LegateNaarifin Posted February 14, 2018 Posted February 14, 2018 I know I know, it's awful. I'll sort it out, and I'll try and get some sound clips together as well, as repentance or something Quote
LegateNaarifin Posted February 14, 2018 Posted February 14, 2018 (edited) There, much better I think! I even added my Mooer envelope filter And here are some sound samples of various pedal combinations. The Le Bass is always on, even for the 'clean' sample (it's a pretty clean tone) It's all my own music, played on my Yamaha TRB1006J into a Carvin BX700 (flat EQ) and TC Electronic 212, mic'd with an AKG P2. No post-recording wizardry Edited February 14, 2018 by LegateNaarifin Removed individual files, added Soundcloud links. Added more info 1 Quote
radiophonic Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 @LegateNaarifin Nice. This kind of stuff is useful. Even your clean sound has some grit to it in the harmonics (presumably from the LeBass?). I've never used a board preamp and my amp has headroom for miles. I'm currently stacking a Pork Loin into a Rat for two levels of gain, but your preamp approach to the low gain grit might be less of a jump from my totally clean sound. Not sure I can afford a 2Notes though, or the footprint for that matter. Quote
Al Krow Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 15 minutes ago, radiophonic said: @LegateNaarifin Nice. This kind of stuff is useful. +1 Yup, thanks for the sound samples. What recording interface are you using? Quote
Al Krow Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 On 13/02/2018 at 07:41, GisserD said: A few updates including a Broughton HPF on the output and updown-graded my cog t16 for the octamizer Looking (seriously) good. Typo corrected! Quote
LegateNaarifin Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 1 hour ago, radiophonic said: @LegateNaarifin Nice. This kind of stuff is useful. Even your clean sound has some grit to it in the harmonics (presumably from the LeBass?). I've never used a board preamp and my amp has headroom for miles. I'm currently stacking a Pork Loin into a Rat for two levels of gain, but your preamp approach to the low gain grit might be less of a jump from my totally clean sound. Not sure I can afford a 2Notes though, or the footprint for that matter. Yeah, I like a pinch of grit for my basic sound. There are lots of preamp pedals out there, off the top of my head MXR do good stuff in a fairly compact size, as do Ampeg, and of course there's Sansamp stuff. There's a real market for that sort of thing. Took ages before I settled on Le Bass 1 hour ago, Al Krow said: +1 Yup, thanks for the sound samples. What recording interface are you using? Focusrite 6i6, into Reaper 1 Quote
Al Krow Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 8 minutes ago, LegateNaarifin said: Yeah, I like a pinch of grit for my basic sound. There are lots of preamp pedals out there, off the top of my head MXR do good stuff in a fairly compact size, as do Ampeg, and of course there's Sansamp stuff. There's a real market for that sort of thing. Took ages before I settled on Le Bass Focusrite 6i6, into Reaper The Le Bass is a very good pedal and has some loyal fans on BC. +1 for Focusrite 6i6 into Reaper (exactly the same set up as I'm planning on using!) 1 Quote
GisserD Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Al Krow said: Looking (seriously) good. Typo corrected! honestly... side by side there was no comparison. you have to try the aggie!! Quote
Al Krow Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 10 minutes ago, GisserD said: honestly... side by side there was no comparison. you have to try the aggie!! Hah! I have. I'd say the Aggie does have the overall better tonal variety and colour. The COG T16 has a great clean blend that sits nicely with other pedals and tracks a little bit lower than the Aggie (which were my priorities). They are definitely both excellent octaver options, for sure, and where you rank them is personal preference. In this case your COG loss is my gain! Quote
uk_lefty Posted February 15, 2018 Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) I've tidied things up with some Harley Benton flat patch cables and incorporated the Eden bass chorus and Digitech envelope filter. Also, all this tidying on top of the board means that my amp footswitch now has a place. However, there is now no space to carry the Jim dunlop bass wah in the pedal bag!! Next up is tidying the underside. After playing with the endless combinations of envelope filter! I changed things around so I can get the drive out of the Hartke pedal at the front of the chain to drive any of the other effects. The amp overdrive is pretty good so I have that as "end of chain" drive. I'm not in to mega distortion but just thought having the option at each end of the chain was sensible. The only thing I want to add is some sort of reverb for when I'm playing my fretless, will experiment with that later. The pedals you can't see very well are a boss limiter enhancer and a korg pitch black. Any comments or suggestions very welcome, I am no effects expert but just dipping my toe in! Edited February 15, 2018 by uk_lefty Quote
haraszo Posted February 18, 2018 Posted February 18, 2018 New board is finally complete. Powerful and portable. signal chain: cali 76 > providence BFX-1 (L1: Boss OC-2 octaver / L2: Chase Bliss Audio Brothers / L3: RMI Basswitch Sonic Spark / L4: Strymon Mobius) > TC Polytune mini powered by 2x Strymon Ojai R30 2 Quote
Al Krow Posted February 18, 2018 Posted February 18, 2018 @haraszo you have some awesome top end pedals on that board! What genre music / bands are you using it for? Probably the first time I've seen the Chase Bliss Brothers on a bass pedal board. What have you previously had in terms of dirt pedals? Quote
cLepto-bass Posted February 18, 2018 Posted February 18, 2018 1 hour ago, haraszo said: New board is finally complete. Powerful and portable. signal chain: cali 76 > providence BFX-1 (L1: Boss OC-2 octaver / L2: Chase Bliss Audio Brothers / L3: RMI Basswitch Sonic Spark / L4: Strymon Mobius) > TC Polytune mini powered by 2x Strymon Ojai R30 Very tidy. What board/case is it all housed in? Quote
0175westwood29 Posted February 18, 2018 Posted February 18, 2018 The primer is back in for a new track, still considering a H9 as it covers so many bases 1 Quote
basexperience Posted February 19, 2018 Posted February 19, 2018 On 13/02/2018 at 20:19, E sharp said: My current board You got something about XXXXinator style pedals? ;-) what does the prunes and custard do? Quote
radiophonic Posted February 19, 2018 Posted February 19, 2018 9 hours ago, 0175westwood29 said: The primer is back in for a new track, still considering a H9 as it covers so many bases Please - tell us all about the Westwood! It's still on my to-do list, but I'm saving for a Scrutator and actually needed a second Ditto... when will this stop? Quote
dannybuoy Posted February 19, 2018 Posted February 19, 2018 3 hours ago, basexperience said: What does the prunes and custard do? This! Don't use mine much but hanging onto it as it's great fun and they don't come up for sale that often: Tech21 Red Ripper and TWA Dynamorph can get similar sounds too. Quote
haraszo Posted February 19, 2018 Posted February 19, 2018 22 hours ago, Al Krow said: @haraszo you have some awesome top end pedals on that board! What genre music / bands are you using it for? Probably the first time I've seen the Chase Bliss Brothers on a bass pedal board. What have you previously had in terms of dirt pedals? Thanks man! I play rather straightforward rock music with some tool like flavours. I was looking for one versatile pedal and after watching Zach Rizer's demo on youtube I got Brothers. Right now brilliant Sonic Spark is giving me fat, "tube" like tone and it is on 90% of the time. Brothers is set up as drive on one side and as fuzz on the other. In the past for dirt I've been using: electro-harmonix Bass Big Muff MXR M80 Sansamp VT Bass Way Huge Pork Loin Overdrive aguilar Tone Hammer Xotic Bass BB Preamp I still have two great fuzz copies Maestro Brassmaste and Fuzz Face. 22 hours ago, uzzell said: Very tidy. What board/case is it all housed in? Case is made by Western Cases - company based in Poland. cheers 1 Quote
0175westwood29 Posted February 19, 2018 Posted February 19, 2018 10 hours ago, radiophonic said: Please - tell us all about the Westwood! It's still on my to-do list, but I'm saving for a Scrutator and actually needed a second Ditto... when will this stop? all round its great! as a boost and a light drive and into my ashdown ctm it can get very dirty! and i normally have it after the omicron atm Quote
blablas Posted February 21, 2018 Posted February 21, 2018 (edited) My ever changing board. Removed a few pedals, added a few new ones and moved a few pedals around and slightly changed the order. Gone: Spectracomp (barely used it), Black Teeth (RAT clone) and Bass Sweeper (also barely used). New: Golden Halo and Alpha-Omicron. The Darkglass Alpha-Omicron is in a league of its own, whatever setting I try it sounds great! I think I'll be busy for quiet a while searching for my favourite settings. Edited February 21, 2018 by blablas typo 2 Quote
GazWills Posted February 21, 2018 Posted February 21, 2018 nice - i'm getting more and more tempted to pull the trigger on an alpha omicron! 1 Quote
ordep Posted March 6, 2018 Posted March 6, 2018 small essentials board finally complete. BMC is only there for tetris purposes; thinking of putting a low gain drive or a boost in its place. 2 Quote
Jonse Posted March 6, 2018 Posted March 6, 2018 Another update. Finally learned how to use the diamond, b7k and b3k together properly. Couldn't be happier! Quote
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