Avalon mono DI box

[Toasted]

I'm quite jealous. Seriously... haha.

[TimmyC]

Sound clips?

[alexclaber]

[quote name='TimmyC' post='68259' date='Oct 1 2007, 05:21 PM']Sound clips?[/quote]

That's a bit of a funny one - it just sounds like whatever bass you're playing! Not like so many amps/preamps which make instruments sound much more similar through them. Mine didn't arrive in time for the recording I'm just finishing but I'll be using it on the next EP. In the meantime, basstasters.com has a whole host of different basses recorded through the U5 and lots of other preamps to compare it with:

[url="http://www.basstasters.com/preamps/Avalon_U5.html"]http://www.basstasters.com/preamps/Avalon_U5.html[/url]

(You'll want to listen to the clips without any effects or cabs in the signal chain.)

Alex

[99ster]

[quote name='alexclaber' post='68267' date='Oct 1 2007, 05:28 PM']That's a bit of a funny one - it just sounds like whatever bass you're playing! Not like so many amps/preamps which make instruments sound much more similar through them. Mine didn't arrive in time for the recording I'm just finishing but I'll be using it on the next EP. In the meantime, basstasters.com has a whole host of different basses recorded through the U5 and lots of other preamps to compare it with:

[url="http://www.basstasters.com/preamps/Avalon_U5.html"]http://www.basstasters.com/preamps/Avalon_U5.html[/url]

(You'll want to listen to the clips without any effects or cabs in the signal chain.)

Alex[/quote]

+1
Exactly - it's not like you can hear a bass recording & say 'that's definitely a U5'... In fact - exactly the opposite! You shouldn't be able to tell that it's a U5.
If you've got a crap bass or you can't play very well it won't make it sound any better.
But if you've got a really nice bass that you want to hear every last detail of sound & tone - at a really strong clear level - with no hiss, junk, colouring, or added rubbish - then the U5 will do that for you.

[lowdown]

[quote name='TimmyC' post='68259' date='Oct 1 2007, 05:21 PM']Sound clips?[/quote]

I think it will just sound like whatever Bass you put through it...i think....
Because that is the idea....the true sound of your Bass.
Most other DI Boxes are not any good at that...
certainly the one's in my Experiance [ they tend to sound very thin]
Anyway this is my Singlecut Rim Bass on a rehashed bit of Library Music i done.
[its been re uploaded to my Space]
Just The back Pup in dual coil mode...run Passive.. Warwick Black label strings [45-135]
and high action.
[attachment=2573:TOTALLY_BAZAAR.mp3]

Alex...your Rim is Looking the Business....Good one..!!
I mean You Rim Bass......


Garry

Edited October 2, 2007 by lowdown