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Tech 21 SansAmp Bass Driver DI Programmable

Bass Amp Simulator from Tech 21 belonging to the SansAmp series

Negens Negens
Published on 01/06/09 at 21:47
1 drive, 1 eq (Bass, Treble, Presence), Blend 1, Level 1.
It's all transistor
From the outset, the absence of medium rglage saddens me, the big gap!
Between Jack, Output Jack and XLR with phantom power supply (that's good!)

UTILIZATION

Operation is simple, the manual is sufficient, and it trs "idiot-proof". No problem using ct.

SOUND QUALITY

It is the sduit that although the first few days, gradually able to use, I t's.

I use it with a 53 BB Tune TWB electronic active, directly into the audio interface.
I wanted to color a little sound to record my bass tracks.

In beginners, it is stunning, gives an impression of a big sound. But frankly there is a serious excs, and increases systmatiquement treble and presence. J'incriminais unfairly in my bass beginners.
on the other hand, playing my bass on an amp, my bass has discriminated, could not come to her.
The distortion makes the drive is quite friendly.

A few weeks later, I test rduire up the blend, and it is clear from clear which is the SansAmp EXAGRES really serious and eat all mediums. So, your base will be seen more in the mix.

Add to this the fact that between trs saturates quickly. Ds, I ascend the volume of the bass more than 1 / 3 of its travel, the SansAmp between the saturates and provides a distortion that is not the best taste. It remains Reduces the volume low, and arduit the dynamics of the instrument.

More importantly, what passes for a big sound, in fact destroys the characters of the bass.
If you have a bass without characters, may be nice to give him a little c ******, but with a sturdy bass characters you do not recognize and c is trsdcevant. It drowns everything in a big pond severe concussion frequency drives, and eventually produce a sound dull and tiring.

On the other products in the Tech21 are excellent, but for him it is a rat-l prfre I still go through a DI of more traditional PA.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a month

What I most AIM:
Ct + The idiot-proof
+ The output XLR phantom power supply to avex
Ct + The idiot-proof
+ The distortion of the drive enjoyable

What I least AIM:
- No SETTING THE mediums (indispensable for bass)
- The entry that quickly saturates trs
- The serious excs that drowns all
- The shallow mediums trs
- Failure to follow the characters of the bass.

I consider the report of the coup qualitprix trs medium or below average.

With the exprience is a choice that I would do it, there are better for bass DI. This could serve me with my very low Premire (a Yamaha rbx 270) which lacked characters), but certainly not with my tune that she is left giving characters MRIT s' express.