Supernaut Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 I am after a 3 band EQ to go between my Polytune and Radial DI for gigs. I am not interested in gain or overdrive. I would also like it to add no colour of any sort and be as 'neutral' sounding as possible. Current set-up is Jazz > Polytune > Radial DI > Mark Bass combo. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Could you consider parametric eq? There are one, two, three, and four band units available. I love fully parametric ones, because they are very effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share Posted December 19, 2021 3 hours ago, itu said: Could you consider parametric eq? There are one, two, three, and four band units available. I love fully parametric ones, because they are very effective. What options are there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 1 band - Artec 2 band - tce (hard to find, expensive) 3 band - WMD, Empress... 4 band is already a rack unit, like tce 1140, or Tascam PE-40 et al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumOne Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Sine Effect are worth a look for parametric eq https://sineeffect.com/ Or the MXR M81 for 3 band with sweepable mids. My favourite EQ has been the Q-Strip, perhaps thats overkill though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share Posted December 19, 2021 Hmm... Looks like I may be leaning toward a graphic EQ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Many pedal sized graphic eqs tend to have wide Q. They may not be exact instruments if something specific is not working. But they may be good enough for some tweaking. What's wrong with the MB eq? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share Posted December 19, 2021 42 minutes ago, itu said: Many pedal sized graphic eqs tend to have wide Q. They may not be exact instruments if something specific is not working. But they may be good enough for some tweaking. What's wrong with the MB eq? 9/10 gigs I do, the sound person wants a DI straight from the bass before the amp. I'm trying to get more control of my FOH tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunderwonder Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 16 minutes ago, Supernaut said: 9/10 gigs I do, the sound person wants a DI straight from the bass before the amp. I'm trying to get more control of my FOH tone. In that case you want a preamp and a FRFR rig and tell him to listen to the DI before passing judgement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 (edited) - Edited March 16, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share Posted December 19, 2021 Why does anyone run overdrives / delays / filters etc. before the amp then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlefeeder Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 5 hours ago, SumOne said: ... Or the MXR M81 for 3 band with sweepable mids... +1 on this. Nice and clean and a DI too. Also, the pedal can be powered by battery, external 9v, or from the mixer desk phantom power. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 What’s the budget? There’s a Basswitch for sale on here and it’s a cracking preamp. My local FB music for sale page has the WMD 3 band parametric eq and the bassics 3 band eq. It’s like Christmas for someone after an eq pedal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 I've gone a bit overkill with my sound. I have Radial DI going straight to the desk so that the sound can be adjusted accordingly for the out front sound. Despite the sound out front being great I wasn't happy with what I was hearing through my IEMs from the desk aux send so I decided to run my Radial Bassbone from the through connection of the DI then take a DI lead into one of the inputs of my Behringer P1. (That's the one on the right with the Radial sticker on it) I'm running the P1 in dual mono so I have whatever sound I want coming in one side and the feed from the desk with everyone else that I want to hear coming in through the other one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunderwonder Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 5 hours ago, Jus Lukin said: What is it you want to send to the desk? FOH EQ is really best left to the sound person, as they will primarily be intending to make it sound good in the room, and are in the correct position to be able to listen for what is required. Unless you are able to discuss a specific sound with them, there is every chance that you may be exacerbating issues out in the room and have your EQ undone at the desk anyway. If FOH haven't EQ'd the PA for the room that's for them to fix first. My bass sound is sparingly EQ'd with some preamp flavour. If it's all boomy in the room it's because they haven't EQ'd the fine PA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Lukin Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 (edited) - Edited March 16, 2022 by Jus Lukin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boodang Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 TC Electronic parametric eq's like the 1140 are neutral but don't get the spectradrive as that is very coloured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 19 hours ago, Supernaut said: I'm trying to get more control of my FOH tone. Have you been considering a wireless set? Then you could do the sound check beside the sound person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 (edited) If you wanted to spend some money then a JHS Colourbox V2 is basically a studio channel strip which offers good tone sculpting, a couple of transformers in the signal chain and has di out for FOH and 1/4” out to run to amp, fx board iem etc. Edited December 20, 2021 by krispn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Boss EQ-200 is excellent. Very quiet in use. 4 memories. Top mounted jacks so actually doesn't really take any more space up than a smaller pedal with side jacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 The Basswitch is really excellent, complete and versatile. Jacques Ruppert (the guy behind it) is a really nice guy and very good bassist too. And he likes a good talk while drinking espresso (he is living quite close to me). 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 There's also this excellent transparent preamp (and D.I.) with cab simulations for sale here : 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bam Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 (edited) Sound guy should be taking your bass signal di'd from your amp (or di pedal) but pre eq. Ie flat, then whatever you do on stage eq wise doesnt affect his sound. Otherwise your amp of choice and any amp colour is completely pointless if hes going to FOH before your amp or pedal. Edited December 21, 2021 by la bam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boodang Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 The point in your signal chain where you have defined your tone should be where the DI feed to FoH comes from. That might be from your amp but of course if, say for monitoring purposes, you want a different sound on stage to that out the PA then you're going to have to split your signal. I've now got to a stage where I get my tone from the pedal board, so the feed to the PA comes from there and my backline is just for monitoring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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