the bottom end from the cone (hint there is hardly any from the cone anyway, it all comes from the port, and is very closely related to the frequency the port is tuned to so avoid it if you dont have stellar gear and ears - keep things simple and use the DI for the low end). I've had excellent results with all sorts of cheapish mics on the cone of bass amps for capturing that mid range.

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If you play a five string then the Big Twin 2 is the absolute bomb, its not tuned loud in the lows, it just goes waaaay deeper without any eq at all than the S12T. My Roscoe's Low B sounds incredible through my BT2

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Simply put, anyone in this thread who dabbles or more in sound engineering is a strong advocate of suitable use of compression. A lot (though far from all) of the bassists dont like it. I'd be willing to bet they are struggling to get a pedal comressor to sound like its doing something they like without being able to feel it doing something they don't like. Which is natural, compressors arent really supposed to be easy to hear

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Anytime you play through a decent pa live if the engineer has time to soundcheck you will be compressed if you are playing anything but the most acoustic jazz If there is bass in the monitors then that will probably be compressed and definitely limited too. Every time you record the bass will be compressed, usually several times in fact, for different reasons and to achieve different results.

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JTUK, a question for you... Say you want your notes to have more attack on a song, but you dont want the output to be louder. Now on the next track in the set list you want the attack to be less overt, but you want to be just as loud as before. Using just your hands, how do you do that??? If you play with more attakck you will get more volume, more input means more output. You could try turning the volume on the bass down a bit and playing harder but thats not a very precise solution. For me and all other compressor users who know how to set up a fully featured compressor, thats as simple as using a compressor to change the ratio of transient to sustain in the envelope of every note played at the required volume. Done using a compressor, because thats what the tool is for. Slow attack, medium release, 3:1 ratio, threshold set so you get the right tonality, make up gain to bring the level back. Easy. It wont effect my dynamics at all, since its not going to be squashing anything very hard, and the natural attack of the note isnt being compressed. Some sounds you can't actually recreate without very liberal use of compression (Sledgehammer for instance) other times you can get a sound that better suits your requirements by using a compressor. Its not relying on the device to 'fix' some deficiancy, its all about getting the sound you want with tools that are available. Thats all - for me any way

Yes Set a compressor right and it will help you achieve a sound you prefer without getting in the way of your playing at all. If you want to hear the spike set the attack at more than 30ms JTUK, mate ☺

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At the same width as a Gator rack case you can walk straight through doors whilst carrying or rolling the big twin.

No idea what your current rig is like so anything I say is probably useless ☺ That being said my big twin is a step up dispersion-wise from my Bergantino ae410, it goes louder too, and the ae410 is a seriously loud cab already. Finally it gives the best low B of any cab I've ever heard. It's not got a low end hump like most have instead it just goes deeper, giving a far more even fundamental to the B string than anything I've ever played with. My band immediately thought it a better fit than the 410, and all reckoned they could hear it more clearly throughout the room. Whether or not its what you need I don't know, but it absolutely is an immense single cab solution for bass. You will almost certainly need to rethink your eq to get the most out of it.

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I work a five minute walk away from Alex's Barefaced Central, it's hard not to pop in more than I do already, always lovely to have a chat with Alex and Bobby and hear about the latest ideas! So happy with the Big Twin I recently bought, truly the first cab I've had that is absolutely even between a low B and a low E, spectacular tone

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I like free, it has to be something I really need that I can't do any other way. I have a vast vast library of fx but some standouts are:- Rea plugins are fantastic come with Reaper or can be had as a vst pack IIRC Tokyo Dawn feedback compressor Bootsy's Variety of Sound plugins are all good, Density iii, Nasty DLA and the Thrillseekers plus his Baxter eq are exceptional not forgetting FerricTDS and Tesla pro. I use sone these all the time ever mix every master Molot by Vladg on drums in parallel mainly very useful! Samplicity convolution reverb samples are beautiful If you need to priduce DDPs for mastering then Hofa plugins standalone DDP mastering softeare is tge best value for money solution i have found.

I saw this when I was picking up my big twin... It's huge by barefaced standards, I didn't get time to have a quick demo but I imagine it sounds rather epic ☺ Still I think it will pale into insignificance compared to some of Alex's upcoming creations.....

One of these:- http://www.thomann.de/gb/the_tbone_sc140.htm They're small, cheap and surprisingly reasonable sounding.