On 8/9/06, Paul Winkler <pw_lists@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 12:37:16PM -0400, Paul Coccoli wrote: > If I had the money, I'd get a SansAmp Bass Driver DI. People on > talkbass.com rave about it. You need a mic pre (with headphone jack > in you case) though, as it has an XLR mic output. OTOH, having been a bassist for about 25 years now, I can't stand the SansAmp BDDI. It's not a very "neutral" device - it has a strong personality, it scoops out vast amounts of midrange no matter what you do with the tone controls. For my taste, that is totally wrong.
Hmm, I hadn't heard that. I've never actually played one.
Lots of people like it... poor lost souls :) For going DI, I prefer a decent passive DI followed by tweaking with plugins if necessary. SC4 is very handy; so is the 10-band EQ (I forget which suite that comes from). I also sometimes use the "tube warmth" or whatever it's called.
I use the DIs in my cheapo M-Audio Audio Buddy. They sound ok to me, and I like cheap stuff. The CAPS tube amp sims sound ok on bass, but probably need low-pass filters (or EQ) after them.
I really prefer micing the amp, but I recognize that's not always doable. -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com
