MrDinsdale

Start simple would be my suggestion and where possible aim for keeping unity gain throughout. First up check that you have your input levels right on the Dwarf. I usually start with getting an IR if I'm not playing through a physical amp. There are some excellent free bass ones from Shiftline that I use over all the premium ones I've acquired over time. Next up I'd usually get a preamp added. I had to put all the preamps in a line and audition them all one at a time. When you find one you don't like just remove it until you've narrowed it down. I often check signals by turning stuff off and on and checking there's no significant change to loudness. Once I've gotten a core tone with preamp and cab sim in place I'll start on adding always on stuff. Compression is subjective, personally with physical compressors I favour it up front rather than last. For digital boards you don't have the same physical constraints so you can easily play around. I'm a big fan of very light compression at either end although my valve amp adds a little squish anyway. PS the Molot compressor in the beta store is excellent, just pop on the bass preset, drop the ratio a little and go. Drives are tricky, I've not found any on the Dwarf which quite do it for me. I've taken to blending two and then EQ them on a separate channel so I can quickly switch between. As for modulation and delays/reverb thats an area way out of my comfort zone so I'm still finding out what works for me. Same approach though, lots of auditioning of different fx and creating a shortlist of ones I like. It's really subjective and while I'd suggest take any suggestions with a pinch of salt a lot of the rules make for a good starting point. The Dwarf ecosystem is incredibly overwhelming, anything you can do to slim down the number of plugins is worthwhile. I personally uninstalled loads I wasn't keen on.

Something definitely doesn't sound right there. I'd have imagined the two10 buckling waaay before the r400.

Only one at the moment, my Handbox WB100. Would love to grab another smaller backup, perhaps a GSS Sumo. If I had the money I'd grab a Jad Freer Sisma they look incredible. Worst case scenario I can resort to going straight through the PA from my pedalboard. It sounds fine but it's nowhere near as fun.

Na, unfortunately that's at a hardware level according to FalkTX, I have a similar issue as I use the channels as an FX loop so channel 1 goes between my pedals and preamp and channel 2 goes between the preamp and DI. Seems like a pretty big oversight considering how many use it for multiple instruments or vocals + guitar etc. You can remedy it with adapters I guess though.

Aye that looks like it fits the bill! I've been looking at the Boss foot switch for use with the MOD Dwarf so I can attach an expression pedal and a couple of extra ctrl switches if needed. The fact it can connect to the Dwarf via USB or Midi is pretty handy.

https://www.andertons.co.uk/boss-fs-1-wl-wireless-footswitch?msclkid=ab830056399f1e93092064eed9a6c4f2&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=IMP | Standard - Category - Guitars - PLA&utm_term=4576579735122701&utm_content=Guitar Amps & Cabs Looks like you can!

Wouldn't you be able to rig the Boss wireless midi foot switch up to do that? I'm sure you'd be able to get software for the os to convert a midi signal to keyboard press. The Boss software may even do it for you.

You might benefit from having a Stomp or similar, it'd cover what you have and a lot more too. Stuff like the HX Stomp and Boss GT1000core have fx loops so you can integrate analog pedals into your digital fx chain too so if you had individual pedals that you wanted to keep you could. Most of the multifx units sound just as good as their real world analog counterparts, I don't think quality is really an issue. The biggest difference is going to be how you interact with a multifx unit vs the more tactile physical pedal approach, I know a lot of people opt to edit their patches via desktop editors etc rather than the on-device interface. The HX Stomp seems to pop up for good prices 2nd hand a lot, wouldn't hurt to try it out!

Haha dunno about that, it all seems constructive! I'm guilty of siloing information and being oblivious to others having issues, feedback is vital.

Scrap that, just seen your posts 😂

I would definitely flag some of these woes on the forum. A healthy development community is a good way to keep the product afloat. If it's hard to get up and running that's gonna deter a lot of people.

The Boss GT1000core is a great unit. They don't have the update cadence of other devices which is a shame as there isn't a quarterly drop of new amps/pedals or anything but tbh what is there is incredibly robust.

Was always keen to try their Cosmic Trigger pedal, the demos sounded great. Haven't explored their other pedals until now but they all sound excellent.

I was playing with something like that on the MOD Dwarf yesterday. Just using the same drive but the plan was to experiment with different drives and compression, think you could do something pretty cool with it.

I've played around with similar approaches tbf using multifx. Parallel drives with different characters which play well together sometimes just work really nice where in series it would be too much. Not far off the DG Alpha Omega in terms of approach. Fun to play around with at home but found it totally impractical for band stuff, balancing levels was tricky and kept having to tweak the eq if i changed the blend at all. Always ended up swiftly returning to a more simple setup. That particular combo doesn't sound appealing to me but whatever works for you!

I find idle hands are the worst cause of GAS and tone searching personally. Same with all hobbies. When I'm out there doing stuff and busy with band stuff the GAS is way less aggressive, as soon as we have to miss a couple because people are busy it's back with a vengeance. Same was true with skating, I'd barely buy anything over summer but once winter hit and weather got crappy I'd find myself buying gear and trading stuff.

Borrowed a reamp box so going to have a go at capturing some pedals. Going to start with my EAE Halberd, great pedal but a lot of options to choose from. 3 voicings that go from thin and clanky all the way to thick and chewy plus a very interactive eq. Think I'll just pick a few settings I like best as a starting point.

An EAE Halberd with whatever the magic is that the EAE Model FeT does to make drives sound so silky smooth. Possibly a blend option similar to the Lusithand GnP too would help although not really necessary. The Model FeT is much better suited to the end of the chain though so perhaps they're perfect as they are! 😂

PS is AIDA-X developed by MOD under a different brand? I couldn't quite work out what the deal was there. Had a go with a GK 700rb profile someone had uploaded and it was great, its a few years since I had one but it sounded exactly how I remembered it 🙌

Not a clue where I'd use TTAP in a practical application. I feel like its the kind of thing you'd layer in to some big synth type sounds rather than slapping it on a guitar/bass etc. Also apparently now that they got out all the convolution reverb packs, next up is delay so I think there will be some pretty cool stuff coming down the pipeline if all goes well.

Even if the combo is set to be clean it's still running through the preamp which will effect the tone. The speaker of the combo will be voiced to attenuate some of the higher frequencies etc too. The FRFR speaker is designed to be completely flat so that it doesn't colour your tone. If you want it to sound like a bass cab you'll need to run a cabsim, LPF or some eq.

Even a clean channel will be affecting the signal, are you using a cab sim or LPF with the FRFR? If so are you disabling it when using the combo?

Right, 2 days in. Created a short list of the drives, chorus, phasers, flangers and delays that have potential and going to uninstall all the ones that don't really suit my needs. It came bundled with some really nice premium plugins that the previous owner(s) had purchased too including some of the convolution reverbs which sound incredible. The TTAP delay is a standout for being unlike anything else I've heard, the Shiro stuff is all great too. I think now I'm over the number of fx and I've got a more refined list of stuff it's way more daunting. Few small annoyances like not being able to use the headphones because I'm using the channels as an fx loop rather than stereo, this means I get a send in one ear and the actual mono out in the other. Also the editor is a bit laggy even on a wired connection, no where near as bad as via Bluetooth though! All relatively minor issues though and still way less frustrating than some of the issues I had with the Boss GT1000core.

Been back and forth on the Mod Dwarf for a while now, looking to experiment with some modulation and time based fx and it has the flexibility to do some really unique stuff. Only day 2, it's got a pretty staggering amount of stuff available which can make it a little daunting but already found some awesome in there. The amount of flexibility is insane, even coming from the Boss GT1000core which was already pretty flexible.

Ive been through a few drives and its a constant battle of trying to make incremental improvements vs giving into GAS. I agree with @0175westwood29 though that sometimes even if it's a perfectly good sound things can still get stagnant and it's nice to mix it up. My favourite drive at the moment is the Halberd V2 by Electronic Audio Experiments. It feels odd describing a drive as "transparent" but even with gain and depth pushed it still sounds like your bass, just a gritty thick chewy version of it. Very versatile little pedal and sits great in the full band context. For now I'm happy but I'm sure in a few months I'll be switching things up.