dannybuoy

Without doing any research whatsoever I would hazard a guess that means turning the distortion on and off.

Well done Doug. Cab sim with 3 switchable cabs! Separate pre and post DI outs! Compressor! Headphone amp with aux in! The only thing I could wish for would be that both distortion engines were in the one single amp instead of making 2 amps! Also, I would hope that the cab sim only affects the DI and headphone out and not the speaker output...?

I tried a bunch of sequencers / DAWs out when I first got started around 2002. I could not get my head around Cubase and stuck to Acid and Fruity Loops. Later on a new Windows only product came along called Sonar and I found it incredibly powerful yet easy to use. Fast forward many years, Cakewalk were no longer developing Sonar so I tried the often recommended Reaper. Like Cubase I could not get to grips with it very easily. I'm sure if I sat down and took time to read the manual properly I would figure it out, but with Sonar I could figure out everything I needed without having to look stuff up. Now Sonar lives on as Cakewalk by Bandlab and the best part is it's now free: https://www.bandlab.com/products/cakewalk Saying that, Bandlab's main product is a free online collaborative DAW. Might be worth giving this a shot too if it's easy to record and share the project with your bandmates online: https://www.bandlab.com/creation-features

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I wouldn't dismiss it just because it doesn't have a DI, if the sound is so glorious it makes you want to ditch the Paradriver, it'll be worth working around that. You can either just use the DI out from your amp or add a simple passive DI box (I found one for £6.99!). You might even find they complement each other, well and you want to use both and switch between them, in which case XLR out from the Paradriver would serve both pedals. The reason to give this one some attention is because a bit like the DP3-X, it's engineered to emulate the sound of running two separate amps in parallel. The problem with a lot of bass overdrive is you lose the low end punch due to the clipping and compression, and the low end negativley affects the character of the drive - it sounds gnarlier with the lows filtered out before the clipping stage. The Geddy pedal has two channels you can blend between; a 'deep' channel that is a cleaner Sansamp tone with the highs rolled off, and the drive channel which is a typical higher gain Sansamp circuit, with a 'tight' switch that filters out the lows going into it to make the distortion sound tighter and more defined. Mix those together and you have punchier lows and a more open roaring drive sound than you would get from a standard full range single channel Sansamp BDDI / PDDI / VTDI.

This is going to sound silly, but have you tried adjusting the volume knob?

It's being released simply because there's been big demand for a pedal version of the Geddy preamp. Can't really call it a cut down VT Bass as that doesn't have a DI either! This will sound pretty different to the VT anyway, blending 2 signal paths in parallel, sounds to me like it will bring some of the benefits of the Dug pedal (clean lows, distorted top) but without the gaping hole in the midrange.

Blueberry set to low gain would have worked well for me... Only way to see if an octaver works for you would be to try one!

Since I know there are a lot of synth fans amongst our ranks... https://www.ehx.com/blog/electro-harmonix-introduces-the-bass-mono-synth

Which ODs have you tried? If you go for a light overdrive with plenty of mids, it won't necessarily sound heavy, more of an eq/boost with some added harmonic content to help you be heard. You can try an OC-2, but you have to be aware that analog octavers work best when you are playing in the upper registers and letting the pedal fill in the bass range, so you might have to play differently to accomodate. On the other hand a digital octaver can produce an octave up from your regular played down low basslines, but the effect can sound fake/distracting sometimes. I've messed about with both types and preferred to use a light OD over both. TC Mojomojo, Xotix BB Preamp, or Solidgoldfx Beta worked out best for me in this role, I find a pedal with no blend, plenty of natural lows and low mids is the order of the day here.

Yeah, I had one and sold it pretty quickly. Did not like!

Behringer BDI21 is a good place to start!

+1, it's what I use for warm/vintage drive and not just because it's the cheapest pedal on my board but because it beat everything else!

Form factor is more like the VT Bass and character pedals than the VTDI / BDDI, etc. Shame it was missed though but not the end of the world. Guess it keeps costs down!

I tried a lower gain tube in the V1 slot and it did indeed give me more usable range on the gain knob... But then again both tubes sounded similar to me except with the original the gain knob was at 9 o'clock and with the new one it was at 12 o'clock. I didn't notice any improvement in sound, in fact I thought the 12AX7 sounded better so swapped back. Although I am running Gold Lions in mine as I fancied an upgrade from the stock jobs!

Probably because Prymaxe either dropped the ball or were very naughty in listing it before the big unveiling! I'm interested in this...

I'd say you probably don't need a compressor if you're running a RAT or Muff always on. But it won't do any harm to experiment! Try it both before and after your dirt boxes, there is no 'correct' placement really but I tend to prefer mine after filters and before dirt. I recommend the TC Spectracomp. I got one used for £50 and liked it much more than the top compressors in the market, e.g. Diamond, Cali Compact Bass. It just has one knob which I leave set at 9 o'clock on the default preset, and it hits the spot.

Doh, I didn't spot this was the parody of another thread, just assumed it was a typo, I meant to reply to this one!

Phil Jones Bighead for me. Portable, internal rechargeable battery, built in USB audio interface, and much more clear loud volume on tap than the Zoom multis or Focusrite audio interfaces. I have a Zoom B3n and Focusrite 2i2, but if using either of those with bass I still go via the Bighead, because I struggled to get enough volume otherwise. The Zoom in particular introduced some unwanted distortion when maxing the master volume. I note most others don't have these issues, I put it down to my chosen headphones being a bit harder to drive than most so I need a bit more juice!

I'll add the Aguilar Tonehammer to the recommendations already given for the DHA, Blueberry, VT Bass and Sonic Silver Peg!

Not sure what is going on there, but these ACA pedals have an oddity about the way they're wired, which is this. You can run them at 9v if the power is daisy chained to another pedal. Don't ask me how, but it's common knowledge and I've seen it in action - plug in a single 9V supply and the LED is dim, hook up a 2nd pedal on the same supply and the LED gets brighter! So if your supply has a splitter/daisy cable, try seeing what happens there. It should work just fine with an isolated 12V output though so perhaps something is up with your pedal. Is the LED just as bright as when powered by a battery?

I have a barely used 2i2 interface I've been meaning to list if you decide to go for one of those btw!

I used a Behringer MA400 in the past with great results, only thing is it has a mono XLR input (along with a stereo aux), so it's fine if you were intending to use it alongside a DI/preamp.

FYI on an iPad in landscape mode the report button is just very very light grey text on a white background, almost invisible. It’s fine in portrait mode though which switches to a different style!