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[quote name='alexclaber' post='486323' date='May 12 2009, 08:27 PM']Shouldn't that be Bl? Alex[/quote] Yeah, there's a typo in the copied text. ;o)

[quote name='stevie' post='486320' date='May 12 2009, 08:25 PM']Thanks. Neville deserves to be [i]quoted[/i] more, don't you agree? Good googling, by the way. [/quote] Yes, yes he should. - I did google.. but then, I didn't pretend to understand what Neville had written "Back to you"... It's ok, I'm only playin' with ya.. just tickled me.

[quote name='stevie' post='486298' date='May 12 2009, 08:04 PM']Just to amplify that, [i]the magnetoelectrical performance of a loudspeaker driver is often characterized by the force factor B1, in units of tesla-meters. However, the parameter B1-Rc, in units of newtons per -watts, which can be described as a force conversion Fme, allows more meaningful comparisons of magnetoelectrical structures, while a second force conversion factor Fam, with units of -watts per newton, similarly allows comparison between the acoustomechanical characteristics of different cones. The efficiency (ratio of acoustic watts out to electrical watts in) of the driver is derived by multiplying these two force conversion factors together and squaring their product.[/i] Back to you, Alex.[/quote] Written by Neville Thiele, 1993 in the Audio Engineering Society publication. Nicely quoted.

[quote name='ped' post='477688' date='May 2 2009, 01:49 PM']Just made this: [url="http://www.youtube.com/user/BasschatTV"]http://www.youtube.com/user/BasschatTV[/url] Only a prototype at the moment, but hoping we can build up lots of nice bassy videos to the channel. I suppose the way to do it would be for me to tell everyone the password details for logging in and uploading? The formatting on the youtube channel is not much good, I can't move the boxes down the page so the basschat banner shows properly, but it looks OK I guess... ped[/quote] Feel free to add my you tube stuff on to the basschat page.

I was put off the Lexicon stuff by QC issues mentioned on Lexicon's own forum.. I found it too worrying to go ahead and purchase. I have no personal experience of the units though. I chose to go with line 6's UX series interfaces.. and later on the strength of that, bought the X3 live. for 20 quid though.. sounds like a bargain if it works out ok!

[quote name='M4L666' post='483986' date='May 9 2009, 08:11 PM']Does the POD X3 work like a pedalboard? i.e, would I be able to string effects (stomps specifically) together? My Bass PODXT only lets me have 1 of each effect at a time. Or would I be better off buying an actual pedalboard?[/quote] As VK has described, you get the ability to drop a selection of 'effects' into the chain, but there are limitations. It's hard to explain.. but the manual is your best bet for getting an idea of what you can do. You can have an preamp/amp+cab sim, a 'stomb box' a 'modulation effect' and a 'delay' in the chain along with a Wah/volume pedal and compression/boost level. There is also a stereo effects loop available for other pedals. The stomp section includes a massive selection of distortions, filters, octave, synth, compressors etc. The modulation block has all manner of choruses, flange,phase and yet more filters. The delay block.. well.. fairly obvious is a massive selection of delays and echos from strereo multitaps to space tape echo! Ahh.. what else.. oh yeah.. the compression boost button allows you to either compress the signal, boost it or both.. handy for soloing etc. What makes the X3 pretty cool is that you have the ability to run two totally seperate stereo signals and run them as two totally seperate processors. Its up to you how you mix the signals at the output... or not as the case may be! That's only touching the surface of the X3, but I have already found that I havent missed the ability to arrange effects in every possible order on my ole TC Gforce. I guess ultimately it depends on what effects you want to use and what order and whether the X3 can do what you need. If you have any specific questions, there are a few of us on the board with X3's (Or X3 Live in my case) who will be able to help you more.

[quote name='pjbass' post='472087' date='Apr 25 2009, 11:29 AM']+1 for the c300, i followed Dood's recommendation & I've been really pleased with the results from this rack unit- it sounds very open to my ears but can do the squishy stuff well too.[/quote] Ahh yes! Absolutely! - I like sending my bass signal through some of the other instrument programs to see what effect it has.. As you say, some are lusciously squidgy!

[quote name='crez5150' post='475766' date='Apr 30 2009, 10:01 AM']It would be great if there was a manufacture out there that could produce a product with the tone from your head you want straight out of the box.... ;0)[/quote] Hmmmmm... it's a horror film in the making! ;o)

Hi Lee, I guess it depends on what you are wanting your effects to be capable of. Are you looking for digital amp modelling too? Certainly that is what the Vamp is more catered to, as is the likes of the Line 6 units, such as the X3 that I own. If you are after pure effects, then I think looking at companies such as TC Electronic (one of THE best in my opinion, having used their gear for ten years or more), Rocktron, Digitech, Alesis, ART, Lexicon, Zoom... Boss do their own rack gear still I believe.. there is quite a long list of manufacturers out there. My money would go on the TC Electronic G-Force or G-Major everytime..or the Line 6 stuff for digital modelling.

[quote name='RIM Basses' post='390422' date='Jan 24 2009, 04:03 PM']Hi Guys, Got a nice email back from Thomas yesterday, looks like i will have to go thru Rosetti to get hold of these amps. They have sent me info on setting up an account and the tecamp catalogue. So hopefully i will know more next week, fingers crossed i can get them for a good price but I'm not sure I can get as good a deal as from Marc in the US. Cheers, Robbie.[/quote] Any news on a price list Robbie?

Hey everyone! Well... coffee in hand, I enjoy a quick mid morning surf to satisfy my geeky techno bass passion. As some may know, I'm fascinated by progression in the design and concepts of bass gear, so it filled me with a certain amount of nerdy joy to stumble over yet another company excercising it's marketing forearm with a foray into the active cabinet market. Well, it seems they have been doing it for a lot longer than other companies.. lol.. maybe I just hadn't spotted them! Seems they haven't had a mention on BC yet.. so here goes! ISP Technologies are offering a number of active bass, PA and guitar cabinet solutions that seem to me (at least with the Bass and PA department) like a really good idea. [url="http://www.isptechnologies.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=144&Itemid=99"]http://www.isptechnologies.com/index.php?o...4&Itemid=99[/url] Exhibit A: [quote]Extreme performance 18 inch woofer and dual 8 inch midranges; 1000 watt RMS into a single cabinet, and 1000 watt RMS total when a second, passive, cabinet is added. Line array topology; The bass cabinet to die for![/quote] here: [url="http://www.isptechnologies.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=43&Itemid=99"]http://www.isptechnologies.com/index.php?o...3&Itemid=99[/url] [quote]LF Driver: 1 x 18 inch, large excursion, 1100 watt rms. HF Drivers: 2 x 8 inch, high sensitivity, 250 watt rms total. Sensitivity: 98 dB @ 100 Hz, 102 dB @ 1KHz (1 Watt at 1 meter). SPL: 128 dB at 1 meter, long term. 132 dB at 1 meter, peak. Frequency Range: 29 Hz to 5 KHz (-10 dB). Freq. Response: 39 Hz to 4 KHz (+- 3 dB). Amplifier Power: 1000 W rms, high current DCAT, fan cooled. Power Required: 5 Amps x 120 VAC typical, 10 Amps max. Construction: Baltic Birch Plywood, extensively braced. Finish: Rubberized Polyurethane. Dimensions: 30” W x 21.25” H x 24” D (without casters). Weight: Active - 130 Lbs[/quote] A point of interest, the almost 'world famous' Tom Bowlus (Hi Tom!) wrote a review for Guitar World that also appears on the site: [url="http://www.isptechnologies.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=214:guitar-world-magazine-vector-review&catid=55:featured-2009&Itemid=83"]http://www.isptechnologies.com/index.php?o...9&Itemid=83[/url] Anyone who has read Tom's blog will know that he has a massive amount of experience with gear..and writes a damn good review! - I'd love to spend a day in his garage! [url="http://bowlusblog.blogspot.com/"]http://bowlusblog.blogspot.com/[/url] I was also pretty excited to see a range of PA gear, including active cabinets [url="http://www.isptechnologies.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=148&Itemid=4"]http://www.isptechnologies.com/index.php?o...48&Itemid=4[/url] Not suggesting that the 'head and passive cabinet' bass combination will ever be superceded, but with modelling and digital technologies being discussed on the board more often, I wonder what future technology will hold for us as musicians.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='472425' date='Apr 25 2009, 10:43 PM']I've thought about it but I don't think it would motivate him that much. Jon's not in the game to make money, I think. He's in it to earn a living but to enjoy what he does. If he was in it for the money, he could have become a furniture maker instead and earned loads more. I'm meeting up with Chris Celinder next week when he stops off in London and he's in pretty much that same position (although his operation was larger than Jon's at one point). Being essentially a one person operation, whatever time Jon spends talking on the phone or to people who drop in unannounced, chasing suppliers or doing the accounts, the less time there is to spend on the luthiery. Rob helps but doesn't get involved in any of the tricky custom stuff, so a long wait is inevitable for the custom work. Plus the more I harrass him about my stuff, the less time he has to spend on other people's instruments and there have been some like MacDaddy who have been waiting longer than me. At least I've managed to play my instrument! In project management there's always a trade off between time vs cost vs quality. You can have two at the expense of one, basically. Jon's definitely about quality and value for money so its inevitable that things are going to take longer if he has to figure out new ways of doing stuff without charging by the hour for his time. I think it might be like this for most one person operations that are successful regardless of how much they charge.[/quote] I just like to say, excellent post. The wait for a custom instrument is totally worth it and I have utmost respect for Jon.

Absolutely fantastic clips!!!! If I were looking to purchase a bass, this is exactly the kinda comparisons I'd like to see and hear! - I can really see the merits of BassChat having these kinda videos available in some kind of review section. WoT, thank you for recording them.. I love the Maple 73.. Sounds lovely mate!

[quote name='SammyDamacy' post='467595' date='Apr 20 2009, 04:17 PM']Wow, cheers guys for all the advice! And as for the question am I using an active bass, yes A Status Kingbass and a Spector, the two loudest most powerful basses I have EVER come across. Hence why I'd like a pretty good compressor, and these two just seem to attack any compressor I've found! And I would prefer rack I think.....no real fiddling about and it's out the way! Cheers kids![/quote] For a Tapper / Slapper, the most versatile compressor that I have ever used is the [b]TC Electronic C300 [/b]and its XLR version the C400. As opposed to most compressors, it features program specific compression in the form of Full, and Multiband Spectral. It is one of the very few compressors on the market to feature parallel compression and is truly transparent in sound. What makes this compressor so versatile is it's program dial set up. You turn the dial to the type of music / instrument that you are playing and it configures the compressor for optimal settings. For example, you'd never used the same compression for a kick drum that you would for horns. All you then do is set up the threshold, make up gain and Ratio. (Oh and you have the parallel mix in there too). I find that this is the only compressor that eliminates noise artifacts right up to heavy compression.. something that really annoyed me about other compressors. My second recommendation would indeed be the EBS Multicomp... but I found it could deal with anything below a low B as well as I'd hoped. I still use my C300. I rate TC Electronic gear very highly.

"The problem with the POD for a lot of people is the manual." - It needs to be read and understood. I really have seen so many users of 'modelling' kit get it so wrong and end up with the 'headroom-less moosh' that I believe is being discussed above. As Ped suggests, you need to understand how the kit works properly before you start faffing around with ya earphones on, wondering why it sounds aweful through ya 'normal' bass stack.

[quote name='alexclaber' post='469246' date='Apr 22 2009, 07:43 AM']I'm sure if you play a correctly set-up POD through something like this: [url="http://www.meyersound.com/products/concertseries/mts-4a/"]http://www.meyersound.com/products/concertseries/mts-4a/[/url] it'll sound almost indistinguishable from what it's modelling. However I don't think it'll FEEL the same to the player - the way it responds will not be the same. But to amplify a POD to high SPL generally requires a much more expensive rig than one which provides its own colouration. If you always have a great PA and great monitors I can certainly see the appeal! Alex[/quote] [quote]Meyer Sound's patented MTS-4A is a self-powered, four-way loudspeaker system uniquely capable of producing very high sound levels across the full audio range, including lower fundamentals and sub-harmonics. Powerful, yet relatively compact at 17 cubic ft., the MTS-4A offers an integrated solution for many applications — often eliminating the need for subwoofers and associated electronics.[/quote] nurse!!!! ....nuuuuuuuurse!!!! I need changing!! - That is ...well!! a dream come true I think! - I'm hoping that Forge's active cabinet stands up to what they suggest it can do. I know that I will be using IEMs eventually and therefore the POD is perfect.. but should I need monitoring support, I would defintely look to use something like this instead of a head / cab combination. [url="http://forgebass.com/products.html"]http://forgebass.com/products.html[/url] AX2105

[quote name='Jamesemt' post='465400' date='Apr 17 2009, 07:19 PM'].... was thinking of just replacing the superfly with a poweramp? Is there anything to stop me just using a poweramp? Seems a cheap way to get what I want??[/quote] Nothing stopping you at all and a great idea. I run my X3 into my MarkBass F1. It's crystal clear tone suits adding modelling and I too run the EQ pretty much flat. I think it's a cheap way to get access to a massive amount of nice amp tones. You may never wanna buy a different head again!

[quote name='sk8' post='469375' date='Apr 22 2009, 10:38 AM']the VT has enough juice. I've used it in the effects return of my shuttle so the vt was the pre and i was just using the suttles poweramp. It could give me a really cheap rig [/quote] Well, there ya go then! - Great idea.. and is pretty much guaranteed to sound great.

[quote name='sk8' post='469343' date='Apr 22 2009, 10:17 AM']thanks for the replies. I wondered whether it was thomann own brand. Fro a £120 its got to be worth a punt really. thinking i could use my VT Bass as the pre straight into this[/quote] As long as your pedal has enough output gain to drive the poweramp, you'll be fine. Some power amps require a 'line level' input signal and pretty much all pedals, unless designed otherwise, run at 'instrument level'. Thats not to say it wont work.. you'll defintely hear your signal, no problem. You justy need to make sure you have enough signal going in to the power amp to achieve a suitable output level. I've used a sansamp BDDI straight into a power amp before and that was fine.. it also featured a switch for boosting to a line level output. See if you can find out the 'input sensitivity' of the power amp. That will give us some indication of whether or not it will accept an instrument level signal to drive it to full power.

I looked at the spec and expected, being as TC are pretty much a leader in technology, that they would have gone for a more powerful output stage. I mean, my F1 is smaller.. I'm not sure if it is *the* smallest head out at the moment.. but it chucks out 500W RMS and.. well, the F1 can be bought online far cheaper.

[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/the_tamp_d2800.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/the_tamp_d2800.htm[/url] Now that's a flippin good price!!!!