I have a P-bass/SVT combo that I love the sound of but is very susceptable to loading issues. Most DIs I've tried have affected the sound of my bass through the amp (using the "through jack" on the DI) far too much for my liking.
I'd like to be able to find a high quality DI (active preferably) that I can use on the road and not be subjected to crappy in-house models, as well as be able to use at home and in the studio for recording (my favorite DI in a recording situation has been the DI on an API 312 if that helps).
Primary importance is that the "through" option on this DI be as transparent as possible. I'd be interested to hear opinions on this matter especially.
I'm using a Radial JDV... very clean with lots of headroom (very precise transient handling). But I'd recommend you to borrrow a couple of DI's and test them under your conditions... also with "clean" DI's the tastes ar suprisingly different.
I'm using a Radial JDV... very clean with lots of headroom (very precise transient handling). But I'd recommend you to borrrow a couple of DI's and test them under your conditions... also with "clean" DI's the tastes ar suprisingly different.
If loading is an issue, try the JDI (passive) instead of the active JDV.
...I'm not sure if you confused the issue? The active JDV will not load down the pickup as the passive JDI do, because in a passive design the basspickup has to load both, the DI line and the "through" line... that could cause a weak punch.
...I'm not sure if you confused the issue? The active JDV will not load down the pickup as the passive JDI do, because in a passive design the basspickup has to load both, the DI line and the "through" line... that could cause a weak punch.
You are so right!!! CRAP!!! Sorry about that...
Andreas has it right...active DIs (like the JDV) will not load down the pickup as much...
I have a P-bass/SVT combo that I love the sound of but is very susceptable to loading issues. Most DIs I've tried have affected the sound of my bass through the amp (using the "through jack" on the DI) far too much for my liking.
I'd like to be able to find a high quality DI (active preferably) that I can use on the road and not be subjected to crappy in-house models, as well as be able to use at home and in the studio for recording (my favorite DI in a recording situation has been the DI on an API 312 if that helps).
Primary importance is that the "through" option on this DI be as transparent as possible. I'd be interested to hear opinions on this matter especially.
Thanks,
Z
You could try the Little Labs Multi Z PIP, and take the buffered 1/4 output and run it to your amp. I LOVE the sound of this DI, plus the output is line level so the signal will not degrade over long cable runs nearly as much as a mic level signal may. plus you can optimize the impedance to your bass.
One question -- do you keep a tuner in line with your bass? I have run into more tone issues with tuners than I care to remember. The thing i do mostly with the Little Labs is hook up the buffered out to the tuner, and use the through to go to the bass amp. This keeps the tuner on a completely different signal path...
It never seems to affect the loading on my passive jazz basses.
Another thing you could do is put the di in line with the speaker out. You have to use speaker cables, put the pad in on the di and make sure you put a speaker cable from the thru jack to your speaker, or have a nice fat resistor to use as a load.
With the last band I mixed for live, I had 3 channels at front of house for bass.
mic amp
DI (input)
DI (in line with speaker)
The majority of the sound blend came from the DI on the speaker output.
13th July 2005
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