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Old 18th November 2007   #9
Rockman
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Originally Posted by Kiwiburger View Post
The settings on the Sansamp are important - I tend to set the bass and treble around 12 o'clock, and even then it chops out a lot of midrange, unless you use the blend control.

With an active bass, i'm not sure I would use the Sansamp ... it's bit noisy and has limited headroom. Worth trying straight into the preamp instrument input, or maybe with a nice passive DI like a Radial JDI.
Thanks for the tip Kiwi. Actually, on the Sansamp, I always leave all knobs at 12 o'clock (except the volume / level, which is full up). I never noticed the headroom issue though... hmm..
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