BigBassBob Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Got the Micro Thumpinator in the post yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higgie Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 [quote name='BigBassBob' post='1285996' date='Jun 29 2011, 03:27 AM']Got the Micro Thumpinator in the post yesterday [/quote] Jealous! I want one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunsfreddy2003 Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 What does it do to your sound and what are you using it with? [quote name='BigBassBob' post='1285996' date='Jun 29 2011, 03:27 AM']Got the Micro Thumpinator in the post yesterday [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burno70 Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 [quote name='Higgie' post='1286003' date='Jun 29 2011, 04:12 AM']Jealous! I want one [/quote] Me too. Just not sure if it would make that big a difference to my sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind pilot Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 [quote name='BigBassBob' post='1285996' date='Jun 29 2011, 03:27 AM']Got the Micro Thumpinator in the post yesterday [/quote] Are those George L's, man they neaten up the board! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higgie Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 [quote name='Gunsfreddy2003' post='1286047' date='Jun 29 2011, 08:34 AM']What does it do to your sound and what are you using it with?[/quote] Bandwidth Optimiser. Basically it allows your amp/cab to run more efficiently by rolling off the really low frequencies. Hence 'Thumpinator' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Should be picking mine up from the post office later too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantherairsoft Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 I'm tempted by the Thumpinator as well... But being that my aim is to generate loads of sub from my huge chain I worry that using it before the effects chain will be pointless given how much sub generating stuff comes after, and using it at the end of the chain will effect the sub tones I generate? Shep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunsfreddy2003 Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Can't quite see that it would really work though! [quote name='Higgie' post='1286378' date='Jun 29 2011, 01:28 PM']Bandwidth Optimiser. Basically it allows your amp/cab to run more efficiently by rolling off the really low frequencies. Hence 'Thumpinator' [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 It cuts everything below 30Hz. Your cabs probably wont make much use of the stuff below 35-40Hz. This could effectively allow you to produce more useable bass as the drivers wouldn't be straining from trying to cope with unused frequencies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunsfreddy2003 Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Theory makes sense, has anyone used one and if so with what results? [quote name='xgsjx' post='1286885' date='Jun 29 2011, 07:59 PM']It cuts everything below 30Hz. Your cabs probably wont make much use of the stuff below 35-40Hz. This could effectively allow you to produce more useable bass as the drivers wouldn't be straining from trying to cope with unused frequencies.[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 on my amp I have the lowest fader on the graphic EQ all the way down. It doesn't seem to effect the low end but gives me more headroom. I guess the humpinator would be a more efficient way of doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgraham Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 [quote name='Gunsfreddy2003' post='1286848' date='Jun 29 2011, 07:37 PM']Can't quite see that it would really work though![/quote] Though I've not heard it in person, in principle it makes total sense. Here is a video demonstrating the visible effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgraham Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 [quote name='cheddatom' post='1287300' date='Jun 30 2011, 08:44 AM']I guess the [b][size=3]humpinator [/size][/b]would be a more efficient way of doing it.[/quote] That's an altogether [i]different [/i]kind of device that Max would be offering. His surname is [i]not [/i]Moseley. ...and I imagine it would be a more efficient way of 'doing it'... it certainly would reduce the need to find a willing partner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burno70 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 [quote name='mcgraham' post='1287308' date='Jun 30 2011, 08:53 AM']Though I've not heard it in person, in principle it makes total sense. Here is a video demonstrating the visible effects. [/quote] Thats the thing - you can see the difference - but can you really hear it? I like the idea of optimising my rig and have mulled with the idea of getting one of these for ages. Still on the fence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomEndian Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 [quote name='burno70' post='1287427' date='Jun 30 2011, 10:40 AM']Thats the thing - you can see the difference - but can you really hear it?[/quote] Isn't the idea that you [b]can't[/b] really hear it? It's getting rid of the rumble you can't hear in the first place, so your speakers can work more efficiently, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escholl Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='1287432' date='Jun 30 2011, 10:44 AM']Isn't the idea that you [b]can't[/b] really hear it? It's getting rid of the rumble you can't hear in the first place, so your speakers can work more efficiently, no?[/quote] yes, that's pretty much correct. how much it helps though depends on if the amp already has a built in high-pass filter (many do) and the quality of that filter, so it may make a bigger difference in some situations than others. still, it wouldn't ever hurt, i shouldn't think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 yeh, if you can see it working but not hear it, it's doing a perfect job. It's to give you more headroom basically - to make life easier for your amp/cabs (I think). [quote name='mcgraham' post='1287311' date='Jun 30 2011, 08:57 AM']That's an altogether [i]different [/i]kind of device that Max would be offering. His surname is [i]not [/i]Moseley. ...and I imagine it would be a more efficient way of 'doing it'... it certainly would reduce the need to find a willing partner![/quote] I might change my username to "the humpinator!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Apparently the AD200B has no such built in filter, and my speakers fart out a bit if I go mad on the B string. Hoping this will help! Not picked it up from the post office yet though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgraham Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 [quote name='BottomEndian' post='1287432' date='Jun 30 2011, 10:44 AM']Isn't the idea that you [b]can't[/b] really hear it? It's getting rid of the rumble you can't hear in the first place, so your speakers can work more efficiently, no?[/quote] Yup! If you have standard ear buds try sticking a bass boost setting on your ipod/equivalent mp3 device. You are likely to find that the bass increase is negligible if even discernible, but the overall volume will drop and the top end seems slightly more muted. Take off the bass boost and the volume shoots back up along with the normal treble content. My understanding that this occurs because the driver is wasting energy trying to inefficiently reproduce frequencies that it inherently struggles with, and this occurs at the expense of the rest of the frequency content. Probably an incorrect analogy (to a greater or lesser extent) and not quite what happens, but gives a rough idea (I think?)... Therefore, if your cab is only being fed frequencies it can DEFINITELY handle at power levels it can DEFINITELY handle, it's likely to perform better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgraham Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 [quote name='cheddatom' post='1287559' date='Jun 30 2011, 12:31 PM']I might change my username to "the humpinator!"[/quote] Get Max to make you one with a corrupt graphic missing the first 'T'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burno70 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 [quote]Isn't the idea that you can't really hear it? It's getting rid of the rumble you can't hear in the first place, so your speakers can work more efficiently, no?[/quote] I get ya, but shouldn't a more efficiently run cab sound noticeably better? Sorry if I sound sceptical here - I'm not at all. Like I said, I've been tempted by this pedal before - its just that there are few demos and reviews to rely on. I think it may be more of benefit if your speakers are farting like Dannybouy said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 the cab would sound the same but be able to go louder? Or yeh, if you're pushing your cab too hard at the moment, then you would sound better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finbar Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 [quote name='pantherairsoft' post='1286833' date='Jun 29 2011, 07:27 PM']I'm tempted by the Thumpinator as well... But being that my aim is to generate loads of sub from my huge chain I worry that using it before the effects chain will be pointless given how much sub generating stuff comes after, and using it at the end of the chain will effect the sub tones I generate? Shep[/quote] Your cabs almost certainly don't properly generate the frequencies that the thumpinator is cutting out. You'd be hard pushed to find a lot of PAs in venues that most of us play that can REALLY handle that kind of frequency properly too. I think if anything it would tighten your sub sound up. YMMV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I wonder if he makes a tweakable version where you can move the cut off up or down by @ 10hz? So if you need some more low rumbles for your dub sounds & you have the subs then you could cut off below 20-25hz, or if you go for a more jazz/punk tone, take the cut off to @ 40hz. On 2nd thoughts, if you have the subs you won't need one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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